Anti-loneliness Strategies
If you are single or recently divorced, one way to ease out of your loneliness is to entertain at home. Elaborate parties or just a casual one depend on your budget. The most important thing is , you get in touch with people and interact with them.
If you have a knack of setting up spontaneous little parties that do not require much preparation, go ahead. You can serve canapés, sandwiches and a punchbowl of refreshing concoction. Fire up your creativity, you can serve Italian spaghetti with a lot of tomato and meat sauce. How about Chinese dish, salads tossed in large wooden bowls, the simplest apple and celery mixture or maybe avocados halved and filled French dressing. Coffee and cake for dessert. Also people seem to enjoy nibbling crisp little slivers of raw vegetable from a bowl of crushed ice .Celery, carrot and turnip are delicious served this way. I’m pointing out the simplicity of smart modern entertaining. Learn to entertain effortlessly. Plan now for a simple, joyous party.
Here are some tips in planning a party:
-Around an occasion. Your birthday( that’s a no brainer) Mother’s day. An opening. A closing. A promotion.
-Around a theme. Black and white. Art deco, 70’s, 80’s, Austin Powers 60’s,Cole Porter Music, Mexican, Hawaiin.
-Once-a month events. Birdge,backgammon,poker. Make it a monthly event and rotate apartments or homes. You will get used to the idea that once a month you will see the same group of people.
By entertaining at home you will have the opportunity to display your prowess as a broker of “social power”.
If you have a knack of setting up spontaneous little parties that do not require much preparation, go ahead. You can serve canapés, sandwiches and a punchbowl of refreshing concoction. Fire up your creativity, you can serve Italian spaghetti with a lot of tomato and meat sauce. How about Chinese dish, salads tossed in large wooden bowls, the simplest apple and celery mixture or maybe avocados halved and filled French dressing. Coffee and cake for dessert. Also people seem to enjoy nibbling crisp little slivers of raw vegetable from a bowl of crushed ice .Celery, carrot and turnip are delicious served this way. I’m pointing out the simplicity of smart modern entertaining. Learn to entertain effortlessly. Plan now for a simple, joyous party.
Here are some tips in planning a party:
-Around an occasion. Your birthday( that’s a no brainer) Mother’s day. An opening. A closing. A promotion.
-Around a theme. Black and white. Art deco, 70’s, 80’s, Austin Powers 60’s,Cole Porter Music, Mexican, Hawaiin.
-Once-a month events. Birdge,backgammon,poker. Make it a monthly event and rotate apartments or homes. You will get used to the idea that once a month you will see the same group of people.
By entertaining at home you will have the opportunity to display your prowess as a broker of “social power”.
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