Attending a wedding reception this Saturday

[KitchenKitten99]

My husband's cousin Aaron, married a very sweet and cool girl (Ana) who was born in Spain and was here on a work Visa. They got married in Spain last September. We were invited, but with two kids and no extra money, we couldn't go. We sent a nice gift basket and good wishes.

Well, because there were several who could not attend the wedding, they are having a 'reception' here this Saturday, with all of Ana's relatives from Spain coming, as well as a couple of Aaron's friends that he made in Japan while he was there as an English teacher for a year. The couple now live in DC, so we see them only a few times a year.

So, this should prove to be a very cool event. I'm even brushing up on my Spanish so that I can converse with them easier, as I don't know the extent of their English skills, and I want to be able to have a good conversation with them.

It isn't a potluck, but I want to bring something to give to Ana's parents as a gift from us. Anyone have a suggestion of something truly American (but not tacky) that they can take back?

I don't want it to be a trinket or something that will just collect dust. It has to be something practical...

[mrg666]

A GW BUSH portrait :salute:

[Abbey Marie]

I couldn't say, since I do not know the people at all, but I would recommend you get something small. They need to pack whatever it is in their luggage, and the costs per checked bag charged by some airlines are getting pretty steep.

[KitchenKitten99]

A GW BUSH portrait :salute:

Lol, yeah, sure. I don't even like him that much right now... at least not as much as I used to.

Maybe something uniquely Minnesotan?

[The ClayTaurus]

Lol, yeah, sure. I don't even like him that much right now... at least not as much as I used to.

Maybe something uniquely Minnesotan?A mosquito?

[KitchenKitten99]

A mosquito?

:laugh2:

Believe me, they'll show up all by themselves. DH's aunt and uncle live right on a lake.

[Kathianne]

Lol, yeah, sure. I don't even like him that much right now... at least not as much as I used to.

Maybe something uniquely Minnesotan?

Some memorabilia from the Mall of the Americas? Big, gawdy, and at the heart of our economic system?

[Kathianne]

Another idea, take photos all around the areas they will visit. What you may not be able to take yourself, you can download. Put into a nice album with a personal note.

[MtnBiker]

Another idea, take photos all around the areas they will visit. What you may not be able to take yourself, you can download. Put into a nice album with a personal note.

That is a fantastic idea, also maybe add a bottle of something like this;

Edelweiss wine from Minnesota
https://www.whiskeyruncreek.com/img/products/l_we001.jpg

https://www.whiskeyruncreek.com/main.taf?erube_fh=wrcreek&wrcreek.submit.getproductdetails=true&wrcreek.productids=WE001&p=4,1,1

[KitchenKitten99]

That is a fantastic idea, also maybe add a bottle of something like this;

Edelweiss wine from Minnesota
https://www.whiskeyruncreek.com/img/products/l_we001.jpg

https://www.whiskeyruncreek.com/main.taf?erube_fh=wrcreek&wrcreek.submit.getproductdetails=true&wrcreek.productids=WE001&p=4,1,1

DOOD! Edelweiss wine! I never thought about that! I'm totally getting that for them!!!

Thanks a bunch!!!! :dance:

[Abbey Marie]

Another idea, take photos all around the areas they will visit. What you may not be able to take yourself, you can download. Put into a nice album with a personal note.

Great idea, Kath. If I were Fuzzy, I would go with that.

[gabosaurus]

Wine is always a welcome gift. Good idea!!

[Yurt]

Wine is always a welcome gift. Good idea!!

i find this to be a welcome gift at my wife's parties (both family and others) and oh yes, she loves it, and so do i, but the sinner in me spikes mine once in a while....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/MartinellisBottle.jpg

[KitchenKitten99]

Just wanted to post that the bottle of Edelweiss wine went over very well. Her parents spoke a little English, although her brothers both spoke fairly good English as well as a few family members were 'ok' in it. But the families thought ahead, and since one of the other cousins is a high-school Spanish teacher, he was asked to be a translator, and he also brought a few friends he knew that are fluent to be translators as well.

Ana's grandfather, Pepe, was just a riot because he kept trying to take off with the bottle of wine I gave Ana's mom & dad.

I didn't need too much help of translators other than a few vocabulary words and verb conjugations, as small talk was fairly easy for me to communicate.

[Gaffer]

Sounds like a good time was had by all. That's great Fuzz.