Comments on: Brides At Play http://manolobrides.com/2010/02/01/brides-at-play/ Manolo Loves the Brides! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: La BellaDonna http://manolobrides.com/2010/02/01/brides-at-play/comment-page-1/#comment-430875 La BellaDonna Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:41:22 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=4377#comment-430875 My brother and his bride had a FABULOUS time at their wedding! There are pictures of them in shades and fedoras, dancing up a storm (a Blues Brothers storm - I'd like to know the story behind THAT). They had a WONDERFUL time, and it showed. It made me happy every time I looked at them. My brother and his bride had a FABULOUS time at their wedding! There are pictures of them in shades and fedoras, dancing up a storm (a Blues Brothers storm – I’d like to know the story behind THAT). They had a WONDERFUL time, and it showed. It made me happy every time I looked at them.

]]> By: Kristin http://manolobrides.com/2010/02/01/brides-at-play/comment-page-1/#comment-430712 Kristin Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:32 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=4377#comment-430712 Love the football shot. SO cute! Love the football shot. SO cute!

]]> By: Victor http://manolobrides.com/2010/02/01/brides-at-play/comment-page-1/#comment-430676 Victor Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:42:53 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=4377#comment-430676 That's phrased so simply...it's wonderful. I tended bar in a reception hall for about ten years and we did lots of weddings. The best ones were where everyone, including the B&G, just had a party. Sadly, they were few and far between. The worst ones were where someone, and it was almost always the bride or her mother, were fretting about every. single. thing. The guests picked up the tension and it tended to put a damper on the affair. (Most of the weddings were in-between, but those two extremes always stuck with me.) I also heard about a wedding where the B&G and their families were big hockey fans. For the wedding they rented a rink and before the nuptials, it was a FoB vs FoG hockey game. The referee was, of course, the priest, and I imagine the guests sat in the stands and cheered the game on. I'd have loved to have tended bar for that one. That’s phrased so simply…it’s wonderful. I tended bar in a reception hall for about ten years and we did lots of weddings. The best ones were where everyone, including the B&G, just had a party. Sadly, they were few and far between. The worst ones were where someone, and it was almost always the bride or her mother, were fretting about every. single. thing. The guests picked up the tension and it tended to put a damper on the affair. (Most of the weddings were in-between, but those two extremes always stuck with me.)

I also heard about a wedding where the B&G and their families were big hockey fans. For the wedding they rented a rink and before the nuptials, it was a FoB vs FoG hockey game. The referee was, of course, the priest, and I imagine the guests sat in the stands and cheered the game on. I’d have loved to have tended bar for that one.

]]> By: Pencils http://manolobrides.com/2010/02/01/brides-at-play/comment-page-1/#comment-430653 Pencils Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:07:51 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=4377#comment-430653 The two best pieces of advice I got were similar to yours, NtB--one was to stop every once in a while and just look around. Think about what's going on, let the spectacle sink into you. You don't want to rush through the day without ever reflecting on it. And those can turn into some of your best memories, because you're fixing the moment in your mind. The other one was to grab onto your husband at the reception and don't let go. I've known brides who didn't see their new husbands much during the reception except at the big moments like the cake cutting. I'm not saying that you can't giggle with your old girlfriends for a while while your husband is with his frat buddies, but this day is about the two of you, so once you're married, spend it together. The two best pieces of advice I got were similar to yours, NtB–one was to stop every once in a while and just look around. Think about what’s going on, let the spectacle sink into you. You don’t want to rush through the day without ever reflecting on it. And those can turn into some of your best memories, because you’re fixing the moment in your mind. The other one was to grab onto your husband at the reception and don’t let go. I’ve known brides who didn’t see their new husbands much during the reception except at the big moments like the cake cutting. I’m not saying that you can’t giggle with your old girlfriends for a while while your husband is with his frat buddies, but this day is about the two of you, so once you’re married, spend it together.

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