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Our wedding planner was coming over shortly to talk about the menu. We’d spoken about it briefly before but I kept putting it off assuming it would be one of the easier tasks to deal with. Boy … you know what they say about making assumptions … I was sitting on mine trying to figure out how I could have been so stupid. Ah well … thank goodness I had Margo to rely on. She would spend as much time with me as needed no matter how vital or trivial. She was a gem. The doorbell rang and I went running to let her in.

We had invited over 200 people and so far we had received RSVP from about 130 all of whom were coming. I knew my family; I knew my friends; and their tastes in food were all over the place. I really wanted something different for my wedding. Something everyone would chat about for days afterwords. So, Margo and I had our work cut out for us.

I knew I was going out on a limb when I decided hold off on sending the proverbial food choice card with the invitation. Figured I would surprise everyone. Guess what … I think I surprised myself more when I came face to face with actually having to create the menu. We talked for what seemed like hours and through countless cups of coffee tossing ideas around: agreeing and disagreeing about a variety of foods. We talked about and finally decided on the reception hors d’oeuvres. They were quite easy. I wanted trays of bite size quiche; portabella mushrooms; bite size steak tartar on very thin crackers; butterfly shrimps; stuffed crab meat in edible shells; mildly sauteed vegetables; smoked salmon with and without capers; baby red roasted potatoes; very lightly fried rice balls; truffles; custard and cream puffs; petit fours; small sherbet parfaits; dark and white chocolate mousse parfaits; and demitasse cups of coffee, cappuccino, and teas. And, of course, an open bar from beginning to end.

We had spread out a floor plan for the tables and eventual seating arrangements. It was no easy job placing people together, then changing their seating over and over. We should have eloped, but we didn’t because I wanted the “real thing.” While we were looking back and forth from the plan to each other the thought of wedding favors took hold. However, it was just a thought in itself. I had little notion as to what they would be: another sobering moment in all this chaos that I would have to take care of really soon.

It was time to take a breather. We went outside for some fresh air. That’s when it hit me full force: I wasn’t going to have a “normal” sit-down dinner. I was going to have the serving staff come around each table alternating with the trays of the different foods I wanted served. My reception hors d’oeuvres were going to be our main menu choices. Since our ceremony was going to be very soon after people arrived there really wasn’t going to be time for a traditional reception, but we would have a variety of nuts, raisins, decorative crudits placed around the room, and have wine brought around. I wanted to get the formalities over with tout suite, and get straight into the dancing, food, drinking, and all round fun and enjoyment.

Margo looked up at the ceiling, shrugged her shoulders, stood silent for a few seconds, then looked at me and told me I was nuts and she loved the idea. I looked at her and told her that since I had come up with the dinner/menu concept it was up to her to give me ideas for a unique wedding favor. She thought for a few moments then suggested perhaps we should have table photographs taken while “dinner was being served,” and then have 3×5 photos made up and laminated in a simple nice single paged photo album and sent out to our guests. That was settled … we were a great team …

My wedding plans were slowly but beautifully meshing together, and I was delighted with them. It was going to be a “Night to Remember;” and the first step towards a lifetime of memories.

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