stranded in palm beach?

After photographing an absolutely lovely & heart-warming wedding on Saturday in Palm Beach, I returned to my hotel to check-in online for my early morning flight back home to Maine only to find out that my flight had been cancelled.  After waiting nearly an hour to speak with a customer service representative, I was kindly informed that it was impossible for me to make it to anywhere in New England from any airport in southern Florida on Sunday.  I would have to wait until Monday, and even then I would have to leave from Ft. Lauderdale, fly to Boston and take the shuttle back up to Maine.  Phew!

Once I was done moping around and feeling sorry for myself that I wouldn’t get to see Michael & Orvis on Sunday like I had planned, I decided to make the best of being “stranded” in Palm Beach, Florida.  Can you really consider yourself stranded in a sunny, beautiful palm tree-filled paradise?  No way- not when it was 40 degrees and raining at home!

I spent most of the day walking around Palm Beach & West Palm Beach with my camera, soaking up the sun.  And eating ice cream, of course!  I drove around with the windows of my rented Prius down, enjoying the refreshing breeze.

Yep.  I’m pretty sure my cancelled flight was a blessing.  A blessing that came with a tiny bit of a pre-spring tan.  And ice cream.

And two of my newfound favorite places from my Sunday stroll. Sloan’s Ice Cream.  I may have visited Sloan’s twice during my stay in Palm Beach.  Mmmm… and this beautiful little church in West Palm- what photographer wouldn’t want to shoot a ceremony here?  Plus it’s right around the corner from Sloan’s!

I’m off to Boston for a meeting today, but I promise to post photos from Emily & Jay’s wedding weekend oh so soon!