Aaron's
guests walked into a sprawling lobby with lofty ceilings and
were immediately greeted with Aaron's smiling visage, yellow
matted and mounted
on a blue denim poster board that leaned against
a tall easel.
Aaron's Poster Board Card
Blue
and yellow, as it was revealed later in the "Aaron Trivia
Game", are
Aaron's favorite colors.
Alongside, on the reception table, was a darling balloon
arrangement and a teddy bear
with a marking pen tethered to it:
The
poster board, as it turned out, was a giant card for Aaron.
His guests
filled every corner of the card with signatures, well
wishes and sentiments. All the naughty ones behaved and
resisted scrawling a curled mustache, pointy beard, blackened
teeth and horns on Aaron's angelic face.
Poster
board cards are a wonderful alternative to the old-fashioned guest book which
is relegated to the back of the shelf soon after the event. Instead, Aaron will enjoy this
one-of-a-kind piece of Bar Mitzvah memorabilia for years to come.
Besides, Celia, his mom, will much
prefer to see her son's face looking back at her from his bedroom, instead
of some skimpily-clad, teeny-bopper flaunting her belly button.
Guests signing the Poster
Card
Off to the right
of the lobby was an elegant lounge with plush royal
purple sectionals,
cocktail tables and dramatic overhead lighting, a perfect spot for the
reception that preceded the luncheon.
The guests
schmoozed as they whetted their appetites with delicious hors d'oeurvres of
vegetable crudite and ranch dressing, fresh fruit with yogurt dip, Swedish
meatballs and sesame fried chicken. Some wet their whistles with drinks
from the soft drink bar, while others enjoyed the punch from the three-tier
fountain.
Our host, Eddie,
schmoozing.
At
the far end of the lounge was a table filled with place cards
with names and table numbers, which proved to be a
most efficient way to let guests know to which table they were
assigned.
All of Aaron's
guests on paper
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