Things We Like

It's very important for us to have a wedding that reflects both of our interests and likes, so I'm making a list here of things we like.


Music

I've danced salsa for 8 years now and it's a major part of my life, so there will have to be some salsa music to dance to at the reception. I also need to have a dress and shoes that I can dance in - more on those later!

We both like reggae, (Dennis Brown, Beres Hammond, Gregory Isaacs, Garnet Silk etc.)Neo Soul and Hip-Hop so we will be playing those for sure. I'm leaning towards the idea of having a pre-loaded playlist because it will be expensive and difficult to find a DJ that can cater to our slightly off-the-beaten-track tastes. We can work on the playlist together and it will be fun (I hope)

Food

We have similar taste in food, I want a casual eating affair because more formal restaurant style food usually sucks en masse and it's super expensive. I like the idea of our friends and family having a nice relaxed meal, maybe even a buffet, just a fun gathering without all the frill and pomp.

Our ideas for food thus far have been BBQ (ribs, chicken, vegetables for the veggies, nice side salads, fresh bread rolls) OR Caribbean food (jerk chicken, rice and peas, curry goat {?} etc) I think the Caribbean food would be the best idea as it reflects the bf's background, ties in with having the wedding on an island and would be fun for my family visiting from back home (they're not picky)


Dessert!

The bf bakes (how hot is that? I know!) and we are both very passionate about desserts, we've talked through some different wedding cake ideas which I'll go into detail about later but I think we'll end up with several small cakes rather than one giant one and I'm sure the bf will have a hand in at least one.