Many people ask me if I like to go to weddings or if I find I can’t relax. I think the answer is two fold. I love to go to weddings. First and foremost I really enjoy seeing 2 people I care about find happiness. Secondly - I love to see what other places are doing and gather new ideas to keep myself and our team here on their toes! Third - If I see something I don’t like - I use it as a learning experience and share it with my staff so they can improve and build upon their services.

This past weekend I attended a beautiful wedding of two close friends in Long Island. We all had such a great time and the couple are absolutely 100% destined to be together!

 Some of the highlights - Our waiter at our table was fantastic. He watched us all evening, brought drinks as needed and was very pleasant. He could not really answer my questions about the food but he was very attentive. The food was great. I have to been to a lot of weddings and being a vegetarian I have eaten some very bad food. As a general rule I try to eat a lot at cocktail hour (and cake of course) so I am full if my entree is bad. The apps were great and the entrees were great as well.  I had to dance off the extra food I ate.

 Some of the areas that I was a little distracted by - The staff! They did not know what they were serving!! There were about 4 groupings of stationary hors d’oeuvres at the cocktail hour. One there was carved beef - I watched the gentlemen manning it actually slice off some beef when nobody was in line and eat it himself!! I went to the Asian station, asked what was in the dumplings and the gentlemen could not tell me if they were vegetarian or what was in them. The pasta station had no forks and I was told to go find them on another station. Um, okay.

Did anybody else notice these things - well at my table there were 5 other guests who had worked in catering. But again - when the couple is so happy, it is easy for the guests to feel happy! But yes, I will be letting my staff know how proud I am of them and what I noticed!