The air is still fresh; hardy foreigners can head to the beaches on the Lido (where some businesses are still closed). May is really the best month for seeing Italy, with its sunshine, comfortable temperatures and flowers (not so many of these in Venice, of course). Good points: sunshine; comfortable climate.
Weddings are a heightened example of what sociologist Erving Goffman called front stage behavior. Goffman viewed social life as something akin to a performance, where we attempt to manage the impressions we make to others.
There are two dimensions to the sociology program goals. The first dimension involves teaching the skills of the sociology profession. The second dimension involves the application of those skills to public affairs through public sociology. The first goal of the sociology program is to develop the professional skills that support the sociological imagination. These include: Knowledge of how to use theory to conceptualize a problem and to select and organize relevant social facts. The ability to use social scientific research methods to address sociological questions.