Re: from Gail (fwd)

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:11:52 -0800
 > From: Gail <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 > To: noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Subject: from Gail
 > 
 > Dear Noelle and Robert,
 >     I phoned you this eve.

Which phone numbers did you try?  Did you leave a message?  We were here.

 >     but I guess you were out. Thus, I decided to e-mail you as I'll
 >     be out Wed. and Thurs. eve.  This past weekend we went to the
 >     rental place and picked out red tablecloths and white napkins (as
 >     well as the glassware that we need for the reception). On Astrid,
 >     the caterer's, contract, she indicated that those were the things
 >     she couldn't provide, but that she would provide the china and
 >     silverware. So I hope those colors sound ok to you for
 >     Valentines' Day. I then looked at decorations at Party Cove,
 >     Long's, and Hallmark cards store with Valentines (or wedding)
 >     motive to get ideas and want to run them by you for approval
 >     before I make any final decisions and buy anything. We could get
 >     some red Valentine heart shaped balloons to tie at the markers
 >     outside the clubhouse so guests can find it more easily and/or as
 >     some decorations inside. What do you think of the idea of some
 >     party favors for the guests at their table place setting since
 >     each person is celebrating Valentines' Day as well as your
 >     wedding reception - such as red paper covered chocolate candies
 >     filled with peanut butter

Peanuts are bad -- too many people are allergic.

 >     or something similar, or pencils or note pads with hearts
 >     decorated all over them ( things that people can always use)?
 >     Also do you like the idea of including in the flower decorations
 >     candles and/or ribbons? Is this getting too hoky (spelling?) for
 >     you or do you prefer nothing and just keep it simple?

I vote for simple.

 >     The flower decorations that Jeong will make will be at each table
 >     (and the buffet food tables at Astrid's request). They will
 >     probably be red, white, and pink small roses.  Robert sent an
 >     e-mail to Don recently but nothing was written on it except under
 >     the subject about the idea of labeling the food on the buffet
 >     tables. That probably is a good idea so people can make a choice
 >     of what they want to eat if we have time to make them.

That's very funny -- it actually was an alert from Consumers Union about
national food labelling laws.  Why it was empty, I don't know.  Perhaps
you have some sort of antivirus or antispam software which strips away
embedded HTML.  (Noelle's e-mail of the message worked fine.)

 >     Things will be very busy for us as we get closer to Feb. 14
 >     (especially with entertaining Mireille and Alain at the same
 >     time), so I may need to delegate that to you to do or someone
 >     else.  What time will you be arriving and leaving here as well as
 >     Robert's parents?

I and my parents will be arriving at about 9pm.  We'll probably go
directly to the hotel and just sleep.

 >     Do we need to make plans and leave time to entertain (feed?etc)
 >     the 4 of you as well as Mireille and Alain Fri. Feb. 13 and
 >     Sun.Feb. 15?  Obviously we want to show you our Antarctic photos
 >     while you are here. We already have an invitation to attend a
 >     dinner/dance party our Ski Club is giving Fri.eve Feb. 13, and we
 >     could go to Symphony on Sun. afternoon which we subscribe to and
 >     have to miss Sat. eve. Feb. 14.

We have to leave Sunday mid-morning so my mom can get to her course in
Santa Cruz.

 >     We have not committed to either of these events yet but will need
 >     to know fairly soon.  Do you think Robert's parents would get
 >     along well with Mireille and Alain so that we should possibly all
 >     either go out to dinner together at a restaurant for example on
 >     Fri. eve or should I plan on cooking for everyone here? Please
 >     let me know what you want to do about all this.

We won't get there on time.  Forget dinner.

 >     Sat.  Feb. 14 during the day will be very busy for us as all
 >     afternoon we will be setting up for the reception at the
 >     clubhouse needing to be there to have it open for the caterer to
 >     arrive as well as Jeong, the florist, and the rental co. to
 >     deliver things, etc. All that morning I have a hair appointment
 >     already scheduled, although I may change it to Sat. Jan. 31
 >     before Mireille and Alain arrive on Feb. 4. They leave
 >     Feb. 16. We haven't heard from them recently about their specific
 >     flight plans yet. Keep in mind that around all these social plans
 >     I'm extremely busy at work during my tax season from 1/1 to at
 >     least 3/15 working long hours when I can. If I wasn't busy with
 >     tax season at the same time as this reception, it would be easy
 >     to cook for a lot of people that whole time.  I look forward to
 >     your response to all this as soon as you can so I can make plans
 >     and be prepared ahead of time.
 > Love,
 > Gail