I cannot tell you the number of times I have been on one end of the telephone shaking my head, while my mouth betrays me with the words " yes of course I will". What is the matter with me? Yes people are very grateful when I serve 2 vegan, coeliacs with picky appetities at the top of a mountain in a howling gale ( a touch of exaggeration here) but at what cost? I have come to the conclusion that I will probably never learn. Hey Ho!

Oh my god!!! Thanks heaven for her grandparents. Who the hell imagine that the world revolves around them? oh wait, so many people actually act like this.

unfuckinbelievable!!!

If you can pull this one off I want you to come to New York to cater my wedding! Seriously, this is a bit extreme; maybe she can round up a bunch of Hummers for the trek. Or a helicopter for the grandparents. I really enjoy your blog, and your view of life! Good luck with your journey up the mountain.

I wish I could be so utterly and completely oblivious. Pack horses? Honestly, who uses that phrase when describing their dream wedding? OH WAIT.... inconsiderate fucks like this woman who think others were put on this earth only to serve them. Could you suddenly develop a severe allergic reaction to all things equine?

Good Grief......If she actually calls back wanting to carry out this ridiculous pipe dream, you should inform her that the fee for such a remote location is double or triple the fee you would charge NORMAL people.

'Sigh'......stupid people.

Yeah, change your phone number and your pricing. Make it too dear for her to want to pay because I wouldn't want to be packing it up a mountain either.

It's a marriage, it's not as if she's become the next Empress Of China.

Kit: Exactly! Where wee her parents when she needed that first smack back to reality?! Probably scrambling to book a real princess and several dwarves for her fourth birthday party!

Hm, I guess I'm in the minority here, but I don't see this as being clueless or inconsiderate - it's not like she's springing the pack horses on our dear FW the day before or something. It sounds like this is still in the early planning phases. Granted it's a bit out of the ordinary, but if she is willing to a.) find someone to agree to do it; and b.) pay a fair price for the extra planning/trouble involved; why shouldn't she have whatever crazy sort of party she wants? You can always say no...

Give them Cee Dub's phone number, http://www.ceedubs.com/

It's what he does, surely he's done a wedding.

AHHAHHAHAHHAHAHH, love it.

Biggles

Skip the pack horses. Tell her you want a helicopter. Let her have her dream. Personally, I think it sounds fine.

I'm just going to guess at this, but a remote mountain meadow reachable only by horse is probably going to be missing a couple of items: bathroom, water supply, electrical hookup.

It's not a bad thing in itself, but that definitely adds an exponential burden of complexity to a catering operation, helicopter or no.

A chuckwagon-style outfitter is her very best bet.

I would imagine that any guests who were prepared to ride a horse to a wedding reception would also be happy with beans, weenies and s'mores for dinner, which shouldn't require a catering firm!

How much does she even know about horses? Does she really want people in dresses to ride sidesaddle? (If you never have before, you feel like you're going to fall off.) Do you wany guests with sore rears and saddlesores? Do those with carefully-styled hair want to wear a helmet (as a protection in case they fall off the horse)? Women in heels with have problems keeping their feet in the stirrups. Ignore the fact that one should wear sturdy, close-toed shoes when riding. It may seem romantic and movie-like to have horses and remote locations and all that jazz for a wedding. Has she ever seen a horse? A real live horse? They are by and large sweet animals. They are also dirty. And big. They roll on the ground. They smell funky. They poop whenever and wherever they feel like it.

Beyond the logistics of the food, the whole thing is impractical.