Brides and grooms (OK, usually just brides) spent a lot of time and energy planning the menu for the Big Day.
Unfortunately, a lot of the time they don’t get to eat any of the food they picked out. If I had a dollar for everytime I heard that, well, let’s just say I could buy a Happy Meal.
Action stations and buffets — while a popular choice — often lead to the happy couple mingling and being pulled in different directions to say “hi” to people in various stages of chowing down. Since there’s no set time for everyone to eat, not everyone will be doing so at the same time. This means there’s no dedicated food time for the bride and groom. And trust me, you’ll be wanting to eat.
And yet Tim and I both managed to eat everything we ordered (except for the appetizers!). We had a sit-down dinner. It worked out great. Everyone was eating or talking with the people at their tables at the same time, which meant Tim and I got to eat as well. Afterwards we talkde to various people, but since we’d had the impromptu receiving line at the church, we’d already talked to each person. That meant we could enjoy our reception — with full bellies — and not worry about slighting someone.
Best idea ever.
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On the iPod:
Madonna: Crazy For You
Led Zeppelin: Ozone Baby
Fiction Plane: I Wish I Could Die
Relient K: The Truth
Neil Young: I Believe In You
It’s kind of weird the things you learn about people when you’re planning a wedding.
For example, I learned of some food allergies of some of my guests. I suppose peanuts are a fairly common allergy, but mushrooms? Melons? Really?! I’ve known the people possessing these allergies most of my life, and I never knew about them.
How bizarre.
In other news, over the weekend (while we were dropping off my car in Raleigh to be fixed after the unfortunate future sister-in-law backing into my car in the driveway incident) Tim, the future in-laws and myself went to Maggiano’s in Durham, where we’re having our rehearsal dinner. I had never been there before, so Jean (future mother in law) thought it would be a good idea for me to taste the food before we decide on the menu. Makes sense to me.
Unfortunately, it was prom weekend, or at least a prom weekend. The place was booked solid. We decided to go anyway to see if we could get a table. We were told the wait would be three hours. No thanks. But, after Jean worked her magic, we did get in. She told the maitre d’ that we were from out of town (true!) and needed to decide on our rehearsal dinner menu (also true!) that wait mysteriously dropped to 15 minutes. Imagine that.
We ordered off the family style menu - the same one we’ll be using for the rehearsal dinner - and we had: Tuscan mussels and tomatoes, mozzerella, fresh basil and balsamic vinegar as appetizers; Caesar and spinach salads; rigatoni d (rigatoni, button mushrooms, creamy brothy sauce) and linguine with clams in red sauce as pasta dishes; veal parmigiana and lobster ravioli as entrees; crispy red potatoes and asparagus in butter and garlic as sides; and cheesecake and chocolate cake for dessert. OH. MY. GOD. It was delicious.
Honestly, I think I gained 20 pounds from that meal alone, but totally worth it.
