"Goomba38" > wrote

> Went to a wedding last PM, held in a very historic building. Way too few
> seats for the assembled (never attended SRO nuptials before! LOL) but the
> atmosphere and the sheer gorgeousness of the space helped soften that
> blow.

I've seen tiny chapels that are just breathtaking, but if you want
more than, say, 100 people there, they'd have to stand or
wait outside.

> Friends of the young couple did the food. Pretty simple, low cost stuff.
> Veggie platters, cheeses, meat trays, mini rolls to make sandwiches,
> meatballs (Nancy Young-grape jelly and chili sauce! I asked!! They were
> actually pretty good. The only warm item on the table),

Oh, no! Another convert! (laugh)

> and of course a gorgeous bridal cake on one one side of the room, and the
> typical UGA symbol grooms cake on a buffet on the other side of the room.
> Bakeries around here must do at least 2 of those a week, LOL. The tables
> were ornamented with floating candles, flowers and netting which looked
> nice at night.

Nice.

> I so wanted to "fix" the buffet table for those folks. The large oval,
> antique table was set with some items on both sides starting with the
> plates (inplying two identical sides so folks could move down on either
> side and not miss anything, but then they had the napkins only on one
> side, and both platters of the meatballs on only one side. So people were
> weaving in and out, and then having to go around the other side for the
> meatballs.Someone just didn't think that one out.

If you're going to have a buffet, plan it out as much as possible.
Too many people with plates and utensils wandering around is
not good.

> They used clear plastic plates and utensils yet I have to say they were
> much nicer than ones I've usually seen for sale in the store?

I think they sell decent ones at party stores. For those of you who
think party store is liquor store, I mean party stores where you buy
and rent stuff for a party, like plates and tables, etc.

> I'm always torn about all that trash in the landfills versus renting (with
> washing/transport) which entails different energy use.

Your area is just coming out of a nasty drought, no? I'll take the
disposable plates in that case.

> I gagged a bit when one woman came out to refill the large bread "cubes"
> on the platter that held spinach dip held inside a gutted large round loaf
> of pumpernickel bread and bread cubes around it. With her bare hands she
> grabbed huge handfuls of the bread cubes from the replacement platter and
> squeezed them into place on the serving platter, smashing as needed to get
> them to mound and stay in place.

Just the idea of it, while funny ... I would take a pass on the bread cubes,
myself.

> All in all though, it was still a lovely wedding.

Doesn't sound as if they'll be paying it off for the next five years the
way a lot of people do. That's a good thing. Sounds like it was fun.

nancy