New York Times Reading Log - November 8 2011

When going through the Times today, I was immediately caught by the article, "A Wedding Planner Has Many Big Days, and Flights." There is never much in the paper discussing the job I am trying to pursue. This article was additionally interesting because it was also very similar to a profile story, a story in which I wrote this week. I liked hearing about all of the travel this wedding planner does for his job because that is one side of the industry that one does not typically hear about. The few stories out there about wedding planning look at the glamourous side to it, but I enjoy hearing all aspects of work involved. The anecdotes in this story were fantastic and worked really well to produce an entertaining story. I especially liked the one that said, "I once had to transport 300 pairs of flip flops to a wedding in Jamaica." It adds character to the story. Reading this after I wrote my profile story, I definitely see things that I would have done differently.