WN - can you check in with us ~on the thread~ this morning?
Dear WN.... I am sitting here waiting to hear from you before I do anything else. I have read your FRMail to ecurbh (our monitors are 3 feet apart) and I don't understand it. I don't understand hostility to him, or about of all things, our weather, but to be honest, I think you'll see on a re-read that we locals here, your hosts at this event, were all three getting a little fatigued last night about you seeming pretty impossible to please regarding the weather here.
But by seeing in your FRMail that you think you HAVE to wear shorts and be miserable because I demand that, I think we just have found the source of the big misunderstanding.
You can wear whatever you want, I thought I had made that very clear when I have said it's casual. I tried like heck to NOT have demands on anyone for what they wear, I just don't care! When I say 'casual dress allowed' and that shorts are OK, I certainly would also approve of long pants. If t-shirts are OK, then so is a sweater. To me it is obvious. I want you to wear what you want to wear for the day.... How this got pinned down to some unfair demand on my part that everyone wear shorts whether it is cold or not is beyond me.
Lets just take this as a big HUGH miscommunication, OK? I am really looking forward to you guys coming, I am really hoping for a nice day, but in packing for Western Washington, I would bring jeans, t-shirts, sweatshirts or a sweater, and indeed shorts if you want because sometime during that week you may see rain, sun, clouds and cool foggy mornings, and temperatures from 50-80.
As for what you wear to the ceremony, don't make that a big deal. Be comfortable. That is all I ever wanted. What I was aiming for here was that people didn't show up in heels and panty hose only to be told to stand on sand. That they dressed to sit on the beach in Washington... that they dressed for the weather we are given that day.
OK? - Pinging everyone coming just so that everyone understands what to bring, and we can talk about the other details that are a lot more fun, like just seeing each other again!