What are you doing for your RD?

[Marisa]

I'd love to know what you're doing.

We're having everyone come to our house before the rehearsal for a catered meal and present giving. We wanted our family members from overseas to see the house. The dinner will take place from 4-7pm. We'll also be planting a tree to mark the occassion. And the best part - we'll be using my chocolate fountain!

[nikkiana]

Last I knew, we are having a catered barbeque at my FILs home.

[carolinalady67]

I love the idea of planting a tree at your RD.

We are having a cook out at our house. Both of our families are from out of state so we thought something at home would give us more of a chance to visit with everyone then sitting at a table all night.

[JerAndKathy]

Well, which version do you want? LoL

1) Kathy & I were renting the breakfast/conference room at the local hotel we'll be staying at and getting out Buffalo Wild Wings, and closign the door for dinner. Well, it's just off of the lobby, so afterwards, open the door and as people arrive we can chit chat with anyone who is coming or going. Unfortunately, Dad said this had no class. So, he's paying. LoL Leads us to #2...

2) We're having our RD at a local italian joint (great food) and Dad is paying for dinner. Well, he says we 'need to talk' because he's looking at the info they gave him, and it's just not looking 'right'. So we 'may have to re-think this'. *shakes head* So when Kathy is here in 2 weeks, we're going to talk to Dad and see what his major malfunction is and figure out what's going on.

If we do #2, we're going to tell everyone that for dessert, we'll be purchasing several pies from Bob Evan's and will be serving them in said breakfast room. A less formal setting where we can sort of just 'relax' and chit chat with people vs sitting at the table all night as Lisa mentioned.

[KathyandJer]

So when Kathy is here in 2 weeks, we're going to talk to Dad and see what his major malfunction is and figure out what's going on.


:laugh3: His major malfunction huh? You're so nice to your father!

I personally like the idea of being able to visit with not JUST the BP and parents...and well, there's no way we can afford to invite all of the OOT guests to the rehearsal seeing as that's more than half of the guests :kimgrill:

[Coze]

Hi hi-

We are kicking around two ideas...
#1 - Dinner at a restuarant called 'The Wagon Wheel'. It's just down the road from the house where we are having the rehersal & ceremony at and has a room in the back big enough to accomidate 40. The problem with this is paying for everyone's dinner.

#2 - Ordering take out Teriyaki from a local Japanese Teriyaki place that we LOVE!!! The problem with this... each dinner for 2 is $14.95 and they've recently cut down on their portions in the dinner for 2.

We just don't know what we want to do. It'd be tacky to ask everyone to pay for their own meal, but we also want people to be there... *sigh* We'll get it figured out I guess...

TTFN...
D.J.

[*TanyaJeanne*]

We will be doing dinner at a resturant that is 2 blocks from the church.. :)

[Aurora_K]

We had pizza!! It was awesome!!!

Pizza is one of my favorite foods (so much so that I wanted it to be the dinner at my super-formal wedding . . . I'm a nut!) and my hubby loves it too. So we arranged for an Italian/Spanish restaurant in our neighbor to customize a menu for us that had their yummy pizza (st louis style), salad, and appetizers. It was so very "us", which was probably the best part of all.

[Angela]

We're doing dinner at a small restaurant. I had wanted to do something catered at FH's parent's house, but then we'd have to clean up afterward....so we changed our mind :)

[Andrea]

mmmm marissa...can i come

[Michelle]

FMIL is having a luau at her house! It should be fun!

[Aramelle]

Marisa, I LOVE the idea of planting a tree at your RD! :)

We are having a very casual dinner at the IL's house (they have a huge, beautiful backyard that will be perfect). We are inviting all of our guests, as the huge majority are from OOT, and we didn't want to exclude the few that do live in the area. Also, this will be the first time that our families will meet, and we wanted that to take place in a casual setting rather than the formality of the next day.

I think we're just going to grill burgers, brats, etc. and have some salads and such to go with it. We are having a slight baseball theme to the evening, as baseball is one of DH's passions, and we will be *hopefully* seeing the Yankees play while on our honeymoon.

[Jaci]

We have rented the "train depot" in my hometown. It's just a little building that sits in the main park in the town, and there is an engine and caboose (they are real) sitting next to them. It's where I went to years of girl scouts :P After the rehearsal we will be going there for traditional Ukranian foods and a Darth Vader shaped cake.

[nikkiscott]

Well I have to cordinate a birthday supper plus our rd. Fhs birthday is the day before wedding. So I would like to do something that will good for both. I am planning on having a bbq. But it will be end of March so it might be a little cold. I also want to try and have something different for supper at the rd then at the wedding. Which I think will be easy.

[~Lizzybeth~]

We are going to be going to Texas Roadhouse for dinner after rehearsal. We also just had a dinner for all the BP at my house as well. It was good.

[Sk8ermaiden]

We are having the bridal party to our favorite restaurant, which is conveniently less than 5 minutes from the church.

We're just having the immediate family and wedding party at the RD. Eighty percent of our guest list is out of town, and that would just be silly.

[kate]

We are going to our favorite pizza place- We want it to be very casual and we heart pizza :)

[Rebecca]

Very casual and being held at the church in the fellowship hall. FIL's are taking care of all the food which will be easy since there is a full kitchen there. My Mom and I are decorating and setting up the tables etc. Have a fun idea to share for easy and cheap decorating that we will be using! Just tissue paper folded accordian style then tied in the middle and "fluffed out".
http://images1.snapfish.com/3476349%3C3%7Ffp343%3Enu%3D3278%3E345%3E%3B82%3EWS NRCG%3D323375%3B56%3A49%3Bnu0mrj
Talk about cheap decor! I do not think I spent over 10.00 in tissue paper and we have 35 "balls"

[kate]

Cute Fluff Balls !!

[Jaci]

those are great! I think you need to post that idea up in the DIY area!

[katieandalex]

I think we are just going to order pizzas and eat pizzas or something while we decorate the reception site or before we leave the ceremony site....

[*Stacie*]

We have rented out a restaurant for it and have designed our own menu. The best part is it is only 5 mins away from our ceremony site!

[-->Kat<--]

We are having the rehearsal (where we'll give out the funny shirts) and then we're going over to Dicks Last Resort for a late lunch/early dinner and some good clean fun :D

[Mandy]

We're hoping to rent out the blowling alley and just order pizza. We wanted something casual and fun where anyone who wanted could come and just get to know each other better and have some fun.

[Aubrey]

We had our RD at a restaraunt near the place our ceremony was held, so everyone who was invited had an easy time finding the place. We all had a good time.

[destinationbride07]

well we are not really having a rehearsal dinner b.c. there is no "rehersal" but we are taking everyone to a Sunset Cruise the night before the wedding...sort of like a meet and greet :)

[HelenAngel]

We had a dressy casual rehearsal at the church (as per the church requirements) the night before the wedding. Then we went to a nice local restaurant. They had a choice of two entrees (salmon or steak) and an unlimited open bar. Luckily, our friends & family aren't big drinkers so it wasn't an issue- however, it was the most expensive thing at our wedding.

[*meghan*]

We reserved a private room at a restaurant that's about 10 minutes from the OOT guest hotels, and a mile from our house :D We'll have a big variety on the menu for all the picky eaters. We'll probably offer a few different wines to drink, but that's up to my FILs since they are paying for the shindig :)

[rowanmayfairs]

Going to decorate the church/reception room (same place) that nite and maybe have a quick discussion/rehearsal with minister.

Won't be that big of deal. Hoping we can go down the road to a great barbeque place and have dinner. That is if its still in business then.. everytime I find something I like, it goes out of business.

[MrsAbi]

We're renting a room in the restaurant at the base's golf course. We still need to talk to them regarding the menu.

[Vanessaness]

I have NOooooo Idea! :lol:

We're hoping to rent out the blowling alley and just order pizza. We wanted something casual and fun where anyone who wanted could come and just get to know each other better and have some fun.

This sounds fun! :)

[*Ashley*]

We're having ours in the big Laredo Party Room at Cadillac Bar & Grill -- it serves Mexican food, or rather, Tex Mex, and it had enough room to fit everyone. Just with us and the wedding party and our families/dates it's 60 people, and then Michael has a TON of family coming in from out of town, so our RD is going to be pushing 90 upward we think (we have to have at least 75 people there for the room, so it's no big deal luckily!)

It should be fun -- one big party before the excitement of the next day.

I think we're going to try and do a Happy Hour at our favorite bar in Midtown for the family that's our age/close to our age (from New York) that Thursday night so I can get to know them before the wedding (and plus, an excuse to drink and be merry is always good :p)

[belle67]

Our rehearsal night is pretty low key, exactly what FH I want. :)
We will first have the rehearsal then we are all going out to dinner.

[*Sarah*]

I really don't know yet. I'm not planning that, I've left it to FH's family. I'm hoping for something fairly casual. FH and I were just last night talking about how we'd love to have a Fiesta kind-of theme but there aren't any decent Mexican restaurants up there in Michigan. At least there aren't any as good as the ones down here. :hehe:

[sweetiez]

Im not sure LOL prolly some resturant or rental out some place . FH parents are planning it ..HOOORAAAY!

[Krissy]

Since we paid for ours, we had it at my grandparents' house. My FIL cooked and everyone pitched in. It was actually a TON of fun!

My sisters is this week and she's having it at a local chinese restaurant. They have a nice big room that they book out for parties and whatnot. I can't wait! =)

[MostlyMel]

I have no idea what we're doing or if there's even going to be one. FH asked his mom if she planned on having one for us (since it's usually that side of the family that does those correct?) and she looked at him like he was nuts. She was all "Huh? A rehearsal dinner? What am I supposed to do for that? Where's it supposed to be? Why do I have to do it?" ... etc. Soo, he explained to her what it's all about and that it's traditionally the groom's family that plans and hosts it, and that it could be at a restaurant, or the church, or their home, wherever they want. I don't know if she's been planning one since then or not, so we'll see.

[Kari]

We had dinner at Zea's. http://www.zearestaurants.com/site16.php Awesome food, great atomsphere and phenominal company :)

This is the menu - http://www.zearestaurants.com/uploads/ZEAMENUSTCHARLES_CL.7.12.06nocrop.pdf

[Vanessaness]

:sigh: This whole RH thing has me so stressed out :(

[JennAnn]

We are having a barbeque in the back yard of our house. I like this idea because it is laid back and affordable for me and my fiance.

[Nik]

We're having a traditional BBQ at our caterer's house. He's a personal friend of ours and one tipsy night he offered his place up. It's remote, has a large backyard, awesome bar attached to the inground pool, and multiple decks. It really is a kick a$$ place to hang out, we do it all summer. But the menu will be simple- burgers, dogs, and a variety of salads. We'll do margaritas and beers too.

[thefuturemrsgoss]

I have no idea!!!!!

[Mrs.Brooks]

We had rented out a private room at one of our favorite restaurants. We just had a dinner/dessert after we practiced the ceremony run through.

[*TanyaJeanne*]

We went to a local restaurant that was a couple blocks from our church. They blocked off half of the restaurant for us. :)

[Jader]

We're probably going to go to Pizza Ranch. :giggle: It's the easiest thing we can find to make everybody happy, plus they have a gigantic room in the back.

[wannabeNurse2]

I love Pizza Ranch! We're having our rehearsal dinner at a nice local 4 star restaurant that my FI works at.

[blondelildevil]

We are planning on going to a local pizza joint called Palios. You can customize your own pizzas (we like ours with wheat crust, chicken and peppers/onions hehe)

Get a few different pizzas that everyone would like and the best thing is it's BYOB! :)

[Meg1984]

We are having our Rehersal dinner at a local bar. Strange as that sounds. haha. My Fiances best mans parents own a local bar who everyone goes to. They have a back room at the bar where we will feast on chicken wings, mac and cheese, chicken riggies, and whatever else my fiance decides he wants. We want the whole thing to be relaxed and fun. More of a get together with family who hasnt seen eachother in awhile then a formal dinner.

[*Tanya*]

We're having a casual barbecue in my dad's backyard. It's also the house where I lived from the age of 10 until I moved away when I was 19. :mushy: