A few special touches...

A few parts of our reception got commented on over and over and over again.

#1: The Hot Dog Buffet. Matt and I decided to have a late night hot dog bar to help ensure people had the energy for dancing all night, and to give them something to soak up a tiny bit of the alcohol they would have consumed by that point. Major hit. Here, Trish, Austin and Erin enjoy hot dogs.

We were inspired by the Notre Dame tradition of Quarter Dogs, and posted an explanatory sign on the hot dog buffet.

#2: Flip-flops. Awhile ago, I saw a reception online that had a basket of flip-flops in different sizes so that people could change in to comfortable shoes mid reception. I forgot about it, and only remembered when I was flipping through an US Weekly last week and saw Rebecca Romaijn (?) had similar baskets of flip-flops at her wedding. One quick call to my mom, and a basket of flip-flops in various sizes magically appeared at our reception.

#3: Table cakes. We don't have any pictures right now, but we had different flavors of cakes on each table, serving as the centerpieces. Four tables each of carrot, strawberry, amaretto and chocolate mocha cakes. My grandma made the carrot cakes and they were fantastic. After dinner, people tried their cakes, and then bartered with other tables to trade pieces of different flavors.

All in all, it was a pretty fantastic wedding.