Well, we went last night for our tasting at Personal Touch Dining...Let me tell you that I was VERY, VERY pleased with it.We had an appointment for 5 pm yesterday, and when we got there, we were greeted by a server at the door, who led us right in to our table where we met Tracy Zemke. Tracy was EXCELLENT. We got to go over linen selections, she had a table dressed out in our wedding colors (which were close, but according to my fiancee, weren't quite the colors she wanted...Which was ok, because they had different shades of purple and cream/ivory that she was able to narrow down to).This was actually REALLY, REALLY helpful for us, because it gave us an idea of how big a table we're going to be working with, and she had also set up a very simple centerpiece design, something we hadn't even thought of - some colored stones and some votive candle holders. It was really simple, but still very low and it looked very much "us".
It was really nice considering that we've been waffling back and forth throughout TheKnot website looking at different centerpieces and wondering, "Can we afford something like that?" or "will everyone be able to SEE each other over that centerpiece?"We got to try some of the hors d'oeuvres, and we came across some stuffed mushroom caps that were excellent, as well as fresh fruit shooters - YUM!!!The chef who was working with us initially thought we were inviting a bunch of vegetarians to the wedding, since we picked a portobello mushroom ravioli (which, by the way, if you like mushrooms, this is DELICIOUS!) so he made us a vegetable lasagna. This was nice, but I didn't much care for the veggie lasagna - the acidity from the tomatoes was too much for my acid reflux. Don't get me wrong, the taste was great, but it caused me problems last night laying in bed. :)Tracy was great - she started off with asking us about how the planning was going, and we sat down and told her about how we'd gotten a lot of things done already, who we were going with for our cake, and told her about our photographer fiasco...She was glad that we'd knocked out a lot already, and showed us a layout of how we could have the tables set up, showed us pictures from previous weddings AT our venue, went over the choices of plates that we'd have...Everything was great with them, and they really made me feel comfortable that they're going to come through with what they're promising.