Best Wedding Reception Ever
What is the absolute best wedding reception you have ever been to?
If you live long enough, you end up attending quite a few weddings during your lifetime. Some are romantic, some are fun, and some are memorable. Sure, some are none of those things, but we’re focusing on the best wedding reception you’ve ever attended.
The reason I ask is that over the New Year’s weekend, one of my buddies and former teammates on our hockey team was back in town to attend his son’s wedding. In fact, his son is a good friend and used to play on our hockey team too. But, back to the point at hand. The Dad in this story now resides in Long Beach on Long Island, New York. A little over six years ago, a bunch of us from the hockey team went to his wedding and reception, and when we all got together this past weekend, we were reminiscing about how incredible their wedding reception was.
First of all, their wedding was on the beach. Sure, it sprinkled rain a little bit during the ceremony, but that didn’t put a damper on the proceedings. There were about one hundred guests at this wedding reception, and it was held at a very nice country club on the beach. The thing you have to know about our buddy, the guy who got married, is that he loves food. No, I mean LOVES food. And that’s what made this wedding reception so memorable, because I love food too.
The afternoon started off with chilled lobster claws, king crab legs, clams on the half shell, and shrimp cocktail. It was practically raining shell fish! I filled up on these seafood delights because I did not know that our buddy and his new wife had planned a seven course continuous buffet for all of their guests!
I don’t remember the exact order of all the different items the wait staff brought out for us, but I remember a deli bar with all sorts of cold cuts, including roast beef, turkey and ham. I remember a taco and burrito bar. I remember a pasta bar. I remember an amazing variety of desserts along with the wedding cake. There were a couple of other courses mixed in during the afternoon, but I think I was in a food coma for an hour or two and missed them. To top it all off, the newlyweds also hosted an open bar throughout the entire five hour wedding reception!
I don’t know how much that amazing feast set this couple back, but it is surely a wedding and wedding reception none of the people who attended will ever forget. It was great to see them this past weekend and reminisce about that happy occasion. It was also nice to see his son marry a very nice young woman while here in Las Vegas. Congratulations to all!
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Larry Martino is the long-time Afternoon Drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of Larry Martino and not necessarily those of Beasley Media Group, LLC.
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