Engagement Party

The ring is on. The phone hasn't stopped. Somebody's mother has already said the words "so, when are we all going to meet?" And just like that, before a single wedding decision has been made, the first party of the whole engagement lands on someone's calendar. Here's what makes an engagement party different from every other event that follows it: the guest list is the most generous one you'll ever have. The wedding will eventually force hard math — the venue caps out, the per