Rafaello Santi originally painted the cherubinos lounging around waiting for something divine to happen, but I guess these little angels got a bit too bored, huh!? lol! Well, these angels are no different than regular mortals, when it comes to lounging around... let's have a drink! (Note: Not a fan of the smoke which is why I recommend the patch to our angelic homies).... Anyways, today's subject..... the cocktail hour!
When Ms. Tortolita and I picked out the venue for our party, we understood that we had to provide our own catered dinner and our own alcohol. When discussing alcohol, this option proved to be very refreshing (no pun intended). This means the Tortolitos have full control over how much should be served, what to serve, and when to serve it. Everything is under our control, right?! FALSE!
When our families throw parties, we always have unlimited amount of alcohol.... beer and tequila shots everywhere! Both of our dad's love their drinks, maybe a bit too much for our liking. Actually, my dad is a bartender and was the first person I came to for advice. Of course he suggested to buy cases and cases of patron, vodka, whiskey, rum, cognac, and everything imaginable... all to be available at an open bar which should be open all night long. Ummm... FALSE! Knowing my invitees, this will end in senseless debauchery and forgotten memories. No fun... the last thing we want in our wedding is to deal with drunkards who eventually have to jump on the 110 freeway without on-ramps to go back home. Don't get me wrong... we both enjoy our occasional cocktails, but when there is an open bar, ppl take advantage of the situation and drink drink drink! Once again, I have no problem treating our friends and family to drinks.... but there is a such thing as too much....
The goal is to treat our guests to some drinks while they lounge around waiting for us to return from our photoshoot or the occasional drink to accompany their dinner... but how can we achieve this goal. Here is what our options seem to be. Oh, actually, before we start listing.... you all have to take advantage of BevMo's 5 cent sale... buy one bottle of wine and get a second for 5 cents..... wow! Ms. Tortolita and I stocked up on our wine and champagne... and basically saved 40-50%..... amazing... I heart BevMo! Anyways, let's go to our options....
- Make our male parentals happy and allow them to drink anything and any amount all day ..... haha... FALSE... not an option.
- Rent out mix drink glasses, so that the bartender has no choice but to serve mixed drinks... and no shots! Shots are fun... but become dangerous too fast!
- Offer a list of drinks to choose from and only buy the ingredients needed for those drinks. Sure we limit our guests' choices, but I think they shouldn't mind. Their primary purpose is to enjoy their time with us and remember how the Tortolitos officially become their own familiy. Plus we can avoid the "See you later's", the Jager bombs and the "Long Island Ice Tea's"
- Have an open bar, with a wide selection available, but give each guest (over 21+) a couple of carnival tickets they can barter for a drink. This one initially sounds like a good idea, but when we consider that most of the women in our party don't drink and they don't know how to drive, the doodes will be able to double-up easily. When the dads have to drive their family (kids!) back home and under those conditions.... yea.... not going to happen.
- Just have beer, wine, and champagne.... the light drinks.... and limit the amount?
- Kool-Aid for everyone! Or how my family would say it.... Kool-ay! Without spiking it too!
So, blog world, what do you recommend? How should we handle the a-a-a-alcohol?
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