Going Irish!

What's this about Irish? Well, apparently this group had some in them as we were at the Irish (Cultural?) Center. So what does that mean? For the sake of this blog, nothing really. The fact of the matter is that when you go to a lot of weddings you occasionally take things for granted. Other times things just become a blur. Add to that waiting too long (a week ago today) to recall the events of said wedding and things really become a blur.


I can tell you this, one of the greatest factors in your wedding reception becoming a great party... Great people! Good fun people always bring the party with them. If you want to have a partying party, then you need to invite those kinds of people. This theory applies to all types of receptions. If you want to have a quiet mellow reception, invite mostly quite mellow people. Of course, these are probably the people you know and love already. And by all means, no matter what, do not leave important people out to avoid going in a direction you are hoping to avoid, just balance things out with the rest of your friends and acquaintances. That said, this wedding was a partying party kind of crowd from beginning to end. Enough.

One short note on your partying friends and your party. Make sure there are people there who are not going to be sloshed and can police and mediate to some extent. As kind and loving as everyone you know is, alcohol changes all that, and it can get expensive! Damaged equipment and decor will be billed back to you for full retail and inconvenience charges included! Don't go there. Why does this come to mind? All my tips usually come up because the situations actually came up this last weekend or something to remind me did. In this case, this group danced dangerously on the line, but in the end fared well. That is to say, no permanent damage. All good.

And while you can get carried away and want to party all night with your friends, if you've done all your meet and greet, general obligatory duties, and the party and dance portion of the night is well under way....consider yourself free to escape the social and begin your private party (wink, wink). Don't worry about them, they'll be fine. Just make sure you've said goodbye to those family members who are really only hanging in there to see you off, but don't worry, they will be done or gone by the end of the first set of dancing or the cake cutting. Sneak out to the car and get going!

But like I said, as for the rest, mostly blurry at this point so I'll leave it at that.

Party on!