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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

More Noodles

Yes, more noodles. I have to say, I don't mind. I love soup, and light broth has been great while I'm trying to kick a cold.
We used up the pork and chicken stock, this time adding shredded napa cabbage, sliced carrots, shredded pork and chicken, enoki mushrooms, and a generous handful of chopped cilantro and scallions.
In wedding news, our friend recommended Rembrandt Band. S's sister used them for her wedding, and S wanted them for her own wedding but they were booked. They are probably expensive, but I'm going to give them a call tomorrow. I trust S. She's been to lots of events and heard a lot of bands. If she says they're the best in LA, that's good enough for me. Their on line samples are probably the best I've heard so far in terms of variety and singers' vocal abilities.

posted by Pei at 10:46 PM

3 Comments:

  • Hi Chez Pei, I love your blog and have had a fun time following your wedding planning. I have to say, as a frequent wedding guest and avid dancer, I would rather a DJ than a band. Whatever you decide to do will be grand, I'm sure.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, At 5/30/2007 04:23:00 PM  

  • I know. A lot of my friends have been saying they prefer bands.

    Since you said you're a frequent wedding guest, let me ask you: have you ever been to a wedding with a stellar band? My friends admit that most wedding bands they've seen are pretty bad, and that they don't know what a good wedding band would even look/sound like.

    Wedding band fans, on the other hand, say the extra (a lot extra, almost triple) money is worth it to get a good band because a DJ might be too cheesy, too boisterous, or play too much club music. I know people love to dance, but it's a wedding and not Saturday night at Garden of Eden.

    I think the heirarchy of pricing is this. The hierarchy of what is preferable is personal:

    -bad DJ (really gimmicky, thinks he's "super cool," plays whatever he wants, annoys people with his mic antics and bad songs. $1000 and under
    -good DJ (smooth, knows how to emcee, plays the music you want and is creative about picking songs for your crowd) $1000-2000
    -bad band (think The Wedding Singer). $4000
    -good band (7-10 piece, two or more vocalists with a wide range of styles that they've mastered, a range of instruments including brass, woodwind, string, and percussion, and the ability to play everything from Frank Sinatra to Pink). $6000 and up.

    By Blogger Pei, At 5/30/2007 06:17:00 PM  

  • correction: I meant to sa a lot of my friends say they prefer DJs because they are more fun.

    But part of me wants that cheesy Hollywood romance feel where at the end of the movie, everyone's happy and the band's singing Fly Me to the Moon.

    I know. I have no shame.

    By Blogger Pei, At 5/30/2007 06:18:00 PM  

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