Outdoors Wedding in Fall, need help planning?

Christina

My fiance wants our wedding to be different by having it outside. Fall Oct. Wedding
Fall is a beautiful time of year, with great colors outside.
Looking for ideas on making it come true. From location, photo ideas, etc.
The ceremony will be outside, the dinner will be inside.
Our bridal party will be in Burgundy dresses with hints of gold.
My groom wants to match me in all white tux with gold tie, guys in black tux with burgundy vest/tie.
Order silk bouquets for all of us, last forever. Might pick sweetest day as our date not sure yet.
Still planning we have a year or two before we make this happen.

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An outdoor fall wedding could be beautiful. Since you're marrying outside, you'll want to use colors that harmonize with your setting, so golds, burgundies, reds, oranges, and browns would work.

I would strongly suggest that your groom NOT wear a white tux! That's not going to be a sophisticated look, is an outdated 70s look, and completely wrong for an outdoor fall wedding. He should stick to a classic black tux like the groomsmen, a dark suit, or for a more casual look, a khaki suit.

Here are some ideas:

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Help djing dads 50th bday party.?

Michael P

This will be my first gig, and i need some help setting up the day. For instince what order to play sets in, order of genres of music to play. Now my dad loves disco,some im thinking one disco set and i need help making a guideline for the rest of the night.Its a dinner party, some appitizers first.Then what genre should I kick off after that? then the main meal, what should i play after that? then the dessert, after that i was assuming some club/hip hop for my younger crowd

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don't switch to club/hip hop. if you must do so, then at least use stuff that samples older music that is more respected by older generations...
Instead of using that to appeal to a young crowd, I would use danceable classics from the 70s and 80s that the current generation still enjoys. Classic funk/soul stuff and r&b would do fine.

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What should i do for my birthday party?

danielle

Im 16 turning 17 on April 10th. I want to have a amazing party with me and a couple friends. It cant really be a party party because i dont have the money. I have only like 90 to spend to do whatever i want. I also have a big room, aka the whole basement and i can do alot.

I was thinking some things like..
birthday sleepover with a theme
laser web
nails and hair
dinner
glow sticks
flash light tag
karaoke
movie night
baking
60s-70s-80s-90s partys
truth or dare
lots and lots of music
balloons
snacks
candy
board games
picnic at the park
blindfolded trust games
lots of decoration
crafts
tents

And alot of stuff like that. but i dont really kno what else. i want to have alot of fun. i missed my sweet 16 cuz i didnt have any money and i dont want money to take over this birthday as well. so i need maybe a actual theme and what to do with decorations. maybe some more games. maybe what i should have for food. maybe questions to ask for truth or dare. anything will help.

Any suggestions?

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Graffiti Party:

Guests show up in plain white t-shirts and everyone is given a marker. Partygoers spend the night doodling and writing messages on each other's shirts.

Graffiti Wall - Set up a graffiti wall on which your guests can write messages to the guest of honor, draw pictures, or sign their names. Just tape white or colored poster board or a sheet of craft paper to a wall, or set it on a table. Have color pencils, markers, and/or stickers available.

Face/Body Painting - buys some Halloween face paints or some color marker pens and makes body tattoo design. (Not a real tattoo!!!)

Party Food:
Pizza - Pizza is always a good choice for a party.

Finger Food/Appetizers

Chips & Dip - Chips and dip are a quick and convenient snack to set out on the tableâa perfect food for your guests to nosh on while they wait for the main course!

Colorful Drinks - For a fun beverage, freeze grape juice or a colorful Kool-Aid in ice cube trays. At the party, serve glasses of ginger ale or a clear, lemon-lime soda, and let your guests drop in some of the colored ice cubes. This will delight in the way that their drinks magically change color!

DJ - Hire a DJ and set up a good stereo system or get a friend who does this kind of stuff (post a message looking for a DJ on the school bulletin board). **or** DO IT YOURSELF, records all the songs and labels it and set up a good stereo system set (donât have one BORROW one!!!!)

Games and Activities - Best dancer, Best tattoo, Best looker, etc, glow stick limbo contest, play flashlight tag with glow sticks, and have beach ball to throw around the dance floor.

(Glow stick are at Michaels craft store for a $1 which it contain 15 glow sticks per case.)

Why can't Americans legally drink at 18?

Q. Why, if you're otherwise considered an adult at 18, do you have to ask your mommy and daddy (and by proxy, your supposedly libertine government) if you can legally have a glass of wine with dinner before you spill your blood on the sands of Iraq?

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There generally wasn't a drinking age until Prohibition was enacted in 1919. After repeal in 1933, prohibitionists held enough sway that many states and counties set minimum drinking ages, often at 21. The drinking age was lowered along with the voting age in the 70s under the assumption that 18 year olds were mature enough to have all adult rights and responsibilities. In the 80s, the "war on drugs" made people question alcohol and tobacco more seriously, and a few dumb drunk drivers led to the formation of MADD, which lobbied for a higher drinking age.

The federal government has no authority to dictate a drinking age, so they passed an Act in 1984 that set the "recommended" age at 21, and set provisions to cut highway funding to all states that didn't comply. Over time, the argument has morphed from the matter of drunk driving to the matter of "maturity" which is completely irrelevent here - 18 year olds can partake in much more dangerous activities than drinking alcohol. Today, the law has led to a sort of witch hunt - people are so concerned about "minors" getting alcohol in my area that law enforcement and the media in my area frequently hire 20 year olds to attempt to purchase alcohol repeatedly until some unlucky clerk allows the sale and is subsequently crucified for it.

Today, people are polarized into two camps. Some (myself included) have lost all respect for the drinking age, and take matters into their own hands. I stopped saying no to a beer at a party when I was 18, and I truthfully cannot name more than 5 people who have never had a drink underage. It was common during highschool, and literally universal during college. We call for drinking age reform because the current drinking age simply does NOT work, and there is no need for a law that "everybody breaks."

The other camp generally refuses to believe that an 18 year old can possibly be mature enough for a beer under any circumstances. Many would argue that the age of majority/drinking age discrepancy should be resolved by raising the age of majority rather than the drinking age. It is not unusual to hear from this group that people are "kids" until their mid-20s, alcohol should be illegal altogether, and the minimum age for marriage and sexual consent should be 30.

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what is a book/film set in the 1950's/60's US?

70s dinner set image

phebz

I need to find a good fiction book or movie that is set in the US in the 1950's/60's, where the characters fight for justice of some sort. Something similar to the ideas in The Help. It could be to do with black civil rights but it doesn't have to be.

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"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" is a 1967 movie in which a white woman brings home her black fiance to meet her parents.

There's also the 1952 novel "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison. (It's NOT the sci-fi / horror story!)

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a 1960 novel and a 1962 movie, but it's set in the late '30s or early '40s.

"Norma Rae" is a movie, set in the early '70s, is about workers' rights.

Hole in the wall places to eat in San Diego?

mysfiction

I'm going there in the middle of September, looking for a place to take my boyfriend for dinner that's kind of a local's thing(trying to avoid tourists) and one of those great places to discover. It's his birthday so please tell me if the place you suggest will appeal to most guys?

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Chowhound is a good message board for food questions, but you gotta weed through a lot of old posts. Some hole in the wall places, locals mostly, good food, some are trendy some are casual, all have food any guy would like:

Very Casual:

Hodad's - Sorta way popular now- was on foodnetworks diners drive and dives. Great burgers in that theyre huge and greasy. Slightly breaded thick cut fries, and really good shakes. You can walk in with flip flops, shorts, and a tank.

South Beach Bar and Grill- Across from hodads in Ocean Beach, pretty casual bar. Good fish tacos. Food and Wine mag says they have the best fish tacos in the country, if that means anything to you. Shorts and Tshirt crowd.

Blue Water Seafood - Plastic tables and chairs. You can pick your fresh seafood and they'll cook it up however. I think the fish tacos are better here, especially cause you can choose whatever fish you want.

Tacos El Gordo - Second the rec for tacos el gordo, pretty good TJ tacos, 1.85 a piece. Looks like a ugly fast food place from the 70's. Chula Vista is pretty far away from places Theyre open til 4am on fri and sat, so this could always be a late night option

Tacos El Paisas - A taco shop in a sketchy neighborhood just south of downtown. But they got an outdoor patio blasting mexican music and grill tacos outside like your in TJ. Tacos are 1.65, and they serve a tray of beans, grilled onions and chiles, hot carrots, guacamole, 3 salsas, cucumbers even if you order 3 tacos. there are two locations, the better one is on national ave.

Casual/Restaurant:

Cafe Chloe - nice little wine bar/ french bistro on the outskirts of downtown. really cool sophisticated place, good food, good place to relax.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-chloe-san-diego

Starlite - cool little lounge off the 5 freeway, its easy to miss. Decent food, good restaurant burger. Excellent drinks, i like the "mule".

http://www.yelp.com/biz/starlite-san-diego

Linkery - San Diego's sausage restaurant, they hand make gourmet sausages and incorporate it into their dishes. Burgers w/ butterflied sausage in it, sausage tacos, plain sausage

http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-linkery-san-diego

Cowboy Star - western/country meets modern steak house by the ball park. I've had great simple steaks everytime i've been, good service. sorta steak house pricey, but a good local alternative to standard steakhouse chains.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-cowboy-star-san-diego

Turf Supper Club - The place looks like a 70s dive bar, red vinyl, wood walls. Its a DIY steak place. There's a communal grill in the restaurant and you buy the plates for $7-8 that come with a steak salad, bread. You grill it yourself and socialize while doing it. The drinks here are strong too. Dont go if you're going out afterwards cause you'll smell like bbq afterwards.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/turf-supper-club-san-diego

Some other good places that were pretty good

Urban Solace - take southern comfort food in a nice/urban/modern setting. in north park, away from downtown

Blue Boheme- another french bistro place, cozy and dim lit inside. good steak frites, but price went up.

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