no themes

Here's the conversation between me and the caterer that I was interviewing today for our wedding: I shit you not.

Caterer: "Ooooh a circus band -- neat!"

Me: "Yeah -- they are really amazing. We've been fans for years. They're called The Circus Contraption."

Caterer: "Well, what do you think about a circus theme...a friend of ours did a hot dog and cotton candy and popcorn thing..."

Me: "No...we're not really into any theme...Just a party. We don't want to base everything on the band."

Caterer: "Well sometimes it helps to have a theme to center all the elements of the party around."

Me: "Yeah, I understand, but no. We're just looking for great food and fun and this band is a part of that."

Caterer: "OK...Well that's fine. No matter. We can come up with something great...Nice and simple and elegant."

Me: "Great!"

Caterer: "But if you can think of a central idea that everything can be based around, so it will all go together, that would be helpful."

Me: "You mean...uhm...wouldn't that be called a theme?"

I am so not hiring her.