Entertaining at Home

EmptyNestSoon2
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:41:13 +0000

We love every type of socializing. Restaurants, large parties, small parties, activities, etc. But my favorite is hosting or going to another’s home. I feel closer to to people who have been in my home or I’ve been in theirs.

We are probably with people 3 nights a week—mix of restaurants and homes.

One type of party we did for about 7 years until our friends moved, which hasn’t been mentioned….we had 3 couples who were very close friends. We 3 took turns hosting a supper club once a month. So you hosted every three months, but each of the 3 couples brought a guest couple. So each dinner was 6 couples, and we tried to bring fun people the others didn’t know that well. Maybe it was we each brought 2 couples, so it was 9, i forget. The host was responsible for all the food. It was SO FUN, I might have to get that going again.

But we like all types of gatherings and hosting any of them. We have frequent game nights, we do a neighborhood progressive dinner a few times a year, fancy dinner parties with china and tenderloin or whatever a couple of times a year, but more often dinner for around 10 friends with perhaps people bringing appetizers or dessert. I host a larger party (60+ people) about once a year. I used to love large parties but they’re not my favorite anymore.

As far as cost, I think hosting usually costs a lot more than going out to dinner would, but then of course people reciprocate, and if you bring a couple of bottles of wine or other hostess gift, and maybe a dessert, that’s a lot cheaper than going out to dinner, so it probably evens out to cheaper than restaurants. But nicer, warmer, and more intimate in my view. But I also like checking out all the new restaurants!