Wedding games

I have had the pleasure of having been invited to some German weddings, and I have to say they know how to throw a party and organize games and activities. Maybe it has to do with the kind of friends we have, but often they are very creative. Here are three examples of how they manage to bring fun to the party.

1. A personalized wine cellar

The idea is simple: collect the e-mail addresses or telephone numbers of everybody who has been invited to the wedding, and ask them to bring a bottle of their favorite drink. Ask them to put a personalized sticker or picture on the lable of the bottle, and make or buy a wine rack in which to collect all the bottles during the party

Everytime the bride and groom open a bottle, they will remember the person who gave the bottle.

2. The BeWelcome / Hospitality Tile

Smash a big tile (50cm on 50cm) in pieces (as many pieces as there are couples present at the wedding) and give each couple one tile. The bride and groom get a wooden frame (also 50 x 50) and they have to collect the pieces by visiting the other couples during the next year

3. Handy-men

Every couple that has been invited, should perform some task for the bride and groom. This could be a task they choose themselves, or one that they have to pick blindfolded. The tasks could be for example baking a cake for the bride and groom, or washing the windows, or taking them to the cinema.

Recette pour Boulettes Italiennes

Last week we had a nice party at our place, and everybody brought something to eat.

Here is the recipe for Italian Meatballs / Boulettes à l'italienne

Boulettes italiennes

Pour 4 personnes

350gr de boeuf haché
2 pommes de terre cuites en robe des champs
2 gousses d’ail
50gr de parmesan
2 tranches de pain rassis
2 œufs
2 cuillères à soupe de persil haché
0,5dl de lait
Chapelure
Sel, poivre

Tremper le pain (sans croutes) dans le lait
Eplucher et écraser les pommes de terre
Hâcher l’ail
Casser les œufs et les battre

Egoutter le pain, ajouter la viande, les pommes de terre, l’ail, le parmesan, le persil, sel, poivre et les œufs. Mélanger le tout

En faire des ‘hamburgers’ ovales et les passer dans la chapelure

Faire chauffer l’huile et les frire +/- 5’ en les retournant à mi-cuisson

New Year’s Eve 2006 – Party!

This article was first published on 31st December 2006

This year we had a very quiet New Year. Claudia and I went to the sauna, later we spent a nice time at home and watched some movies. And of course we make a top quality dinner with my stone grill. It felt like back in the old days, when men only had a stone, some fire and a freshly killed mammoth…