Breakfast in bed for 275 please…
Posted on | April 14, 2010 | 11 Comments
I recently worked with a couple who had an aversion to the “next day brunch”. I have to admit after listening to them describe it - “everyone is hungover and has dragged themselves out of bed to see the bride looking less pretty than she did the night before and the recycled flowers looking mostly dead” – I could see their point.
They did, however, have a lot of out-of-town guests and I always feel that when you drag people to your wedding far far away, it does behoove you to host them for their entire stay.
We came up with a really wonderful solution (and with creative ideas being harder and harder to come by these days, I was truly delighted when this one popped up in the middle of the night).
We decided to build a “Breakfast to Go” bar, a combination of party favor and the makings of Sunday morning breakfast in bed. We offered organic bloody mary mix with mini iced vodka bottles, and Illy Cappuccino in the can on ice as well. Guests could choose an assortment of the best New York has to offer of bagels (Murray’s), donuts (Donut Plant), pain au chocolat, croissants and brioche (Balthazar), with an assortment of jams, butter and cream cheese and have it all packed up for them in an insulated bag by cheerful and model-y waitstaff. You’ve got to admit, makes you re-think brunch the day after, doesn’t it?
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April 14th, 2010 @ 7:53 am
this is genius!
April 14th, 2010 @ 8:02 pm
who cares what the bride looks like? I just want to spend more time with the people I flew hours to visit.
April 17th, 2010 @ 1:12 pm
An inspired idea, one that just made me hungry!
April 20th, 2010 @ 9:48 am
Brilliant! With everyone on different schedules trying to get out of Dodge (or wherever the destination is), this is easy, delicious and allows just enough time to say your goodbyes without overdoing it.
Grab & go; grab a bagel, grab a coffee, grab a kiss from the couple and go!
April 21st, 2010 @ 12:15 pm
Wow! This is so cool. I ended up being about 2 hours late to the morning-after brunch after my wedding…this would have solved that issue
Do the bride and groom get hand-delivered goodies??
April 22nd, 2010 @ 4:20 pm
This is such a fun idea!
April 25th, 2010 @ 10:31 pm
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May 7th, 2010 @ 8:30 pm
fabulous!!!!
May 14th, 2010 @ 8:07 am
sorry, i’m with cupcake on this one. the purpose of the farewell brunch is to spend more time with all your friends and talk about how fun the wedding was and how wasted you got the night before, and discuss when you’ll hang out again, not eat breakfast in bed by yourselves.
May 16th, 2010 @ 5:59 pm
What an adorable idea! But instead of going back to bed, I’d try to wrangle up a group for a picnic somewhere. Then naptime in the sunshine.
June 3rd, 2010 @ 11:09 pm
Brilliant. I’d much rather go late into the night and sleep in the next day and grab something delicious for the plane, train or automobile ride home. Or grab that breakfast and take it to the room and meet those I want to spend more time with later in the day.