we have been email friends with the fabulous ryan + heidi of mango ink for a while now, but they live in spokane, washington, so we had never met in person!! when we figured out that we’d be out east for some photo sessions and they would be in NYC for a conference, we knew this was our chance to finally meet and hang out! and oh my goodness……. what a BLAST we had with them!!! we met at grand central station and from there had no idea what the day would hold. we wandered around some shops in soho, grabbed coffee and then headed to the most incredible mexican restaurant ever (recommended by a local, of course), called ‘tortilla flats’. when you see the pictures from this cool place below, you’ll see why we loved it!!! authentic, colorful, great food, off the beaten path…. all around fabulousness!!! and to top it off…… on the way there, we randomly came across the movie set of ‘fair game’ and saw sean penn and naomi watts!!! what are the chances?!! so what did i do? i jumped right in with the paparazzi, of course!!! i did not have the right lense on, so i only got okay shots, but it was still fun!

after a long and wonderful lunch, we wandered around some more, got some shots of ryan + heidi and just hung out like we’d been friends for YEARS! they are the coolest, sweetest and most incredible people! we knew that we’d love them before we met them….. but who knew we’d be like besties before we even got to lunch! check out their fabulous custom invitations and more at: www.mangoink.com. they have everything from uber awesome birthday invites to save the date cards for engaged couples to whatever else you can think of!! we do our christmas cards through them every year and have been thrilled with their sturdy, high quality, cool cards.

now that we have officially met them and hung out, we have a few more trips planned! we will also be heading out to spokane, washington sometime this year to do some family sessions. if anyone out there is interested…. let us know!! ryan + heidi….. you ROCK! so thankful for our new friendship and can’t WAIT to see you again!!! next meeting place…… destination europe! here’s some pics from our adventures in new york city, baby!!!! enjoy……..

hello mr. penn!

and hello naomi!

seriously?! some serious iPhone love. although in this case, i think it was GPS love.

some serious bro-friendage going on...