Reply To: JCCC2: The encouragement of Formal Night(s)
I was thinking the other day–we’re all in the early dinner this time, with the show after, right? This makes it really convenient for the sea monkeys (and our beloved hosts) to be formal-ish for dinner, then go back to casual for the rest of the evening.
With that being said (and mustache formals aside), there is something to be said for spending the evening hanging out in non-informal attire. It wasn’t about conformity with a dress code–it was about being in a different state of mind. “Playing grown-up” in our nice clothes, lounging in the Crow’s nest sipping cocktails and listening to David Reese regale us with tails of the sharpener, or Hodgman and Kevin Murphy serenading us with their ukuleles–it was surreal and welcome retreat from the heavily scheduled pace of the days and early evenings.
I’m done rambling now…