Friday: The eve

Friday is designed as a full exhale.

The day deliberately slows the tempo, not out of formality, but necessity. After four days of activity and anticipation, this is a chance for the couple to be held by their closest people in separate, nourishing ways.

No obligations, no announcements. Just rest, ritual, and reflection. The final hours before ceremony are treated with care, privacy, and deep presence.

Guest Experience:

There were no official events. Guests were encouraged to:
• Rest, sleep in, or request breakfast via in-room butler carts
• Walk the grounds quietly, return to spa services, or remain in their suites
• Enjoy a light seasonal brunch on the West Lawn from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
• Receive butler carts throughout the afternoon with cold towels, matcha, cucumber water, and custom linen fans
• Submit personal notes to the couple until 3:00 PM via Camille’s team
• Surrender mobile devices at noon as part of the full press and digital blackout

Guests not invited to the evening dinner were asked to take this day as a moment of personal reflection and grounding. No expectation, just grace.

Host & Team Movements

Zuri
• Enters “A Room of Her Own,” hosted in the Gothic Suite by her mother and sister
• No filming, no stylists, no interruptions. Just communion, care, and quiet ritual
• Spends the day journaling, receiving letters, and preparing spiritually
• No bridal prep, only presence

Julian
• Hosts “Library Hour” with his groomsmen and male family in the estate’s original reading room
• Shares stories, receives messages, and initiates a playful roast-meets-memory circle
• Closes the gathering with a quiet solo walk of the Grand Terrace

Planning & Creative Teams
• Manage blackout protocol and ensure all photography and media is placed offsite
• Finalize dress placement, escort card wall, and ceremonial sound cues
• Oversee installation of the Garden Fourteen dinner, the final evening before vows

Thursday’s events

  • Three Women: A Private Breakfast

    9:00AM
    Location: Upper Garden Nook

    A private breakfast for Zuri, Her Mother and Sister. Hosted in a private shaded grove in The Upper Garden

  • A Room of Her Own

    9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    Location: The Gothic Suite

    Zuri’s space for stillness, held by her mother, her sister, and a few chosen women. This was not a bridal suite, but a sacred container for reflection.No planning. Only presence.

  • Library Hour

    11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    Location: Estate Library

    Julian gathered his brothers, cousins, and oldest friends in the original reading room. The tone was half confessional, half cigar-lounge — quiet music, dark wood, and heavy laughs.

  • Final Dinner: Garden Fourteen

    7:30 PM
    Location: West Garden

    A final dinner for fourteen chosen guests invited to one long table in the West Garden. The table was set for quiet conversation, soft food, and the last shared breath before everything changed.

    Dress Code:Ivory, Olive & Moonlight

    Guests were asked to reflect the palette through texture and tone.

a room of her own

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: The Gothic Suite

A closed, deeply personal space for Zuri. Hosted by her mother and sister, this is not a bridal suite, but a space for clarity, emotional grounding, and sacred witness.

Guests may drop in with invitation only.

the library hour

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Estate Library

Julian gathered his brothers, cousins, and oldest friends in the original reading room. The tone was half confessional, half cigar-lounge — quiet music, dark wood, and thick paper.

Highlights included:
– The First Toast: anonymous one-liners guests would never say at the actual ceremony
– The Groom’s Table Notebook: filled with quotes, sketches, bad advice, and roast notes
– Julian’s Stories: brief tributes (and jokes) for each guest — part memory, part thanks

At the close, guests received a matte black box containing:
– A custom Rolex Oyster Perpetual, engraved with their full name
– Julian’s personal inscription: “Keep Time, Not Score”
– A handwritten card tucked into the lid

They were then offered a second timepiece of their choosing post-wedding — a more expressive silhouette arranged via private jeweler through Altair Estates.

Garden Fourteen

7:30 PM
Location: West Garden

A quiet dinner held in the garden, shared by fourteen. No speeches, no performance, just stillness, softness, and presence.

The evening is unmarked. The table is long. The couple sits opposite, in custom ivory. Everything else is felt.

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