How to Host a Dinner Party
Internet Woes
I’m not sure if you missed me, but I missed you when my Internet went down this past weekend. It led to there being no blog post on Monday, me feeling frazzled and lost, and my router to be cursed at once or twice.
C’est la vie.
It was amazing how much I was affected by not being able to go on the Internet. There were dozens of things that I wanted/needed to do, and no way to do it… I’m perfectly content to take a planned break from the Internet, but it’s the unplanned breaks that make me feel anxious.
How to host a dinner party
In lieu of there being no Internet for me to write a blog post, I made a video instead! I’m hosting a dinner party tomorrow evening for six women (including myself), and I thought I’d share with you a few pointers for how to host a dinner party and preparing for it in the week leading up to it. I love hosting events at my condo and I’ve mastered the art of getting ready for the occasions in advance so that I’m not scrambling an hour before everyone arrives.
As I mentioned above, I made the video ahead of time, with the intentions of publishing it today – hence why some of my tenses in the video are jumbled. Oops. Also, the sistertraveller has offered to work my evening shift tonight, so no 12-hour day for me! Such a sweetheart. (And apologies for the ridiculous amounts of shadows from bad lighting.)
Crackers Recipe: http://livingintherealworld.net/healthy/2008/07/crackers-recipe/
Spinach and Mushroom Quiche Recipe: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/000148.html
If you’ve ever thought about how you would host a dinner party, now’s your chance to share your thoughts in the comments! What do you do to prepare for dinner parties? What’s your favourite recipe to make? What do you wish people would do when they are the hosts?
I forgot to tell you this before but I made your cracker recipe when you first posted it and it’s become a staple! I love it!! So do my kids. Also, I suck at hosting dinner parties – can I just come to yours instead? 😉
Oh I’m so glad you tried the crackers! I love how EASY they are to make.
And yes, you are welcome at my place any time 😀 It would be awesome to have bloggers over for a dinner party.
Your dinner parties rock. Who is cooking, you or the boytoy? 🙂
Me, this time! The boyfriend isn’t going to be at this dinner party. But next time no doubt he’ll be cooking 🙂
Drag on the UNPLANNED internet crap. Planned is one thing but unplanned.. I usually try to do things ahead of time on the planned outages! 🙂
I am not really a “have people over” type of person but I have some help if I do! 🙂
Agreed – I always like having things set up in advance if I’m going to be away from a computer. I feel bad about just not posting anything for no apparent reason!
I’ve never actually had a dinner party, if you can believe it, so I really appreciate these tips! I’ll report back when I get my own place and host one for my own friends 🙂
You would have so much fun doing it, Danielle.
These are great tips Sagan! They’re great for actually maximizing your fun while hosting parties! I can’t wait to go back to hostessing!!
I LOVE the videos!
🙂 Am glad you enjoy!
I usually have lunch parties than dinner parties. I can’t stand dinners, when the guests are all gone and the sun is down and I’m just left with a pile of empty, dirty dishes to clean. You seem to have a good hand at it though, so I think I would much rather be a guest to you! 😉
I’d never thought of having a lunch party! I like that idea.
And Sophia, you’re welcome to one of my dinner parties ANY time.
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