Weddingbee Blog

I loved so many things about our wedding, but I think the thing that had (and still does) all of our guests talking were our White Castle burgers. And, if I felt like anointing myself with a title (à la Bethenny Frankel aka The Runaway Bride), I’d be the White Castle Bride, since that’s how a few readers approached me—in the deli, on the subway and even at a board meeting for a fellowship I had worked on. (I am sure the bees of today have FAR more recognition since the readership is pretty huge now!!) But this was my favorite part of our wedding, aside from the whole getting married part. And, hidden bonus? To this day, if I’m ever in the mood for a White Castle burger, I can rationalize eating one under the auspices of it being a sentimental and romantic meal…!

Oh, I’d forgotten how much I missed weddings/wedding planning until I logged back on here. Luckily, our fifth anniversary is on 11/11/11. If anything calls for a blowout renewal of vows party, that date sure does.

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Two sushi bars; a raw bar with lobster, shrimp and crab claws; foie gras; multiple carving and pasta stations… and this is what everyone is still talking about:

As a surprise to Mr. Daisy, I decided to have our wedding cocktail hour supplemented with 400 White Castle* burgers (200 with cheese, 200 without).

Mr. Daisy is from NJ and, apparently, White Castle played a major role in his adolescent snacking (and, as anyone who has seen photos of him from that time period knows, he certainly appreciated a snack or two).

I wasn’t exactly positive that White Castle could cater out like that, but I thought I ought to give it a try. I was willing to splurge on this because I knew Mr. Daisy would be over-the-moon about it. (As it turns out, it really wasn’t that spendy). Also, my White Trash Party-usually held every November (2006 would have been the 9th annual!)-was preempted by our wedding, so I figured that the element of fast food being served by tuxedoed waiters at our fancy schmancy venue was just the touch of “downmarket” that our wedding needed to make up for bumping the usual party.

Shira, of the Wedding Library, took care of logistics and it was all set up! The District Manager of White Castle even delivered the burgers himself. The only downer was that, unfortunately, the element of surprise somewhat fizzled a week before the wedding when I forwarded Mr. Daisy one of the Wedding Library’s (extremely detailed) timelines of the big day. I failed to notice that it detailed the “load-in” of the White Castle burgers. When Mr. Daisy read that he called me up, so excited he was barely able to form words. He couldn’t believe I was down with something so fun and casual when I (admittedly) had been hardcore about every other element being “just so.”

We even got to do a newlyweds’ burger “toast”:

And White Castle was kind enough to send us a giant gift basket full of tons of White Castle gear:

Needless to say, our guests kinda, sorta craved the sliders-so much so that the moment a waiter entered with a tray of them, said waiter was mobbed. I am so glad I added this personal, original touch to our wedding.

See below for some other photos:

Have any of you thought about what you might do to make the wedding more fun/whimsical, or more unique to you and your fiance or what have you already done? I would love to hear the clever ways you all can find/have found to put your stamp on things!

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* Granted White Castle is no substitute for In-N-Out, our fast food burger of choice, but since our wedding wasn’t in Cali, that sort of ruled out a cookout trailer feast of Double Doubles Animal Style.

** Remember, it’s not too late to make White Castle Valentine’s Day reservations, since clearly, sliders are the food of romance.