My Upscale Wedding

 

Isn't this a beautiful place for a wedding? It could easily be mistaken as the setting for a Royal Wedding!

Actually, this is a photo of the Princeton University Chapel taken at my wedding in 1984. That's me in the middle kneeling in front of the priest during the ceremony, alongside my future ex-husband, but let's not spoil the memory.

My wedding nicely illustrates the concept of an Upscale Party (or Wedding, in this case) as opposed to an Expensive one. I had a beautiful wedding, fit for a princess, on a teeny tiny budget!

Elegant and sophisticated entertaining takes creative thinking. Although the university chapel doesn't have the historical significance of Westminster Abbey, it is certainly a beautiful venue, and it can accommodate 2,000 of you dearest friends!

Obviously, I could not afford to have 2,000 guests at my wedding! I don't think that I even know 2,000 people! Wouldn't it just be silly to have a wedding with only 50 guests in such a gigantic place?  Well, no. Like the cathedrals of Europe, the university chapel has an "elevated choir."

Below is a photo from Will and Kate's wedding at Westminster Abbey. See the choir sitting on each side? If you look at the picture of my wedding above, you can see that my guests are seated in the choir. The overall effect was a cozy intimate ceremony in a fabulous upscale setting.

So, aside from bragging about my beautiful wedding, what am I trying to say here? YOU can have the wedding (or other event) of your dreams by thinking creatively UPSCALE!