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1 Great Idea: Outdoor Movie Screening
This fall, we love the idea of inviting friends over for an outdoor movie in our own backyards. And it's easier than you might think: You can buy an inflatable screen (for bucks), or...
Posted by Joanna Goddard
September 28, 2009
Keywords design, entertaining, home, parties, party decorations

Blogs: One Little Bite

2 Summer's Last Hurrah: Spaghetti with Frutti di Mare
Over Labor Day weekend, at a friend's beach house where a group had gathered to celebrate the end of the season, I helped my pal make a big batch of frutti di mare (a.k.a. seafood...
Posted by Alanna Stang, Executive Editor
September 17, 2009
Keywords entertaining with friends, family entertaining, fish stew, frutti di mare

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3 Tomato-Can Vase
I know now never to bother arranging fresh flowers before my friends Adam and Simone come to dinner. Simone, who is an artist and does the flowers for Del Posto and Babbo in her spare...
Posted by Jenny Rosenstrach, Features Director
September 14, 2009
Keywords dahlia, diy, entertaining, flower arrangements, flowers

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4 Summer Feast: Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp on the Grill
A couple of weeks ago, during that all-too-brief patch of glorious summer weather, some friends invited us to their place for dinner alfresco. We'd been to the fish shop and brought along our catch: a...
Posted by Alanna Stang, Executive Editor
September 4, 2009
Keywords shrimp, summer barbecue, summer entertaining, summer foods, summer meals

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5 Entertaining Find: Hug Rings
These touchy-feely felt napkin rings "hug" your linens in the cutest way. And they can double as place cards at a kid's birthday party: Alternate the boy and girl forms to avoid a scene straight...
Posted by Cookie Magazine
September 2, 2009
Keywords entertaining, food, home decor, homewares, parties

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6 Peter Pan Birthday Party
We loved this Peter Pan party last April, and here is another Neverland-inspired birthday fete that makes us feel like flying! Caitlin threw this party for her 3-year-old son Saxon. He dressed as Peter Pan...
Posted by Joanna Goddard
August 21, 2009
Keywords birthday, birthday cake, birthday party, birthdays, books

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7 Empty the Summer Refrigerator
As we were getting ready to head home after being on a beach vacation for a week, I took a look at the remaining contents of the fridge. I didn't want to buy anything else...
Posted by Pilar Guzman, Editor-in-Chief
August 12, 2009
Keywords family-friendly meal, grilled steak, steak salad, summer entertaining

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8 A Little Girl's Pink Birthday Party
What if your mom's job was to bake cupcakes all day long? Well, just ask Olivia, a lucky 5-year-old in Australia, whose mom, Sharnel, runs The Cupcake Company. (Yummy.) When Olivia turned 5 recently, Sharnel...
Posted by Joanna Goddard
August 7, 2009
Keywords birthday, birthday party, birthdays, decorating, design

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9 Party Find: Dwell Studio Cocktail Napkins
Casual summer entertaining does not have to equal Dixie cups and takeout napkins. Consider Dwell Studio's new cloth cocktail napkins, sold in satisfying little four-packs. Choose from six graphic patterns, or get few to mix...
Posted by Cookie Magazine
August 7, 2009
Keywords entertaining, homewares, parties

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10 Custom Plates for Special Days
We love the tradition of serving up meals on a special plate for birthdays and other landmark occasions. (You aced the spelling test! Hooray!!). Even if dinner is just good old mac-and-cheese, eating it...
Posted by Gabrielle Blair
July 23, 2009
Keywords birthdays, celebrations, custom, entertaining, tabletop

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11 Harry Potter Party
The whole country is once again Hogwarts-obsessed, with the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Nadia Johnson's eighth birthday party was one of the coolest we've seen. April--a friend of Nadia's mom,...
Posted by Monica Perry
July 21, 2009
Keywords birthday party, entertaining, party ideas

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12 Greater than Great Graeter's Ice Cream
For my birthday every year, my friend Rory gives me a gift certificate for six pints of Graeter's ice cream. The Cincinnati institution (that's been around since 1870) ships anywhere in the continental U.S. (not...
Posted by Jenny Rosenstrach, Features Director
July 17, 2009
Keywords birthday gift ideas, desserts for kids, entertaining with kids, food gifts, graeter's ice cream

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13 Nickelodeon and Tiny Prints
For kids who love Nickelodeon (Dora!) and moms who cringe at the design of character-themed anything, one of our favorite online stationery retailers, Tiny Prints, now offers a modern alternative to make both mother and...
Posted by Sarah Newell
July 7, 2009
Keywords entertaining, invitations, stationery

Food + Parties

14 Ice Cream Dessert Recipes
Whip up these sweet, gooey, refreshing summer treats and show the ice cream man that he's got some competition.
July 7, 2009
Keywords ice cream dessert recipes, entertaining, summer, kids food, desserts

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15 Red, White & Blue Ice Pops
Our friends over at Bon Appetit have a smart (not to mention scrumptious!) recipe for red, white, and blue ice pops that would be perfect for any Fourth of July party. Even better? These...
Posted by Casey Lewis
July 3, 2009
Keywords entertaining

Food + Parties

16 Best Birthday Party Ideas
Best Birthday Party Ideas
March 3, 2009
Keywords birthday party ideas, kids' birthday parties, entertaining
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