June 2009 Weddings
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Dinner Party
In Megs post below (re: weekend plans), she mentions having people over for a dinner party. I also recall a few others having dinner parties - your names are escaping me right now (sorry Megs, not trying to single you out).
Please explain what you do at a dinner party?
I would feel awkward inviting my friends over for dinner (maybe b/c I'm the only married gal out of the group?)
Isn't it easier just to go out to dinner?
I feel like a BBQ is a little different, more casual, outside, whatever - but a dinner party - how formal is it?
(Please excuse my ignorance on this, I've never been, or never heard of having a dinner party).
Re: Dinner Party
I had a dinner party two weeks ago.
Haven't you seen them in tv or movies? You have friends over for dinner. You can make it as fancy as you want - mine, not so fancy. You can even theme them out if you want. It's a cheaper (usually) alternative to going out, plus for people like megs and me, it's a nice opportunity to invite people to see your new house.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
Lol, yes I've seen it on movies - But I didn't know people did that in real life!
Ha, my parents never entertained like that so I was never around it growing up, but I like to playact at being mature and fancy, and throwing little soirees is a great way to pretend.
We NEVER entertained at our previous apartments because all we had in terms of seating was 3 chairs and a crappy MDF wood table in the kitchen. At the J9 GTG, we sat on my living room floor eating dinner!
Now that we have a formal-ish dining room, I hope to do more dinner parties.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
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What? This is the strangest question. Have you never had friends over to your house before? Where you sit around and talk, maybe drink? It's the same thing, but there's food in front of you. And you eat it.
I can see how this might not appeal to you if you live in a dump or hate to cook, but it's pretty self explanatory!
By the way, to all of you who do have dinner parties - I'm obsessed with this idea. A rotating theme dinner club with centerpieces and stationery. Too bad my friends aren't as cool... I mean nerdy... as I am.
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Nope! My friends and I don't eat dinner at each other's houses. We generally go out to eat, at various restaurants.
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We LOVE having people over for dinner, and entertain frequently.
Sometimes we are more casual, and sometimes I use our good dishes/crystal. I usually cook the whole meal vs. potluck, but I don't send formal invitations though.
We are also trying to start a rotating supper club/bridge night but we haven't gotten it started yet.
What do we do? Eat, drink, talk. Sometimes we will play Wii or a board game, but that is not a central focus.
We do it ALL. THE. TIME. in Chicago. No clue.
Well we've never really done it before either, so maybe I will have more to share after tonight!
The term "dinner party" sounds so fancy, but really our get together will be very informal, and we are just grilling using a Bobby Flay chicken recipe that we like, so the meal wont be especially fancy at all, just a little more interesting and complex than your average hamburgers and hotdogs.
I think we will probably hang around after dinner, have a few beers. DH is a bit of a beer snob, so sometimes we will have beer sampling nights, but it really depends on the people coming over. Our friends that are coming over tonight are big into having game nights, so I'm guessing they'll bring something or we'll just watch a movie on demand.
I really wanted to get one of those portable fire pits for our backyard so we could hang out back there since the weather is so nice, but I am still working to convince K, he didn't seem too into it.
In my mind the difference between a dinner party and friends just coming over is who supplies the food/cooks. When friends just come over - usually people will bring some beer, a dessert, etc. When I have a dinner party, we supply everything - even when people ask what to bring, I tell them nothing because I've got a whole menu planned out. Maybe thats my control freak nature coming through though - I wouldn't want the food to not go together.
Dandy -- I would gladly join your dinner club. Ours is too laid back, I wish there were more theme dinners, invitations, etc. but I feel like I need a dining room to get that sort of class added to my parties.
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I've always wanted to do this too! I've always wanted to throw a theme-based party and go all out Martha Stewart style with coordinating napkins, centerpieces and food items. But unfortunately my get-together tonight is nothing like this. Makes me wish all of you ladies lived closer!