Swapping brunch for an after-party doesn’t entirely get you out of planning duties. ![]() I sat for awhile with friends I hadn’t seen in forever, drunkenly hugged my sister a dozen times (that I can remember), tried to karaoke to music I could barely hear over the din of the room, and cracked open a few bottles of booze I’d been saving for years. It wasn’t until the after-party, when we led a handful of party guests back to our apartment (yes, we did pick a venue within walking distance of our home so we could just slide into bed at the end of the night), that I had a chance to hold a conversation for longer than a minute. As I bounced from conversation to conversation, I found enough time to sit as I inhaled a few fish tacos, but otherwise spent hours crisscrossing the room, trying to see everyone at least briefly. Whether you want to wine down or let guests work out their lingering zoomies in an all-out rager, an after-party acts as a release valve on the weeks, months, or years of anticipation that have built up before the big day.Īt my own wedding last fall, I didn’t have a moment’s rest from the vows until last call at the reception. As distant relatives peel off (Aunt Hildegard isn’t coming to the after-party) and formalities dissolve, the core group of friends and family can talk freely, bond a bit tighter, and maybe get a little messy. The after-party doesn’t have to be exclusive or necessarily small, but it does naturally encourage a more intimate experience. ![]() And the menu could shift, too, maybe from cocktails and plated entrees to greasy food and boxed wine. The music might go from rote wedding classics to the wedding couple’s niche playlist, or from grandma-friendly radio edits to explicit party starters. Dress code heels and ties might give way to comfy shoes and open collars. The ideal capstone to a wedding party is, instead, an after-party (it’s right there in the name), where the vibe can shift to better suit the wedding couple and their closest friends. ![]() That sour taste at the end of a middling wedding brunch isn’t the burnt coffee it’s the flavor of poor party planning. Even sober guests free of hangovers and morning people eager to tackle the day are unlikely to muster the same ecstatic energy as they did at the wedding party the evening before. No one should suffer through a hangover while making stilted conversation with the bride’s Aunt Hildegard. It’s cruel to request guests make themselves presentable for tepid scrambled eggs and sad breakfast sausages.Įxit: the next-day wedding brunch, please.Īfter a day, possibly multiple, of wedding events, it’s cruel (and far too usual) to request that guests wake up to the unforgiving post-wedding morning and make themselves presentable for tepid scrambled eggs and sad breakfast sausages.
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