Ladies and Gentlemen, Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Enemies:
We’re so excited to see you all and so very soon.
Thursday March 3rd, 2016
7p-11p: Cocktails
The Aristocrat Lounge
6507 Burnet Road
Friday March 4th, 2016
9:30p-1a: Cocktails and Snacks
The Townsend
718 Congress Avenue
Saturday March 5th, 2016
6p-11p: Wedding
The Contemporary Austin
700 Congress Avenue
Sunday March 6th, 2016
4p-10p: Socialize
Kevin & David’s House
Read on if you want to know more information about the venues, suggested attire, and whatever else I feel like typing at 9 am on St. Valentine’s Day.
Happy St. Valentine’s Day, by the way!
Thursday March 3rd, 2016
7p-11p: Cocktails
The Aristocrat Lounge
6507 Burnet Road
The Aristocrat Lounge, formerly The Poodle Dog Lounge, is a neighborhood place walking distance to our house! It’s kind of like a dive bar took a bath and got dressed up. Dog friendly patio, delicious pork products from the Three Little Pigs food truck in the back. Lots of booths, a couple of pool tables – if you haven’t been to Burnet Road in a while, this might bring you back in the future. We stopped by the other night and had a lovely time.
Attire: T shirt and Jeans would be fine in this place – being Austin, you’ll see a range of outfits, from people dressed up on a date to folks who look like they’re hosting a clothing outreach program…you know, to give ironically ugly clothing a chance to get some fresh air and think about its life choices. We’re wearing jeans and plaid shirts with snaps. Yes.
Friday March 4th, 2016
9:30p-1a: Cocktails and Snacks
The Townsend
718 Congress Avenue
The Townsend is a swank little place right next door to the wedding venue, so you can have a test run at figuring out where to go. We’ve reserved the back room and we’ll have plates of food, passed appetizers and a couple of cocktails, but you’re also free to order anything you like from the bar. The Townsend is dark and trendy, with a friendly staff and delicious drinks. You’ll like it.
Attire: Dressier clothes – maybe not a suit or a gown, but dress shirts and dresses would feel right at home. The whole place isn’t ours, as last night, so you’ll get to see some Austin downtown wildlife. Hush! Observe the former frat boy in his designer jeans and dress shirt with the cuffs rolled up! Is that a camel light cigarette? Amazing creatures…
We’re wearing khakis and dress shirts, and I’m sure we’ll have on jackets – not ties, though.
Saturday March 5th, 2016
6p-11p: Wedding
The Contemporary Austin
700 Congress Avenue
Dress fancy pants. We’re wearing grey suits, but we’re not wearing ties. I know, heathen, but what are you going to do? See http://www.swappell.com/index.php/attire/ for more.
Sunday March 6th, 2016
4p-10p: Socialize
Kevin & David’s House
Our house is a small 1952 ranch house in the Allandale neighborhood of Austin. We did just add on a couple of small decks out in the front and back, and our landscape project probably won’t be completely done yet (SO CLOSE) – but you can come see Bacon and Biscuit in their natural habitat and watch David try like mad to keep Kevin’s mom from feeding them everything on her plate.
Attire: Wear whatever you like! We’ll have lots of wine and cheese, cheese and crackers, crackers and other little nibbly things until around 6:30 or so when we’ll have a mess of BBQ delivered. DO LET US KNOW if you are coming so we can get you some meat.
We’re wearing jeans again, and I wouldn’t be surprised if another snap front shirt made its way out of our closet. Depending on the weather, a t-shirt might also save you from seeing my bare chest. If you have that orange waffle weave t-shirt dress that says MIAMI in gold glitter, now’s the time to wear it. OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE…
If you have any questions at all – please do not hesitate to email either one of us –
davidsweeney@gmail.com or kevinchappell@gmail.com
We hope you’re having a great weekend!
Thank you, we love you (probably), and we’ll see you soon.
David and Kevin