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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 7:53 pm
Couldn't get the invitation, so I'll skip suggestions. There is a question I'd like to ask. Would it be proper for a guest to wear bright red to a summer wedding? The wedding is an afternoon affair with an evening sit down dinner reception.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 7:57 pm
I can't think of a color that would be wrong to wear to a wedding or reception. I think red is fine.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:10 pm
I think it sounds lovely Grace. wonder why it wouldn't open for you??? ok..tweaked a little more, how does this sound??
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:11 pm
btw..look at the restaurant's website..it's a really cool place..
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:11 pm
My favorite color is clear, and that is never appropriate to wear to a wedding!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:11 pm
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:15 pm
ummm, sorry, but it definitely looks like you get food for free and the bar is a cash bar. I'd just take the plunge and be direct.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:24 pm
really? i guess i am just obtuse, but the 'and' doesn't connect that thought? i must be getting bogged down in semantics cause "food, cash bar" to me means we pay for the food and you pay for the drinks but food and cash bar means you pay for both! LOL
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:27 pm
Yes, but you and I know what the intentions are. I'm imagining worse case scenario and the possibility of even one poor soul not understanding.
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:32 pm
How about take the word "Cash" out and just say "Food and Drinks are Extra" or "Food and Bar are Extra"?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:32 pm
well, they would have cash on them if they were drinking! LOL
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:33 pm
I think I am with Hukd. I see food and cash bar and my mind says there is food (which is free) and a cash bar. I guess maybe cuz it doesn't say cash food (or something like that)...
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:34 pm
Maybe say something like cake and entertainment provided. Food and drinks are available for purchase. (I dunno...)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:36 pm
cash food? LOL not sure we are having a cake. is this really so unusual?? I am feeling so cheap........
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:41 pm
I didn't think it was so unusual, but I really can't think of a "proper" way to word this. So maybe it is more unusual than I thought... I don't think you should feel cheap at all. I think it is a nice gesture. To have you pay for all the people who might come would be too much.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 9:17 pm
Why don't you just say "No-host food and drinks." Just like a no-host bar at a wedding, that would mean food and drinks are available for a price. 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 9:47 pm
Hahahaha, Texannie, now I see that page one was all there is. I also think "Food & Cash bar" implies free food, buy your own booze. I like Julieboo's suggestion of "food and drink available for purchase." That is very, very clear.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 10:12 pm
But Hukd, is clear really clear, and am I making myself clear? Is clear clearly a reality or is it not real because you can't see it. Can you feel it? Taste it? Maybe you can hear it clearly, but it couldn't have an odor. It's a muddy question. Do you think clear has an aura? We all wear one, but I think it comes in colors. 
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 1:08 am
Think Gracie put something in her coffee? The only colors I'd try to avoid would be white and black. And there are occasions even when that rule is not hard and fast. Annie, I'd go along with that last suggestion: "Food and drink available for purchase." Just to underscore for the guests they'd better bring moolah. And btw, what a nice thing to do for a good friend! Sounds like a relaxed, good time.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 2:44 am
Urgrace, clearly you are trying to confuse me! 
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 5:56 am
I couldn't open the invitation (web tv in use here) but I think you have to be specific about guests paying for both food and drinks. " There is delicious food available for you to purchase and also a cash bar." (Gee, I want to come. It sounds like fun).
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 6:38 am
Grace, I think a red dress is gorgeous for a summer wedding. =)
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 6:52 am
Gracie, where I come from the only no-nos for female wedding guests' attire are light coloured dresses, aka white, cream, anything that could compete with the bride's dress. So red should be safe.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 7:44 am
I like dogdoc's suggestion. That keeps them (the food and the drink) separate so you know that you'd have to pay for both food as well as drinks.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 8:31 am
I like the "Food and Drink available for purchase"!!! Thanks ya'll!!!
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