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I don't have any advice or experience, but I'll tell you that I would not have any qualms about attending! Haha I love pizza.
@Masala: LOL...well, thanks for your comment anyway. Did it make you hungry? :)
My brother had his at a local pizza place, very yummy! We had ours at my in law's house, they just brought in sandwiches and stuff like that. It was very laid back, and I loved it that way! I've been to some formal rd's that you have a place setting and then you just sit at the table the whole time. At ours everyone was mingling and having fun!
@artbee: That's exactly how I want it to be. Sounds perfect!! You always respond to my threads I really appreciate it :)
I have been to two rehearsal dinners in the past 2 years that were held at pizza places! (None in their homes, but that's a slight difference!) They were both laid-back, fun and inviting!!
@SuperShopper: DO you think it's bad to have it at our place?
we had ours at our apartment complex's clubhouse. we rented the nice clubhouse space for the evening. It was large enough with tables for everyone. It also had a big screen tv for a slide show and a pool table for a couple kids to play.
We had a local bbq place "caterer" it. We just ordered a few large trays of pulled pork, baked chicken, hush puppies, and potatoes. They supplied the paper plates and silverwear + cups. We supplied some beers and lemonade plus a couple homemade desserts. It was easy, relaxed and fun!
@PrncssDva: I was just getting ready to comment on your other post (about activities to do with OOT guests when I saw this one). Not only are we date twins, but we are also doing a pizza rehearsal dinner. My suggestions for you: have some salad, even if you just make one big one and have a few dressings. We're also using this as a time to make a s'mores buffet which I LOVED but couldn't work it into the wedding.
I think it's fine if you have it at your house, just put on some background music, make sure you have enough cold drinks and you're set to go.
Also, since I'm already here: for our day after breakfast, we're hosting it at my mother's house--(it would be ours, but we live in a different state from the wedding.) We're just having fruit salad, muffins, sausage, and this make-ahead egg casserole that I'll probably make the day of the wedding in the morning and pop in the fridge. The last thing I'll want to do the morning after the wedding is a ton of cooking, so I want as much of it ready beforehand as possible. If you want to go this route, and want the receipe, PM me and I'll send it to you :)
This is exactly what we are doing for our rehearsal in 2 weeks, except not at our house, my FI parents were able to get a small hall for free at FFIL's place of employment, we are ordering in pizza, a few aunts are making salads, having some cocktails...and calling it good. Everyone is excited. We are even wearing jeans/nice shirts to our rehearsal. Our wedding day is more formal too so we wanted to capitivate how relaxed of a couple we truly are!
@PrncssDva: Pizza sounds great! But.... I would be hesitant to have it at your place! I wanted to have ours at my house and my mom wisely steered me away from that. With everything else you have going on, you really don't need to make sure your place is ready for a party. Afterwards, you will have to deal with cleaning up. It was so nice to go to our dinner and walk away and let the restaurant deal with cleanup. I was able to do last minute honeymoon packing and get some sleep. I would recommend having it somewhere else - maybe a local pizza shop or a friend's house? Anything you can do to make things easier on yourself is a good thing! :)
We didn't have it at home, but we went to a local pizza place and had pizza. Everyone loved it plus it was themed "1980's Nerds and Prom Queens." It was a blast. People loved getting different kinds of pizza than the regular national chains and it was super yummy. Since you're in Memphis, I'm sure they have something like that or maybe, if you know someone who makes homemade pizza (we do this. it's easy and YUMMY), maybe you could ask them to help you out as your wedding present.
I think pizza would be awesome. We're considering doing the exact same thing!!
@Quietserenity: Awesome!! Thanks so much, date twin!! Your ideas really help out. Please send me the recipe.....every little bit helps!!
@jtsing: Sounds really good. What a score on getting a free place.
@PumpkinSpiceChai: I will have to think about that. Thanks! Someone offered their home, but she is doing so much for me already that I didn't want to be a burden.
@TheFutureMcBride: We do have a few cool pizza place. Thanks
@OttawaBride2011: Everyone loves pizza :)
We had our rehearsal dinner at our favorite local pizza place. Everybody really enjoyed it and it was nice to relax for the evening and have fun with family and friends.
@PrncssDva: If someone offered your home, I would seroiusly considering graciuosly accepting. Another thing I forgot to mention - if it's somewhere else you can leave when you need/want to. But, if it's @ your place, you're there till your guests leave or you have to kick them out!
@PumpkinSpiceChai: Hummmmmmmm great point! I think I might need to talk to her about that. She's not a bad distance from the church either.
I did!! My husband's friends were here from around the country (he and his friends are Indian) so we had Indian food and pizza for my friends/mom who don't care for Indian food. It was awesome. Right after rehearsal, we picked up both the Indian food and pizza (seperate restaurants of course LOL) and brought it back to our house and had in informal party. No sitting at the table... Mingling, laughing..it was great!
@Jenn23: So having it at your place wasn't so bad? How many people did you have over?
We also had our rehearsal at my husband's favorite pizza place and then afterwards we had a bonfire and shot off fireworks at his brother's place. It was very laid back, relaxing and everyone had a blast!!
I think it's fine and will give everyone a chance to see your apartment if they haven't before. We also want to have a very casual rehearsal dinner.
@PrncssDva: We had about 20 people.
@stormy9973: The fireworks sound awesome! We had those the night before our wedding in India. I love fireworks!
Pizza sounds like a great idea! Who doesn't like pizza?
I agree with whoever raised concern about having it at your home. I think another location would be ideal. That way you can leave when you want to and no clean-up! Actually, you wouldn't have to clean up before either (I would imagine you will have wedding crap all over the house...). Find a nice pizzeria or friend/relative's home!
A casual pizza party is our plan too. But we are doing "gourmet" pizzas served on boards (not out of the boxes) and serving salad with them. We may do garlic bread and a pasta dish as well.
@ChaiAnkh99: That's what we were thinking. Noone, other than my bro and sister, have been to our place yet.
@Jenn23: That's about how many people we will have also.
@BlueChampagne: All of the wedding stuff is kept in the second bedroom. I would have the door closed, so noone would be in there anyway. :) Also, throwing away pizza boxes and paper plates and cups can't be that bad, can it?HUmmmmmm so much to think about.
@Cant_wait:Sounds fyummy...I don't have time to make pizzas for everyone :(
@PrncssDva -- lol, I will NOT be making the pizzas. We have a gourmet pizzeria nearby that caters (really just a fancy delivery service).
@Cant_wait: LOL...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I was like wow, SuperBride :)
@PrncssDva: Hey I was thinking of doing the same thing. Your wedding is way before mine so if you choose to have pizza at your home, let me know how it goes, please.
Many of our guests will be traveling over 300 miles by car leaving on Friday (wedding is on Saturday). They are invited to the Rehearsal dinner, but from previous experience we know that those who will be traveling always leave later than intended, or take longer than anticipated. With that, we have no real idea of who will be at dinner. We figured, the easiest way is to just order pizza for those who are present at dinner time.
Wow I'm glad to hear this is so well received. Ever since my FH and I started dating every Friday night has been pizza night and we didn't want our rehearsal night to be the exception. We are having it at local pizza place as well, there was no cost to use their party room so that was a nice bonus!
@baldor1: I will most def post abou thow this went.
@BunnyBunz: That's a sweet thing to keep up your tradition.
we will serve pizza at our venue/home shop after the rehearsal. really laid back, like you said.
the only other rehearsal dinner i remember was also at a pizza place.
i think that rehearsal dinners should be relaxed and laid back. some people do fancier rds than some peoples weddings!
I'm having mine at a pizza parlor! Can't wait, it's the best pizza in Baltimore!!
@thefiancemeenah: SO your RD is in the same place as the Rehearsal? How convenient for you!!
@SaraRocks: Yummy!
Pizza sounds great and most people love it. It's a very common meal for the rehearsal since they are casual to begin with.
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I want to have our Rehearsal Dinner at our new apartment (about 10 min from the church) and just order pizza and buy chips and drink. I want it to be really laid back, since the Wedding Day will be so formal. Has anyone else done this?