A life spent, however victoriously, in securing the necessaries of life is no more than an elaborate furnishing and decoration of apartments for the reception of a guest who is never to come.
To make a fantasy wedding a reality, painstaking attention must be paid to the details as if they were for a real wedding -- buying flowers, selecting a site for the ceremony and the reception, making a guest list.
Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach, an Air Force officer who is facing expulsion proceedings after someone informed his superiors that he is gay, attended the reception as a guest of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, which is challenging the policy.
conichi simplifies check-in and check-out at hotels by using Beacon technology to display a guests' personal preferences — such as allergies, room amenities, or late check-outs — onto a tablet held at the reception once a guest enters a hotel, thereby personalizing the whole experience.
At her wedding reception, Wilson joked to a guest that the sandwiches left over could be saved for the funeral.
Tonight's reception, at the Washington Hilton Hotel, had a guest list that included nearly every Republican lobbyist, fund-raiser and former government official in town.
According to a guest at a reception in Washington a few years ago, Adelson remarked to President Bush, "You know, I am the richest Jew in the world".
A guest lounges against the reception desk, quizzing me: "How did you get here?
A reception allows guests to congratulate the newly married couple personally.
"When I was growing up, I always thought I'd be married in a Catholic church," said Ms. Julian, who presented her partner with a diamond engagement ring on a trip to Disney World and is now finishing arrangements for a reception for 160 guests and a honeymoon in the Bahamas.
