dining experience, while the Herbfarm is a bit more eccentric — offering consistently brilliant use of herbs, but peppering the evening with speeches that will probably interest you the first time but could get old after a...

romantic place. The more important part is the speech/ proposal and the presentation of the ring e.g. in the dessert, instead of dessert, etc. congratulations and if they need tips for how to save $$$ for the wedding, check out my...

. . . Chicken Marsala and Tiramisu are both pretty awful though). Wine is very fairly priced at Buca too . . . house Chianti is 3 litres (aka 22 glasses) for $64.95. Manager also said we’d be allowed to bring in portable...

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like the classic “Noo Walynz” but you must remember to “move” your vowels. [e.g. "Moving Pictures (‘Movies’ in common parlance) used to be called “Mo'on Pitchers.” The key to this...

Your rhetorical style remind me of Wade Boggs, who used to speak of himself in the third person (“Wade Boggs did not have a Wade Boggs kind of night at the plate.”) Be forewarned: this speech pattern can lead to an...

These are the threads that often give me a chuckle? Burgers and ice cream? I know many a bride and groom who love burgers, beer, fries, ice cream, buffalo wings, etc. but how many have them for their formal wedding reception. It...

that opened up in Harbin called the “Village and Hamlet Great Garden.” The name was an allusion to one of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution speeches, and the whole place was done up to look exactly like things...

We’re hosting our daughte’rs wedding next spring, 2008. We need a restaurant space to host 75 people in a private room, preferably downtown Manhattan. Any suggestions?

You really dont want to have a client dinner at Buddakan. The servers give you this speech about serving family style and sharing. Bad Idea to eat off your clients plates. Too disorganized, save it for a more informal outing. Fun...

, but for some strange reason (probably because of being overwhelmed by the fanciness) I ordered duck. I picked at it a bit and then gave it to my speech coach! It’d be really neat to go back there for our wedding, but I...

not, the bad far outweighs the good. If you want a leisurely meal with your food coming in some organized fashion, that wont happen, they server speech about family style results in random delivery of food, sometimes your entrees...

My husband and I had to drive to the suburbs last night so we figured we’d get an early dinner at Schwa on the way out. We arrived promptly at 5:30 when they opened. The dining room was empty and there was no sign of anyone...

really want to so usually I am very careful in what I choose. Also, we’d prefer more sashimi than sushi, is the sashimi delicate and creative? Or is there a definite must try items? Another thing, we heard the kobe beef is...

with my parents, it was so crowded that they had to close early because they couldn’t cope (it’s just the two of them after all). When we went just before Christmas, it was really empty but we thought it was because...