Snapoutofit Entrepreneurs Launch Dinner Party Kit Website Filled With Down-To-Earth Fun

I'm here to give you dinner party ideas - here's a new group trying to original dinner party kits created especially for those who have little time for party planning. Sounds good to me!

"Snapoutofit LLC has launched a new website featuring five themed dinner party kits. With titles such as Ay Caramba, Dim Sum Doo Wopp Doosey and Hippy Dippy Nights guests are bound to have fun. Dinner party kits is the first product from Snapoutofit."

Snapoutofit Entrepreneurs Launch Dinner Party Kit Website Filled With Down-To-Earth Fun

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For a memorable evening, give your guests something to talk about

I like this article by Corinna Van Gerwen (Metro) where she interviews Ashleigh Dempster and Amanda Blakley, co-founders of culture club The Society. The topic is to understand how to get and keep guests talking long after the night is through via  few easy tips. They are to:

• "Play games. “It sounds cheesy, but games can be really interesting at a dinner party,” says Amanda. Try a set of boxed questions like Gravitas or TableTopics.

• Throw a costume party (any time of year). “Costumes give people something to talk about,” says Dempster. “And it brings people out of their shells.”

• Include a news article in the invitation and instruct guests to read the piece. “If the article is about something really interesting ... it could help get a good conversation flowing,” says Blakley.

• Sing karaoke. “As much as people say they don’t like it, after a good dinner party, there’s nothing that takes it to another level like karaoke — it’s always a big hit,” says Dempster.

• Have each guest bring a different wine. Then get each person to tell a story about a memory or experience linked to their particular choice."

Metro - For a memorable evening, give your guests something to talk about

These sound like great dinner party ideas to me!

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I Love Watching These Dinner Party Tip Videos

Do you like to entertain but always get stuck in the kitchen? This youtube video from Better TV has the recipe for a successful dinner party.

I simply love watching all the tips I can get - and from yet another hostess with the mostess - we are everywhere!



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A Dinner Party To Make you Swoon

I've just read about Swoon which is "a refined dinner party featuring a three-course menu, white glove service, a glass of Moet & Chandon and complimentary martini reception sponsored by Veev."

The menu at $55 also comes with a "cool soundtrack of, according to a publicist, ''an abstract but thoughtfully crafted blend of early '80s new romantic, opera, up-tempo experimental rock, folk and Saint-style disco.''

Read more in this link..

Throwing parties that'll make you swoon | MiamiHerald.com

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Have You Ever Seen Such a Bizarre Dinner Party?

This is an unusual post but it illustrates the creativity out there.. around the theme of a dinner party..



The YoutUbe description says.. "a seance inside of a box to 'innocent when you dream'. black and white, classy."

Song.. characters.. masks.. goats.. moon.. Tom Waits

My hope is to inspire creativity when it comes to creating that amazingly memorable dinner party..

Randa
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Dreamy Dinner Party

As the title suggests, I was in a dreamy state when I read this story by Mark Liu of a vineyard owner who invites a cooking class due to create a six course dinner party in a fabulous setting.. the author takes you through the whole event.. inside and out..

"Dinner came in separate courses, each begun with a description from Holly Howell on the paired local wine — red or white — and why it worked so well with the dish. A highlight was drinking wine from Shaw Vineyard, owned by Steve Shaw, who sold to Johnson the very vineyard the houses sit on."

Vineyard party pairs local food, wines | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle

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Potluck Dinner Party Idea

Yes, life may be tight in these tough economic times but as this article by Joan Lipinsky Cochran says.. there's no need to give up dining with your friends..

"Kurtis Lutz, 33, has a better idea. Driven by the high cost of food as much as the desire for intimacy, Lutz invites friends to his home for potluck dinners. Not only is it easier and less expensive than going out, these get-togethers provide a chance for people to build personal relationships through the leisurely pleasures of conversation and good food."

"In most cases, Lutz and Maquez say, the person who is hosting the dinner provides the entree that is usually meat or a casserole. Guests bring side dishes or pick up wine. Maquez usually picks a theme and gives everybody an assignment of what to bring."

I'd suggest checking out the article (see link) for the full story..

Watch Your Budget With Potluck Dinner Parties -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

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Which three literary or historical figures would you invite to your dinner party?

An interesting question to ponder don't you think? I'd love to hear your responses?

And if you're interested in politics, you may be interested to read this story which asked Canadians which political party leader they'd most like to invite home for dinner. It was a in the Journal de Montréal. But between the choices they had  "the winner of the poll was the last choice - "none of them" - selected by over 40 per cent. Most people preferred eating alone with their microwave to sitting at a dinner table with any of our leaders." Sad, don't you think?

And I suspect this would be similar around the world in other polls.. I don't find out local politicians the most exciting bunch..

Years ago we held a dinner party at our house with acquaintances we had met on vacation and it coincided with our national election. And you guessed it - we had very different political views. We went for one political party while our guests went for the other. Yes, it was a little uncomfortable but we made light of it and had a reasonable sort of night. That night the Dinner Party was the successful! party

Have a look for yourself at this story for yourself..

It would have been a better debate around my dinner table

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An Out of Hand Dinner Party - Ask Amy

There's nothing worse.. nothing more uncomfortable...What happens when your friends start bickering at your dinner party?

Check out this article.. it starts with..

"DEAR AMY: A few weeks ago my husband and I invited some friends over for dinner. I made a wonderful meal, only to have our friends (who are newlyweds) bicker at the dinner table. My husband tried to cut things off at the pass before it got too out of hand. Last night we were invited to dinner at another friend's house. Dinner was wonderful until her husband started to drink too much."

ASK AMY: When dinner party features bickering -- Newsday.com

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