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Entertaining/EventsGiao Duong WilliamsLatest ArticlesThe last vestiges of summer are upon us in fleeting force, and the evenings of fairer weather and less insect-saturated air should be grabbed and coddled and loved while they're still here. Host an Open Air Film Fest in your own backyard to take advantage of nice temps, easy food, and ... With the ushering in of this year's Summer Solstice on June 20, come the hot and humid days of summer, fast upon us in no time now, which call for light, fresh, and quenchworthy sustenance. Perhaps I'm partial, but the food that pops into mind when I think of great summer ... What gal doesn’t remember the glimmer of fantasy we’d get when a fairy tale was read to us? It’s the magic, the fabulousness of it all that makes the idea so appealing. This party should be a celebration of the inner princess in all of us. This party can be thrown ... March 17 always signals for me a time to wear green (lest ye be pinched!) and a good excuse to get the friends around for a bit of being green. It doesn't have to always be a rowdy time of drunken carousing ~ though it can easily be that if you ... Take the best elements of spring and food and host an idyllic Spring Brunch. It’s a lot of fun and great to spark the creative flow, which brings me to this month’s easy entertaining idea: gather up your arts-and-crafts-loving pals and host a creativity circle. Being lazy doesn’t preclude our need to eat, and it shouldn’t preclude seeing our chums, either. One of the ways I keep the social thing going without very much planning or expenditure of effort is with a Concoct-a-Meal Night. Round up your beloved for a fuss-free and relaxed patchwork meal, where the operative element is the contribution of foods bit by bit, be it generous donations from your guests, or little lifts of your own energy through out the week. Strive to create a little of your own magic, memories, and begin a new tradition with a day out for a holiday show. With Thanksgiving almost behind us (I am currently writing this from my folks’ home in a post-turkey semi-coma, so forgive me if I blather; I truly hope that all of you enjoyed Turkey Day as much as I did), this is the prime time to start thinking about having a holiday ... |
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