What's the best wedding you've ever been to...

espressogirl717

...and what made it so special? If you're already married, choose a wedding you attended as a guest.  (Of course your own wedding was your favorite!)MY FAVORITE: a family friend got married a few summers ago at her parents home/farm.  The ceremony and reception were both under a tent.  The family strung homemade paper lanterns from the ceilings, and placed hundreds of votive candles in Ball jars on the tables.  When I think back to that day, I remember how everything had this soft, flickering glow, and the sound of crickets and cicadas mixed with music and conversation.  Lovely.

Mrs_AF

My sister had a beautiful wedding. Her husbands parents went all out for it, and it was very lush with flowers and had huge floor to ceiling windows that looked out over a golf course at sunset.

thesuninherhead

MY WEDDING. only for realz.

SassyBrass

I went to one very similar to the OP's favorite, and I do agree, it was very nice. I'd probably have to say that my friend's wedding in Vegas a couple years ago was the favorite. She had been married before and had done the whole head table and cake cutting and she didn't want to do that.So instead, she had a short and sweet ceremony in the chapel at Treasure Island. After that, we had drinks and appetizers and Kahunaville, watched the flair bartenders, and saw a Cirque de Soleil show (I probably butchered the crap out of that).It was way more entertaining than a typical reception, and I didn't have to dance!

thesuninherhead

But seeing as I didn't actually read the line that excluded my wedding until after I posted: I haven't been to a lot of weddings, really. I think we had four or five that we went to over the past couple of years... Most of our friends have only just got engaged. In any case, I had a lot of fun at a wedding I was a BM in which was cocktail and canape style reception. It was just laid back and we had a blast. I also had a great time at another wedding we went to with a good dj- for me, music that isn't the typical wedding mix makes for a good night.

MissIntentional

i've actually only been to 3 weddings before. my favorite was my parents because i was the flower girl and got to wear my hair in what i called a fish braid at the time. it was also at a family members beautiful spanish style home and i remember my brother got super wasted (he was 15ish.)

Ciaram22

I haven't been to a whole wedding in about 11 years and that was my dads. I have been to 2 receptions but they were mediocre at best. My dads wedding was wonderful and I was a junior BM in it. I had to wear this god awful teal upholstery fabric dress and carry teal and white fake flowers. And my stepmom wore the same wedding dress that she married her first husband in and had her hair done like the main character in Made of Honor did for her wedding, just with more curls.

ootmother2

That's hard because I've been to a ton of weddings.I think, other than mine and M's, that the second wedding of an old family friend was the best.It was held in the gardens behind their house in the country Labor Day weekend.  Invitations were hand written, about 100 guests, great band,  I don't remember the flowers, the tables were casual but pretty.  I probably would call it a Martha Stewart wedding, 20 years before anyone knew who Martha Stewart was.The bride walked out off the back patio, smiling and just beaming at her groom.  Second marriage for both, they met on July 4th and were married Labor Day and they never looked back.  I found that pretty amazing right there!Everyone had been mingling in the garden for a while before the wedding started.  The minister just asked everyone to gather close and the vows were about 5 minutes.  The priest from our parish was there and spoke fondly to the couple and the guests.  He couldn't bless or perform the wedding as both the bride and groom were divorced.  He gave his personal well wishes as well as saying grace before the meal.Dancing went on well into the night.  Those "older folks" could sure kick up a storm! There were bars set up on both sides of the garden so no one was thirsty ;)They lived happily ever after until they passed on.

MeaghanandMichael

I have two:#1: On sheer 'platinum' quality: My previous boyfriend ran in a pack of millions and I got to attend some ridiculous weddings. The couple I am talking about rented out the entire White Elephant Hotel on Nantucket for their wedding weekend. Welcome Oktoberfest dinner at their Nantucket mansion on Thursday, RD at a gorgeous upscale restaurant on Friday, beautiful waspy style church. They also had a seperate tented cocktail hour with its own theme, a different themed tent for the sitdown dinner, 12 piece band and art work on the walls. Third tent for the 'jazz' themse after party. Ask me for pics some time. It was unreal.#2: On heart: My maid of honor's sister got married at a place called Bel Mer in Newport, RI. Seriously gorgeous locale with the Newport bridge hanging over the sound in the backyard. Wonderful tapas style food, romantic decor, loving family. Just perfect.

stina93446

I haven't been to too many yet, but I'd pick our friends where the groom was indian and the bride was white. They had all these cultural aspects. The food was indians, chinese, and american, the bride had henna on her hands and feet, and the setting was gorgeous.

SarahPLiz

The most special to me was my friend Mel's. She and her hubby got married standing in a creek bed in the TX Hill Country by our campus minister. The only other attendees were myself and another close friend, and Mel & John's 2 dogs. There were people fishing off of a bridge nearby and they turned down their loud Tejano music and all stood, with hats off, during the ceremony. After the ceremony, we all went out to eat together and had a wonderful time just enjoying each other's company. Backstory is that Mel is Canadian and was here on a student visa. John is in the Army. While Mel was applying for her green card, John got deployment orders overseas. They were planning a bigger wedding later on, and were already engaged and living together, but decided that they should make it legal before he left, in case anything happenned to him. Their wedding was the epitomy of basic, but was still romantic, and very meaningful to them, It made me realize that the dress and the ring and the food and the venue are all secondary to the meaning of the ceremony.

buttaflai

As a guest, I would say my favorite was one of our good friend's wedding last summer. We have a big circle of friends and most of them were in attendance so it was just a lot of fun celebrating all night with people we loved. I tend to like the weddings in which the couple being married are closer to us and there are a lot of people we know there.

Spim7

My brother's wedding was amazing. The ceremony took place at this clearing in a beautiful park. The guests parked in the parking lot and were taken in horse drawn buggies to the ceremony site. After the ceremony we were taken to the cocktail tent. They had live jazz musicians and it was beautiful. After that guests followed a path covered with rose petals to the dinner tent. There were flowers everywhere and the back of the tent opened out to a waterfall. During dinner they had a string quartet playing. After dinner there was dancing in a tent that had a clear top so that you could watch the stars they had a live band that played requests and it was lots of fun.

jamm2019

I went to my friends wedding out in Vegas in 2007.  They got married in a park over looking Lake Mead.  Beautiful scenery...They had their reception at a Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada and it was so much fun.  My friend and I stole a golf cart and took it for a ride.  We laughed the whole time.  It was nice because there was only about 50 people so we had a great party and got to socialize with everyone...

HDutko

The best one I have ever been to was a friend from the fire dept. It was a great time because the food was good, they played good music, and I knew a lot of people so I was very social.