https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:44:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-224154 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:57:04 +0000 DillonLion 224154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We know zero "interesting" people. Ha! I mean I love our friends, but we all work regular ass jobs and no one is a doctor/lawyer/banker/actress/inventor or anything like that. </p> <p>I've been wanting to throw a dinner party forever, but it would just be our close friends and family, no interesting guests required (or available). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-224152 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:55:07 +0000 Running Elley 224152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@808love: @Adira: How cool!!! I'm glad to hear that both of your parties were successes :) Once we get settled in our new house it's TOTALLY on the to do list! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-224149 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:54:12 +0000 matador84 224149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have casual stuff, sometimes we grill, and sometimes people bring stuff over. i'm in a bunco group and we meet once a month and have a different theme every month and it's so fun. we've done breakfast for dinner...white trash...next month is olympics. white trash was a fancy hot dog bar, bbq chips, junky beer, margaritas, and mac and cheese! everyone dressed up too. i always look forward to it every month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-224144 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:51:10 +0000 Adira 224144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: Oh, I've done that! Every year, Hubs and I host a big Halloween Party, so last year we decided to do a big Murder Mystery. It was sooooooo much fun!</p> <p>We did this: <a href="http://www.dinnerandamurder.com/games/4deuces.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.dinnerandamurder.com/games/4deuces.htm</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-224140 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:44:24 +0000 808love 224140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: I did that twice. It was soooo fun. I told them their characters ahead of time so some of them dressed up. Ooh. I gotta do that again one day!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-224041 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:13:50 +0000 regberadaisy 224041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: haha yup!</p> <p>or how about everyone that comes chips in for a sitter and there's a under 18 area??</p> <p>@Running Elley: Like a Clue Party! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-224035 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:12:13 +0000 Running Elley 224035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is kind of silly but I’ve always wanted to throw a themed mystery dinner party! …Where everyone has a “character” to play. You can buy kits to do them. I just think it would be SO fun….especially since I think in most cases no one knows who “the killer” is until the end.</p> <p>ETA: Like this. <a href="http://www.nightofmystery.com/about/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nightofmystery.com/about/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-224031 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:07:11 +0000 mrbee 224031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: So basically, everyone gets bombed haha!</p> <p>I would definitely come... except for the part where it would cost me a million dollars in daycare to leave the house while the kids are sleeping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-223714 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:23:21 +0000 Meridian 223714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the idea of throwing fancy dinner parties and having an eclectic mix of people! </p> <p>We do throw one or two nice dinners a year (usually around the holidays) but we always end up inviting the same people. Our usual suspect of friends, so no new interesting people. But I'm terrible at small talk and getting to know new people, so I guess I am happy/comfortable with the way things are :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-223649 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:50:18 +0000 regberadaisy 223649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would <i>love</i> to throw fun swanky cocktail parties where people have to dress up. Appetizers only and everyone brings a bottle of wine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-223638 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:47:05 +0000 Alivoo01 223638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Between our close group of friends, variou couples "host" dinners all the time. No set menu, just whenever a couple decides to make dinner and have guests over. Nothing fancy though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-223318 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:54:40 +0000 808love 223318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I think your dream maid stopping by over afterward would be AWESOME!<br /> Extreme potential: They are really sweet, enjoy playing with kids but don't have any yet--- thus have free time and are IDEAL candidates for babysitting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-223303 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:59:10 +0000 mrbee 223303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha, extreme potential to babysit... what is that?</p> <p>Whatever it is... it sounds AWESOME! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-223302 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:51:25 +0000 808love 223302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We would like to once a month but it ends up happening every 4 months. This weekend we invited two younger couples, newlyweds and about to be engaged. We have been married two years. The males work with my husband and have extreme potential to babysit. They are on the quieter side but it is nice because it gave everyone a chance to talk since nobody was dominating. My husband is on the quieter side so it was good for him too. I cooked everything. Sometimes we potluck but since they are younger and could be our sitters we made sure to go all night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-223194 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:05:30 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 223194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We throw dinner parties... Usually we design it around a great wine that we've found or some other fresh element from farmer's market.</p> <p>As for the guests, we just invite our best-est friends and neighbors... That usually means some lawyers, docs, software engineers, one I Banker, a VC, a producer and a graphic designer... so pretty eclectic.</p> <p>Phil Dunphy from Modern Family lives in our neighborhood and we'd love to have him over, though there is no real reason to ever even speak. We have seen him at our local lunch spot though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-223185 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:56:05 +0000 Rubies 223185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"Dinner party" sounds so grown up! Have have sit-down dinners often with out friends. The girls spend all week planning the menu, we divvy the responsibilities and on party night, they come in the afternoon to help me set up. Then the boys come just in time for eating. Ugh. But they always clean up. Afterwards, we play board games or Mafia.</p> <p>Anything else seems sooooo grown up and mature! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-223182 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:53:44 +0000 chopsuey 223182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've never thrown a dinner party. We have people over for bbqs all the time though. :D<br /> Catered food and peach bellinis sound good.. ;) Just say when and I'll be over! haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-dinner-parties#post-223161 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:44:00 +0000 mrbee 223161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love to start having dinner parties once a month or so... maybe with a group of friends, and we each bring one interesting friend or something. Kind of like Dinner for Schmucks, but in reverse. </p> <p>The ideal guest would be doing something interesting or cool, and would mix well with the other people there. Some people from the internet, some from publishing, some designers... that's about everyone we know. It'd be fun to also have actors, directors, authors, and academics... but I don't know many. In any case, our ideal dinner party would be a fun eclectic mix of people, and there'd be a lot of good wine and (catered) food. Plus while we're dreaming, let's have a maid come by the next morning!</p> <p>Do you throw (or regularly attend) dinner parties? If you threw a dinner party, what kind of people would you want to attend? </p>