Looking back on the wedding bliss

The last wedding I bartended was incredible.  Not only was the bride and groom two of the sweetest people I ever met, but their family and friends were too.  There were lots of raving comments of the drinks.  The signature cocktails were an incredible hit.  

On looking back I would say the night was full of golden nuggets of learning opportunities.  

1 - make every effort to see the venue prior to the event.  Their venue had wood floors in the area the bar was set up.  Thinking about this I wanted to protect the floors as best I could so the family would not be charged any fees.  I went to pep boys and purchased 2 rubber backed absorbamt mats. The are about 3x4 fr so they protected the whole area well.  

2 - take time out to take pictures with the people there.  They will have fun and you have promotional materials.  

3- don't dismiss technology.  I had my ipad at the bar. I used it to take photos and video of the party.  Now I uploaded it all to Dropbox so the couple can have them for their memories.  Also a bridesmaid used my ipad to log into her yelp account and gave me a review on the spot.  My ipad was PICELESS that night. Mm

4- know the surrounding area.  It was necessary to go out and purchase some extra supplies so knowing the closest store location was important.  

5- the fist two hours of service are the busiest.  The crowed slows down after that.  

6- there was still more left over supplies than I would like to see.  I need to fine tune my estimation sheets to better calculate the supplies needed.  

Till the next post.

Raising the bar and toasting your spirits!