Party On Till Dawn Your uncles checking his watch, your grandfathers nodding off, and your new mother-in-law has nixed your new father-in-laws attempt to order another cocktail. The good times are still rolling, but for the over-50 set, theyve come to a weary stop. The reception is winding down. Except for you and your friends. [...]
Showered with Fun It’s your first shot at hosting a wedding shower, and you don’t want to travel down the same prenup path as your mother’s generation. No nibbling dainties and playing “what’s in the bag” for you and your girlfriends–you want something that’ll have the gang instant messaging for days, something that will depart [...]
Nudes or New Attitudes Yes, you can still go slumming, enduring the embarrassment and the next-day hangover of a night at the nudie bar (be it gals or guys on stage). If this is the soon-to-weds undying wish, go for it. Just swear your cronies to secrecy if you all go overboard–this is one time [...]
The Morning After Unless youre splitting for the airport moments after you leave the reception hall, youll likely collapse in a heap of exhaustion at the end of your big day and wonder what truck hit you and did anyone get the license plate number. All the commotion and emotion! And you dont remember much [...]
New Flair for Bridal Affairs The bridal shower used to be an ultrafeminine affair, one in which the hostesses would outdo themselves in handcrafted decorations and bring out the silver and tea things, and guests–no men allowed!–would arrive in floral dresses and little white gloves. There were no themes (how gauche!), and gifts were on [...]
First, You Must Rehearse Practice makes perfect, right? That’s why we rehearse before the wedding. And what fun is practice without a little party afterward? A relaxed run-through for the ceremony itself, the rehearsal is when everyone walks through their parts and calms their nerves. Usually, it takes place an evening or two before the [...]
Showered with Love and Other Things Here’s one item on the wedding checklist that’s hands-off for the bride: the bridal shower. It’s hosted by the maid of honor, one or all of the attendants, an aunt, or a gang of close coworkers, and the bride’s only obligation is to show up, open gifts, and have [...]
Throw a Betrothal Bash You were beginning to wonder if your son was going to remain in a perpetual state of bachelorhood while you resigned yourself to raising dachshunds rather than helping to raise grandchildren. But hes surprised you again, with a lovely future daughter-in-law. Naturally, you want to celebrate. Well, congratulations, because youre the [...]
Get Your Party On Though a big part of the fun, the parties before and after the wedding require almost as much planning as the event itself. Fortunately, tradition is kind to the bride and groom on this matter. For the most part, friends, family, and others organize the smaller celebrations so the two of [...]
