Wedding 5/10/08

notes from wedding event 5/10/08 - my role was videographer, hired stalker

all in one place - excellent

gave the vendors a table behind the dj on the stage - A+ AND served us the soup - tomato so delicious, and a mixed lettuce caesar salad with a sardine, and gave us prime rib or whatever that steak is. Ironically i think i decided to go vegetarian and give up meat, chicken and cheese and sugar this week. i blew it tonight, i tasted the steak. i did not have the beef wellington at cocktail hour. but i did have a serving of the cheese tortellini, that was really good too.  ok but this was not supposed to be about my diet. tho i think food at a party is interesting. when was the last time you treated your friends or family to a dinner and drinks. a few people let alone a couple hundred. just sayin. 

so that's nice, for a good party provide food and drinks. make selections. at cocktail hour, they also served a slice of seared tuna over soba noodles. oh yum. i convinced grandpa not to get it cooked and try it how they presented it, raw, and he did! go grandpa! but he declined speaking on the video. 

they were a young couple. the dooods were awesome, energetic and participative. dancing all night and willing to leave messages on the video - yes with this co. i interview guests. it's annoying but sometimes it is fun. tonight it was both.  "i hope you stay together forever." "have a long and happy life together." "i've watched you grow from a little girl into a butterfly" (that was what the best man said. he was endearing and funny as shit) oh and another very attractive groomsman  kept pretending he was hammered and popping into the video. this i also found very entertaining. 

the saturated medium olive green color of the bridesmaids dresses was very pretty and matched the carpet of the hall. i did wonder if that was planned or coincidence. 

i liked the bride's strapless dress, white, she was really tall - i'm not so tall - and very young - um no comment - the dress part was full length balloon curtain style to the floor, it was elegant, i guess. i'm on the fence about poofy white pastry dresses and slinky ones, not sure what i would do or if that's even relevant. hey not married either. 

dj dj dj after listening to wedding music sometimes you think you like it. i heard a neil diamond song tonight that i hadn't heard in years and really liked and i heard another song i liked by a different neil but now i can't remember so maybe i didn't like it that much. so music helps a good party.  

i love the twist and shout, and the cupid shuffle. why why why and a little ymca. these make good party songs. ok and the new electric slide if you have to have the slide. because i like the reverse, a how low can go, and salsa. group dances rule!

so make sure you take care of your vendors when you have a party. 

and make sure you allocate people to do those jobs, like play music, take photos, shoot videos, cut the cake, coordinate - yes the maitre d' was a very good time keeper, in one minute we'll do the father daughter dance, in 8 minutes we'll do the mother son dance, and in exactly 10 minutes we'll cut the cake. bonus no garter / bouquet at this one. 

the dj did do one dance particularly well, the all couples anniversary dance, he invited the couple married 50 years or more first, then 45 years or more, and down the line to 25, at which point he asked for a round of applause. that's a long time of marriage and impressive. i get a little teary eyed at that. in my anti world of mainstream things some times things like that still get you. i would love to be married for a long time one day i guess i am still really conservative deep in my heart, my parents have been married over 40 years now too.  my grandparents who are now passed away lived to see their 50 year anniversary.