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Or, I thought of it on the train. I was riding one of these babies to work today,

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when suddenly, crammed between a high school girl wearing her skirt too short and a salary man who smelled of last night’s booze, I had a brilliant idea!

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An English roast! I’ve gotta give myself a round of applause for that one. I mean, Mr. G and food are the center of my universe. You know how they say guys are always thinking about sex? I’m always thinking about food, in a totally fattie foodie way. Before I got into wedding blogs, I was reading food blogs. I love gourmet stuff. I love trashy eats. I love stuff from all over the globe. What I love most about living in Tokyo is the abundance of “tabehoudai” or all-you-can-eat deals. So, of course, reception food is a big deal to me! Dare I say it? I think food is a higher priority than music.

One of the things I’ve been thinking about for the grubbing portion of our backyard ceremony is what type of food we’d serve. Our wedding will have elements of Japan from cherry blossoms and paper lanterns and origami, so it’s Asian-inspired. I think it would be weird to serve something Italian or Greek; I mean, no family from either one of us is anything but anything but Caucasian and Japanese. I didn’t want to serve Japanese food because I don’t want everything to scream Japan. So we were in a pickle… mmm, pickles…

Back to my train ride. I was thinking about how I wanted our wedding to incorporate bits and pieces of “us” because my family and friends haven’t seen me in a minute and they’ve barely met Mr. G at all—they certainly haven’t experienced us as a couple enough. Well, the Japan thing is one thing and we WILL be having beer pong because I am the Queen Of Beer Pong and King’s Cup is “our” game. What elements of our day represent Mr. G? Mr. G likes Transformers, hamburgers, pizza, and beer. Mr. G was an English major. Mr. G has two middle names. Mr. G is English. Mr. G… is English. English weather? No, no, not in Southern California. English… food!

What better way to get to know someone’s culture than through their food? It’ll be memorable and interesting. It’ll also be hard to find someone to cater it, but through my Googling skills I think I’ve found a few places. This is one of those times when planning so far away really is a disadvantage; we’ll have to wait until we get to L.A. in October to try it out and get Mr G’s authenticity seal of approval.

What elements of “you” are you incorporating into your special day?