On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:05:56 GMT, Julia Altshuler
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
> > As someone who has attended all types and also as someone
> > who will someday have to foot the bill for a wedding - I
> > think that an open bar for x hours, then beer/wine/champagne
> > with a choice to buy hard drinks at a pay bar afterwards is
> > the sane way to go. It gives people options and it doesn't
> > shriek "cheap".
>
>
> I suppose it isn't illegal, and some people might not mind a cash bar at
> a social event, but others do, and there are social repercussions.
>
> That's hardly the end of the world. After the cash bar, the "hosts"
> will know whose definition of hospitality matches theirs, and they can
> continue their business relationship with those people.
>
It's a wedding we're talking about Lia, not any other type
of social or semi-social function and I would NOT invite
people I am cultivating in business relationships to a son
or daughter's wedding. That's tacky beyond words!
>
> I'll then know
> who I want to help celebrate life's great events with me. Everyone's happy.
>
I have one expectation about socializing when I'm invited
into someone's home, but my expectations change when I'm
"invited" somewhere else. Most weddings are a just a
mini-coronation for someone's little princess, so I call the
wedding invitation a "summons".

Getting back to serving alcohol at a wedding reception:
AFAIC, they can just serve beer/wine/champagne from the bar
in the reception room and people can go out to the regular
bar for their drinks, if they wish.

Now, I can really get into being critical when it comes to
food service! That's IMPORTANT stuff. My biggest
complaints are lack of wait staff for sit down dinners and
buffet lines that should be on both sides of the tabe, but
aren't... that sort of stuff. Feed me quickly or I'll get
cranky.



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