Entertaining at Home

Silpat
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 21:11:51 +0000

I love reading about all of the different ways y’all entertain. Once we’ve moved and settled in, I hope we can resume at least some casual entertaining even if it’s just cook-outs in the fall.

Years ago, H had a new boss (C-suite exec) who’d moved from Rochester. His new wife was not accustomed to the type of entertaining expected among the senior execs’ wives there at that time. We were invited for coffee and dessert one evening and I was surprised when she pulled out a Pepperidge farm cake to slice and serve. I’d already decided I wanted to know this plain spoken woman better and we became good friends despite our 20 year age difference. She never let anyone make her feel inferior, was as kind and generous as anyone I ever knew, and she loved to host people in her home as long as they were happy with hotdogs on the grill or Publix fried chicken. It was very different from the type of entertaining at home that I grew up with, but it was enjoyable and part of the reason it was fun was that she was never stressed about it.