In article >,
"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> news
> > In article >,
> > ChattyCathy > wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
> >>
> >> I'm going to blame thread drift for this one..
> >
> > <lol> Good survey!
> >
> > I'm glad to see that the majority thought that a potluck wedding was
> > cool. :-)
> > --
> > Peace! Om
> >
>
> When we lived in Philly, the neighborhood was originally all 'old country'
> Polish. I was told by and elderly neighbor that during the Depression and
> other 'rough times' when a wedding was held, the mother and her sisters,
> cousins, aunts, friends helped make the dress and the reception was a block
> party held on the block the bride's family lived on (chances are the groom
> lived on the same block). Everyone rushed back from the wedding mass and
> put on the dog on doors and boards across saw horses in front of the
> houses. The street was blocked off at both ends and someone's uncle or
> friend of a cousin's uncle played in a polka band....there was music and
> food until the wedding couple made their way to either their 'new' home, the
> trolley to take them to a 'fancy schmancy hotel in Center City for one
> night, or to Atlantic City if they saved enough money for the trip.
>
> Something so folksy about it, and it makes the whole catered affair look
> cold and stand offish.
> -ginny

Indeed... :-)
--
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