Wedding Blog: BD**2 - 66
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:13 am
Two things - one story, one completion
Completion: rehearsal dinner site. Because none of the primary, i.e., very nearby, places bothered to return my calls, I went slightly further afield, like a town over. Found two likely places, called both. Since we're over 25 people, we need a function room. Place #1 gave me the name and phone number of their function manager. Called place #2, gave them the party data. They gave me the name and number of their function manager. Same guy. Wha'? Looked up the restaurants on the internet. Same management company; also exact same address, which I hadn't noticed when I did my search. Anyway, it's set up. We just have to give them final numbers so they can have the tables set up.
Story: From the rabbi. I asked if we needed yarmulkes. He said it's up to us, as a comfort level for others in a mixed-religion marriage. We're not bothering, then. He then told me he had recently performed a similar wedding on Nantucket. Two lawyers from DC, apparently politically active. Normal practice is to imprint the names of the bride and groom on the liner, along with the date of the wedding. At this wedding, the imprint was on the outside: in big bold letters on each yarmulke was written "Obama '08".
Completion: rehearsal dinner site. Because none of the primary, i.e., very nearby, places bothered to return my calls, I went slightly further afield, like a town over. Found two likely places, called both. Since we're over 25 people, we need a function room. Place #1 gave me the name and phone number of their function manager. Called place #2, gave them the party data. They gave me the name and number of their function manager. Same guy. Wha'? Looked up the restaurants on the internet. Same management company; also exact same address, which I hadn't noticed when I did my search. Anyway, it's set up. We just have to give them final numbers so they can have the tables set up.
Story: From the rabbi. I asked if we needed yarmulkes. He said it's up to us, as a comfort level for others in a mixed-religion marriage. We're not bothering, then. He then told me he had recently performed a similar wedding on Nantucket. Two lawyers from DC, apparently politically active. Normal practice is to imprint the names of the bride and groom on the liner, along with the date of the wedding. At this wedding, the imprint was on the outside: in big bold letters on each yarmulke was written "Obama '08".