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The Lord of the Dance is back!

22 Apr

Dear Future Hubby,

Shit just got real.

I’m always trying to think of ways to make Gaelic Gala even better than it already is. I know, how is that even possible as it’s already the coolest, rockstar destination wedding ever?  I mean, every single second of it is planned. What more can we cram in there? Well, I have no idea where we are going to fit this in, but I don’t care.  Gaelic Gala would not be complete without this.

No one rocks a headband like the Lord of the Dance

Hold on to your hats and don’t wet your knickers when I tell you this exciting news but…Michael Flatley is coming back to reprise his starring role in Lord of the Dance! No fucking joke, dude is going to rock the sequined bolero jacket once more and grace the world with his dancing presence. I literally flipped shit when I found this out. This is fate. We have to have him make an appearance at Gaelic Gala now, with the entire touring company. I know it’s not as exciting as if he had rejoined Riverdance, but Lord of the Dance has more flair to it anyway and what’s a wedding without flair.

I’ve been racking my brain as to how to incorporate him as much as possible and I think I’ve come up with some amazing options for us to pursue.

  1. Lord of the Dance show – This is a given. Sure, we’ll have to amend the week itinerary and maybe have a show for everyone a few nights before the wedding or maybe the night that everyone arrives, but I feel if we don’t have a show, we’ll be depriving all of guest of his magicalness. He’s like the David Blaine of the Irish dancing world.

    "Michael, you're an amazing dancer, and you're a great choreographer, but as a boyfriend... you kinda suck."

  2. Irish Dancing Lessons – We should contract him to give our guest Irish dancing lessons at some point during the week. Not only would everyone learn how to dance (aka look like idiots with legs flailing around) but he could also teach the guys the art of pulling off headbands and wearing jackets with no shirt on underneath. He’d also need to teach them how to properly wax/shave their chests, but they can do that after all the girls are off talking about how he’s the Irish David Hasselhoff.
  3. Contest Judging – After he teaches us all how to dance, Michael can be our honorary judge when on the night of the stag/hen party, we all get wasted and try to do an Irish jig at Danny Mann.  He’ll give out extra points if you dance on both the table and the bench. Then a few of the girls will swoon over him, get him drunk as well, and convince him to give an impromptu show with Gaelic Storm on stage. It’ll be the Irish version of going to a strip club.
  4. Flute performance – Did you know Michael Flatley plays the flute? Well, he does, so I would like for him to play said instrument during the ceremony. I mean, how romantic would it be to look over while we’re getting hitched to see Michael Flately rocking it out on a flute?  Pure magic, Kenny G style.

I’m open to any other ideas as to how to incorporate the Lord of the Dance into Gaelic Gala. I know I’ve already discuss have a Michael Flatley shaped cake, which given the fact that he’s now going to be dancing his little heart out for us, might be overkill. But who knows?

Just promise me you won’t get jealous of him. I mean, he is part David Hasselhoff, part David Blaine, part Keebler elf, so it’s hard to compete with that. But I assure you that I’m marry you because I love you and I don’t think I could ever truly fall in love with someone who looks better in sequences and bling than me.

Xo,

Your Future Wife

“President of the Michael Flatley Fan Club”

Emerald Isle Engagement Party

23 Mar

Dear Future Hubby,

See that planter on the left? Don't end up there.

Yeah, I’ve been neglectful for the past few days. I wish I had a good story for you like St. Patrick’s Day just turned into a really long St. Patrick’s Weekend and I woke up Sunday morning to find myself asleep in a flower planter outside Irish Eyes in Chicago nursing a huge hangover. No, I’m not speaking from experience, I’m not that balls crazy. But I do know someone who that did happen to. Remind me to tell you when you meet him so you can mock him for that.

Being half Irish, my St. Patrick’s Day was mildly uneventful. I know, I know. How the hell am I allowed to have Gaelic Gala when I can’t even stomach corned beef and cabbage and celebrated the holiday by watching Millionaire Matchmaker while drinking a Shamrock Shake from McDonald’s? Fail right there. They are taking away my Irish genes as we speak.

But the thought of St. Patrick’s Day got me to thinking about how we can incorporate the greatest holiday ever into our wedding. Gaelic Gala is going to be in June so having our wedding on St. Paddy’s Day is a little out of the question. There is no way in hell I’m getting married in freezing Ireland in the middle of March. So having our engagement party on the holiday is a great compromise. We can be here or anywhere really. Honestly, Chicago would be preferred. No city except Chicago (and maybe Boston) knows how to properly celebrate it.

I used to think that I’d want to have some ridiculously prim and proper engagement party where everyone was standing around, sipping champagne and everything looking like a scene out of The Stepford Wives. Yeah, clearly I was delusional. As much as I love elegant affairs, I want our engagement party to be reflective of us as well. A celebration. A chance for our friends to come, have a pint, and rejoice in merriment. 10 bucks to the first person who gets drunk enough to do an Irish jig (BowieBride, I’m looking at you).

Ok, maybe it doesn’t have to be balls crazy Irish, like a eight bar pub crawl, someone dressing up as a leprechaun, or people kissing a fake Blarney stone, but it would be kind of cool to perhaps rent out an Irish bar on St. Patrick’s Day and have our friends not only come to celebrate the holiday, but celebrate our engagement as well. Here are some ideas I’ve come up with to not have our engagement party be in the spirit of the holiday, but elegant as well.

Admit it, this is an awesome idea.

Whiskey and Beer tasting stations: Think wine tasting party but with whiskey and beer. You’d be surprised how much Irish booze one can assemble when needed.

Irish inspired foods: Yes, I hate corned beef and cabbage, but that doesn’t mean I’m opposed to serving it at our St. Paddy’s Day engagement party. I’ll just be over at the desert bar hording Bonnafee Pie or eating Brown Bread (aka Soda Bread) and Champ like it’s going out of style.

Irish Music: No, we cannot have Celtic Thunder at the engagement party. I don’t want to ruin their grand performance at the reception, but there are wonderful Irish bands that would make great entertainment like Flogging Molly or hell, I may even pull Gaelic Gala in for a warm up performance to their gig at the Stag/Hen party.

So start prepping you liver now as this will be the warm up event to Gaelic Gala. Really, the whole reason we’re having our engagement party on St. Paddy’s Day is so everyone can be fully prepared by the time they hit Ireland. Just please for the love of god don’t end up passed out in a planter. If you do, you will be mocked and there will be photographic evidence available for everyone afterward.

Xo,
Your future wife

Wedding cake Jenga with Michael Flatley

4 Mar

Dear Future Hubby,

On Tuesday night, I was fortunate enough to attend Kick Ass Cake Bash, the launch of the Broke Ass Cake Collection from Broke Ass Bride, Fresh Hubby, and Fantasy Frostings. It was a fabulous event, complete with delicious cake, rocking tunes, and male models galore. My favorite had to be the guy wearing the black leather shirt underneath a white leather blazer. While there with my friends BowieBride, Kate, and new friend A Los Angeles Love, I found out some interesting information regarding wedding cakes. Did you know that most cost $7 a slice? Dude, if we have a huge wedding, as I’m sure it will be since hell, it’s called Gaelic Gala, that’s going to be something like $1750-$2000 for a cake alone, never mind if I want to do something redonk fancy to it. I mean, yes, we will be winning the lotto in order to make Gaelic Gala happen, but speaking as someone that is currently paying off students loans, that number is insane.

Why, hello there Lord of the Dance!

I love that Broke Ass Bride and Fresh Hubby have teamed up with Fantasy Frostings to create a line of cakes that are beautiful and taste delicious, but are more reasonably priced than $7 a slice. No joke, they are delicious. Like “Sweet Lady Jane Triple Berry Cake” delicious, and I don’t just say that about every cake that comes around the block. Every girl should be able to have the cake they want on their wedding and this is a great way for it to happen.

Cakes are so expensive that it has spawned many new trends in the wedding cake world, the most popular being the cupcake wedding cake. Rather than having a large cake, the couple has a spread of various delicious cupcakes. I’ve been to two wedding that featured this and let me say, I’m a fan of finding a massive amount of red velvet cupcakes at a wedding after I’ve drunk myself silly. However, this trend is become overdone that if we do not win the lotto and cannot afford an amazeballs cake for Gaelic Gala, I would prefer that we actually don’t go this route. Why? Because there are much better route to go that will no doubt start a trend of there own.

Instead of a cake or cupcakes, we could have…

I want the reindeer one

  • Pillsbury cookies – the seasonal ones: Everyone can pick their favorite cookie, whether it be the one with the snowman, the pumpkin, the turkey, the shamrock, theheart, the American flag, the Christmas tree, or the Easter egg. Nothing says wedding like a sugar cookie with a turkey on it.
  • Twinkies: We’ll just unwrap 250 Twinkies and create a castle out of them. People can come take one and whoever makes the castle fall wins. It’s wedding Jenga.
  • Decorate your own cookie: Nothing is more fun than drunk-decorating cookies to see who can come up with the most obscene decoration.
  • Rice Krispee treats: Because we’re all four years old at heart.
  • Jell-O Shots: Desserts PLUS your next drink.

If we do win the lotto though and Gaelic Gala can go on as planned, we’re going balls to the wall with this cake. Do not underestimate my ability to come up with the most random, Ireland themed cake. What kind of Irish wedding would this be if the cake wasn’t representative of that. Here are some options for you to peruse.

Idea stealers!

  • A Guinness flavored cake: Because Guinness alone just isn’t already like drinking a whole meal. The cake will be Guinness flavored as well.
  • A cake shaped like Ireland: The green frosting would turn everyone’s tongue green
  • A cake shaped like Michael Flatley: He’ll be the one that rolls the cake out, while he Riverdance’s at the same time.
  • Leprechaun/Pot of Gold cake: Every wedding needs a leprechaun.

Ok, so maybe that’s a little too over the top. I do always like “simple.” At the end of the day, we’ll probably go with something classic, but you have to admit, Michael Flatley rolling out a cake shaped like him is a great mental image. I’ll leave you with that little gem.

Xo,
Your Future Wife

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