What should I wear?

Ah, the age-old question. For most of the weekend, we‘ll be enforcing a strict policy of wear whatever you like within reason. But we realize that some of you need more guidance figuring out what you like or what falls within reason; see below!

In general

First and foremost: Wear comfortable shoes. We will be in a forest, and while many paths at Sequoia and Quaker are paved, often the shortest (and nicest!) paths are unpaved walking trails. Distances between relevant areas on-site depend on where you’ll be staying; it can be a 5-minute walk from one area to the next, a 20-minute walk from end to end, shorter/longer depending on your energy/laziness level.

While we‘re hoping early June in northern California will bring lovely weather, evenings can get chilly year-round, especially since we‘ll be in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Bring layers!

For casual hangout times, you‘ll probably want to dress… casually. 🙂

Friday Gathering

Keywords: Family (p)reunion / Cultural showcase

We‘ll be having a late afternoon / evening gathering, including dinner and other activities (none requiring special gear). Some of you will have just arrived after your travels; others will be rolling in as the evening rolls on.

Anticipated dress range: casual to ”forest casual-chic”; you can dress up or down as you prefer. We will have an international/cross-cultural theme to the evening’s events, so those who feel so inspired are invited to wear comfortable, semi-casual clothing of their culture of choice (where all italicized terms above may be broadly construed!).

 

Saturday Ceremony & Celebration

The ceremony will take place in a redwood grove; to get there, you‘ll need to walk down a short flight of steps. The celebration is just a few minutes’ walk back uphill from there, at Las Alas Lodge. The remaining festivities are on hard surfaces (paved or indoors), so if you wish you could opt for a change of footwear. (But we still don‘t think heels are a good idea. Seriously!)

Dancing (or non-dancing but comfortable enough for dancing) shoes encouraged!

Anticipated dress range: “woodland wedding wear” — approximately festive or cocktail, but wear whatever length of anything you like. Less formal than black tie; no tie is perfectly fine. Feel free to sparkle.

Sunday Procession & Ceremony

The (optional) procession will take us along trails from the Sequoia to the Stones & Flowers property for the ceremony. The walk is about 15 minutes at a suitably stately pace. Those who wish to await the procession (or beat us there by internal transit) will be welcome to skip this part.

The rest of the afternoon will feature garden/outdoors activities centered in Peace Park and the Las Alas area (back in Sequoia).

We will be encouraging thematically appropriate attire, at least for the procession. Especially for kids of all ages, costumes are welcome/encouraged! Naturally, robots are welcome, but also anything else you think would fit into anything N and/or N would enjoy will be most appreciated. (If you are costume-shy, you could always come as a costume-friendly version of yourself. OR you can come as a robot masquerading as you.)

It will be appropriate/enabled for you to don something specifically for the procession and ceremony and doff it afterwards.

Anticipated dress range: Creative/festive. Let your imaginations run wild!