A Russian wedding and I miss sdnet!

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-10-08 03:59am

Last thing first: I miss sdnet! I started a new job last month at a banquet facility and I have been working my face off to pay some old bills, save up for a new car, and get my life started over again in a new direction. Although it isn't what I want to do when I grow up, it's a great job for me in the short term; good $$$, it's about a mile from where I'm living now, and the hours, although being quite numerous, are rather flexible.

But, there's no net access when you're serving so I haven't been able to make my daily visit here, and I miss the gang and all the fun stuff that goes on here.

OK, on to the less spammish portion of this post, or first thing last: Russian weddings are fun!! We hosted one last Saturday, and these folks know how to party. If I ever get married, I hope it's a Russian girl!

First, there was no bar. They wanted a shot glass at every place setting and bottles of vodka (Absolut) and cognac (VSOP) at every table, to be replaced when empty, and there was a lot of empties. One table drank from 6:30 pm to 1:00 am, and they went through about 10 bottles all by themselves.

Second, instead of a traditional 4 or 5 course meal being served, they brought in tons of traditional Russian food to be set at each table. Lots of cured meats and fish, and several spread type dishes that I have no idea what were, but it all smelled delicious. A giant family style buffet at every table.

There was a lot of interesting things about the reception too. When the crowd chanted "vodka" (or so I think; my russian consists of Da, and that's it) the bride and groom had to stand up and kiss like teenagers. Big fun.

And they danced their silly fool faces off.

All in all, big fun. Makes we wish I was a little bit Russian

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-10-08 04:39am

Glad to have you back, that Russian Wedding thing sounds rather fun.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-10-08 01:01pm

There's a Russian wedding in Deer Hunter. Did they play Katyusha?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-08 01:05pm

Cool. Take care of yourself!

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-10-08 06:21pm

Yes. Russian parties are fun.

For my birthday, I invited a bunch of my firends, as well as some relatives (most of whom I've never even seen before (they brought money instead of gifts)).

Basically, my American friends loved it. We had tons of food and booze, and when you're drunk and happy, the old geezers no longer bother you.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-10-08 07:13pm

I don't care for alcohol, but the food sounds good, and it seems the people had a lot of fun. I'll have to try to weasel my way into a Russian wedding someday.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-10-09 12:03am

Andrew J. wrote:I don't care for alcohol, but the food sounds good, and it seems the people had a lot of fun. I'll have to try to weasel my way into a Russian wedding someday.

Russian mail order bride?

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-10-09 01:12am

Vympel wrote:There's a Russian wedding in Deer Hunter. Did they play Katyusha?

hmm. I don't know. They had a band (two keyboardists and an accordian/clarient player) and they sang a lot of songs, but it's been too long since I've seen The Deer Hunter to remember any of the music from it. One weird thing was that during the band's breaks, they set their keyboards to auto and played pre-sequenced songs. One of them was the Scooby-Doo theme song, and one was the theme song from The Jetsons, both sans lyrics. Very strange, mostly because it seemed normal to everyone there.

fgalkin wrote:Yes. Russian parties are fun.

For my birthday, I invited a bunch of my firends...We had tons of food and booze...

I talked to the bride's mom for a bit (Svetlana; what a pretty name) and talked about that, that although they drank a lot, they also ate the entire time as well to buffer the alcohol. Too, having all the food out emphasized the family angle to it all, everything being served family style.