In the second installment of Reports from the Field, here are some thoughts and photos from a wedding we went to in May in Wilmington, Delaware. It was held at the Hotel du Pont.
Rebecca Adler and Andy Warren, May 10, 2008, Wilmington, Delaware
This was the first black tie wedding I have been to and I really enjoyed dressing up and seeing everyone else dressed up. I like that you don’t have to wear a belt with a tuxedo. And the patent leather shoes are pretty snazzy.
There was tons of delicious food at this wedding and the band was great. Late into the night, when the dessert came out, they turned off all the lights because they set the dessert on fire – it was bananas flambe. Daphne also liked how the groomsmen wore calla lilies on their lapels and how there was this cool glass box with the invitation that was set on a table to collect gifts and cards (both pictured below.)
I think we are going to try and find a similar thing to collect envelopes and gifts. When we first started planning our wedding, I said we should get a newspaper box (like the kind you see in the subway), and that everyone could open it up and put their gifts in there. But now I think that idea is kind of tacky.
