Stemmed glasses look so architectural and majestic when they are lined up and capture the surrounding light. Very hypnotic and a little bit magical.
Even a simple assembly of flutes ( here, at a very civilized trade show) is beautiful and soothing to see.
Yes, this is standard bar stacking practice -- but something about it is so mesmerizing:
and a friend of mine applied this idea at home and it works:
I like this unexpected treatment...very lush, somehow:
I always use real glasses when I have gatherings at work or at home -- even for a large group. Everything tastes better in a real glass. It also honors your guests and upgrades the event.
It also makes more sense environmentally. I can't understand why anyone would want to create more garbage by using disposable cups or glasses -- or add nasty chemicals to the soil with plastic and Styrofoam -- when it is so easy to use real glasses instead.
Many people never consider this: You can rent glasses from a party rental house for as little as 50 cents a piece. Or you can buy some in quantity to keep on hand to use over and over again --which is what I've done for years.
I found a bunch of perfectly nice champagne flutes from a restaurant supply house for about the same price as renting them... and they have paid for themselves countless times now. I wasn't crazy about the clunky barfly wine glasses they had... but found a box of 25 nice ones at a garage sale.
And there are always good places to find stemware -- like big box chain stores -- and if your timing is good, you can snag them on sale.
Cheers!
