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There’s been a trend brewing recently, and we’re on the fence: pajama parties for adults. A new take on the cocktail party, with a very new spin on the dress code, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle? We’ll take it. Giggling, grown women holding séances and doing each other’s makeup, by way of the Binghamton Press? Not so much.

Who knows? Maybe you’ll know whether your next boyfriend prefers boxers or briefs before you even know his name. Could make for an interesting answer to, “So how did you two meet?”…

Secrets To Entertaining

Hey, you. Put down the Chex Mix. And don’t even think about adding booze to that powdered iced tea mix and calling it a cocktail. Where are your manners? Instead, take some entertaining cues from Southern sisters Lauren and Anne Purcell, who are co-authors of Cocktail Parties, Straight Up! The punchy guide, excerpted here, contains food and drink recipes, quick decorating tips, and tricks to get guests to mingle. Now that’s hospitality. To sign up for the Purcell sisters’ e-newsletter, “Sisters’ Secrets to Confident Entertaining,” go to PurcellSisters.com.

The first cocktail party … Read More

The first cocktail party we ever threw together—in the apartment we shared when we moved to New York City—was not a success. Oh, nothing particularly dreadful happened. The food tasted fine, the drinks flowed freely. But the party just never seemed to jell. Lauren's friends (journalists, mostly) talked shop on one side of the living room, while Anne's friends (financial types, mostly) congregated on the other side. We’d had visions of everyone mingling animatedly.

Maybe dancing would spontaneously break out! Perhaps someone would meet his true love at our party and we'd be toasted at their wedding! But no. Our … Read More

Ah, dorm parties: the jungle juice, the big plastic jugs of liquor. Now they're just hazy—and headachy—memories. As our capacity to overcome hangovers shrinks with each passing day, so expands the importance of moderation. And to enjoy every single sip, a preferred liquor is a must.

But this doesn't mean you can't party.

Hosting a spirits tasting can be very revealing. Is it possible that he really, truly prefers bottom-shelf gin, and isn't just cheap? Will you discover yourself to be a Jim Beam fan, and proud of it? Do the premium vodkas really taste better, or have … Read More