Weddingbee Blog

Last week, we found out that the closest parking lot to our wedding was a total rip off. With that in mind, I made and sent out the following postcard to all our guests:

But the postcard served a dual purpose–

What you may not know is that if I were dating Eddie Murphy, and he had written a song about me, it might go something like this:

Girl, I can’t understand it, why you want to hurt me,
After all the things I’ve done for you.
I buy you champagne and roses and diamonds on your finger
(Diamonds on your finger)
Still you hang out all night, what am I to do?

My girl wants to party all the time
Party all the time, party all the time.
My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time.
(She parties all the time)

That’s because I *do* like to party all the time and, happily, so does Mr. Daisy.

It is for that reason we’ve decided to throw a karaoke after-party, immediately following our reception. Some people call this “marry-oke” but I just call it awesome. We’re so excited to have our friends come out and take it down a notch at a dive-ish bar, with jalapeno poppers, mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers, etc. All the low-brow, fun stuff we’re not having at our fancy wedding. (Because, really, what’s better than a bride in a white dress belting out 80s hair metal in a white dress?)

We’re using LMS Entertainment as our karaoke DJ, and having worked with them at my 30th birthday, I know they are professional and great to deal with. They have about 50,000 songs (really) to choose from, all on the DJ’s laptop computer, which makes searching super easy. Plus, they bring their own A/V equipment if you need it (at my 30th, we were able to hook into the sound system as well as plasma displays at the awesome Mudville 9 Saloon*) — here they can use the bar’s plasmas, but need to bring their own sound (for the face-melting rock I plan to provide).

This may make the Sunday morning brunch a bit more painful for all, but to hear me sing Ev’ry Rose Has Its Thorn (for the umpteenth time for some of my less fortunate friends) makes it all worth it.

So, what are your after-party thoughts?

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* Full disclosure– My dad’s high school pal owns Mudville 9, but that makes it no less awesome. They have a great space for private parties and superfun food (the best chicken fingers in the city, I say).

** Full disclosure #2: I had a “vanity” license plate in high school, which read “JST2MUCH”. Ouch. That still hurts to think about.