Classic wedding cocktail attire will be great, with one exception: the bride will be in emerald green, so you are welcome to wear your favorite winter whites. Also, bring socks if you plan to bowl at the reception.
We are having Chipotle catering for the reception, and the make-your-own-burrito format allows those avoiding particular foods to opt out of some things on their own (the vegetarians can stick to the sofritas and fajita veggies, those avoiding dairy can skip the sour cream, etc.). But we want you to eat well, so please let us know in advance if there are any particular restrictions we need to keep in mind.
We are keeping our guest list largely local to keep the wedding simple & focused on those we love most. We will strive to include all the significant others we know about or have met, so if your invitation lists a guest, then yes. If not, we would prefer if it was just you.
Due to the size limitation of our reception venue, we will not be able to invite children beyond the one child in our wedding party.
Let us know your needs--the church has a ramp and we have both floors of Mahall's reserved, so there shouldn't be trouble with guests needing to use stairs, lifts, or elevators. But it is important to us to know what you need so we can plan--and you can focus on enjoying the wedding!
Joseph has decided to take Dana's last name after the wedding, so we will be the Planks!
A great question, especially since Mahall's is an old-school bowling alley that does not have electronic scoring. Here is a link to a page that explains the rules particularly well: https://www.thebowlinguniverse.com/blogs/guides-and-tips/how-to-keep-score-in-bowling
The flower girl called Dana "Donut" for a while when she was first learning to talk, and the nickname stuck, morphing into Doctor Donut right around the time she was finishing the Ph.D. Of course, a donut needs a cuppa Joe, and so the unofficial theme stuck. For more pre-wedding fun, check out this podcast on the history of donuts: https://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/a-brief-history-of-doughnuts.htm