My nephew Justin got married last night in a nice but chilly outdoor place called "The Pines", about ten minutes into the mountains. I took my usual flurry of photographs during the ceremony with the reception dinner on my mind the entire time.
My general strategy for wedding feasts is to position myself at one of the Lagrange Points between the bar and the appetizer action. If you are a wedding feast amateur, you may not realize that appetizers are served in a definite pattern. The servers always start and end in the kitchen, and follow one or more comfortable routes. With experience you can learn to read these "currents" and use them to your advantage. Like a game trail, but with stuffed mushrooms.
It was no time before I was "in position" for optimal beverage/munching efficiency. There was a sweet spot, close to the bar, far enough away from the kitchen door to comply with its sign that read "PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM KITCHEN DOOR", yet close enough so that a minimum of piranhas will have attacked the appetizer tray before I can get to it (piranhas of course being the other hungry guests, the competition).
I began to notice that whenever the squeaky kitchen door opened everyone would rush to gather at the Larange Point in a salivating mass of tuxedos and cocktail dresses. From what I remember in Psych 101, this is a clear indication of the Pavlov Effect.
1 comment:
Did you notice I was at the table served FIRST (after the wedding party)! Somehow I got ahead of the great and powerful Dave in a food line!
Post a Comment