Rehersal Dinners

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

I'm not sure of what we're doing for ours. It's either going to be bridal/grooms parties, parents, and grandparents at my house with ridiculous amounts of pizza, some wine and beer, and wii/monopoly/balderdash, or we're going to go to a restaurant and have something similarly casual. We've got wayyyy too many people from out of state to invite them all, it'd be a second wedding.

One of the most fun rehearsal dinners I ever went to was the most casual. It was my brother's, back in the 80s.

Our uncle was a chef most of his life and his gift to the couple was to prepare all of the food for the rehearsal dinner. The problem was that he had just retired and sold his restaurant.

We actually had the dinner at his house, on the back porch. The food, was fabulous and the alcohol was minimal: Wine, Beer and Champagne. Everyone wore shorts and golf shirts.

I think, because of the casual setting, everyone got to meet a lot more people than they would have at a sit-down dinner. It was like a big party (about 80 people).

[SWTXBelle]

The most fun one I have ever been to was my baby brother's - held in the Elvis Room at Chuy's - Richmond (that location is now, alas, closed). Think pink room, Elvis on black velvet oil paintings, photos, kitchy decor - the bride's family from Connecticut was FLOORED!!!! Yeah, Chuy's margaritas!

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by WhiteDaisy128

I actually do know someone that did that...they looked stunning too! Here is my friend Melissa in her mom's gown (she had it cut to the knees) for her rehearsal.



I cut my mom's dress up to make a ring bearers pillow, so I couldn't do that.

My rehearsal dinner was wedding party (their dates), and family (my dad and uncle, his mom, dad, his dad's fiance, her three adult children and their dates). In all it was about 30 people. We had it at a nice restaurant. His dad paid for everything (including alcohol). There was a special menu where we could pick from 5 dinner choices, etc. It was really nice. We had our own room.

That dress is actually really cute - I'd buy that

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

One of the most fun rehearsal dinners I ever went to was the most casual. It was my brother's, back in the 80s.

Our uncle was a chef most of his life and his gift to the couple was to prepare all of the food for the rehearsal dinner. The problem was that he had just retired and sold his restaurant.

We actually had the dinner at his house, on the back porch. The food, was fabulous and the alcohol was minimal: Wine, Beer and Champagne. Everyone wore shorts and golf shirts.

I think, because of the casual setting, everyone got to meet a lot more people than they would have at a sit-down dinner. It was like a big party (about 80 people).

I wish my FIL's lived closer to where we're having the wedding because their backyard/deck would be perfect for something like that and I really like the casualness of it - sounds like so much fun! Can anyone think of a way we can do that if it's a sort of destination wedding?