Subject: Re: SWEET
I'd love for someone to explain why we should continue to host state dinners and important diplomatic functions outside under a tent and in the mud.

I already explained that to you, mud is just hyperbole. I lived in a place that would put up a huge tent structure for functions. I explained how I wandered into it a few times - it helped if you wore a Tuxedo. It was actually great because you could put up an open air concert there too. Tom Jones was there for a birthday bash. Beach Boys played, The Bangles. It was big, and if you got tired of the tent structure you could wander the waterfront. The tent structure they had was absolutely magnificent on the inside. Tent structures would be just fine for all those functions.