Another day of vendor visits in the Grand Traverse region. Today, a florist, a venue, a caterer, and a disc jockey service all came into the hot seat. The first three survived - the caterer, Silver Tree Deli, even turned in an unexpectedly good showing - and the last fell pretty hard on its face. You can almost never tell who will surprise you with what on the upper end of the wedding planning spectrum; Silver Tree appears to be very much a boutique, resort town caterer but now sounds like they may put together a very competitive package for rehearsal dinner. The flipside is that a little lower in the market, the more budget-minded players can be quite a spectacle. Our DJ interview today is a case-in-point. We met at a couples' house, heard their system, heard Mr. DJ 'mix' some songs, and heard Mrs. DJ excitedly explain that they bring a limbo stick in the trailer to every engagement. (Fantastic!) We sat in their living room hoping to move quickly through the speil about soft music during dinner and how Enya's 'Watermark' was typical of what they would like to play. Great service, I'm sure, but not really our style and, as much as we love Enya, not really anybody's style in 2007. Tomorrow is Cake Day and it is hard not to get excited about that, even if some of the cakerers are bigger wildcards than some of the DJs.

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