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GAME PLAN:

2nd ANNUAL APPS & ALCOHOL PARTY

Saturday Night

7:00 P.M.

4 Weeks Before

  • Invite guests
  • Think about Menu
  • Think about logistics, where to set-up bar, buffet
  • If you need extra help, contact them, check availability, put them “on hold”

 

3 Weeks Before

 

2 Weeks Before

  • Review menu
  • Organize all dishes and glasses and serving platters
  • Reconfirm extra help

 

1 Week Before

  • Confirm guest list: Will there be 26 or 16?
  • Finalize menu
  • Buy and store ice, and any additional beverages

 

Monday

  • Set-up table, dishes, glasses, silverware, serving platters, utensils and napkins

 

Tuesday

  • Do all grocery shopping except for ground lamb, shrimp and crab claws
  • Wash and store all vegetables

 

Wednesday

  • Chop all onions for all recipes
  • Roast garlic
  • Roast jalapenos
  • Buy flowers
  • Organize playlist

 

Thursday

 

Friday 

 

Saturday

MORNING:

 

AFTERNOON:

 

LATE AFTERNOON:

 

7:00 P.M.:

September 21, 2015

September 21, 2015

September 17, 2015
At Home with Friends

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2nd Annual Apps & Alcohol Party

Last year’s party was so much fun, I couldn’t wait to do it again. Since part of my joy comes from the planning and cooking, I decided to do all new recipes. At the last minute, I added the Kaleakopita because people couldn’t get enough of it last year — or this. This year’s party […]

GAME PLAN: GAME NIGHT

Saturday Night

4 Weeks Before

  • Invite guests
  • Think about Menu
  • Decide logistics such as where to set up bar, buffet, etc.

 

3 Weeks Before

 

2 Weeks Before

  • Review menu
  • Book support staff if needed
  • Organize all dishes and glasses and serving platters
  • Buy all beverages including alcohol
  • Make Salted Caramel Sauce

 

1 Week Before

  • Finalize menu and confirm guest list
  • Buy and store ice

 

Monday

  • Set-up table, dishes, glasses, silverware, serving platters and utensils

 

Tuesday

  • Do all grocery shopping except lamb, fish and shrimp
  • Wash all vegetables.

 

Wednesday

 

Thursday

 

Friday

 

Saturday

 

MORNING:

  • Buy shrimp and tilapia
  • Take all prepared food out of refrigerator to come to room temperature

 

AFTERNOON:

 

 

June 29, 2015

June 26, 2015
At Home with Friends

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Game Night

Lots of people have game nights on a regular basis but this was a first for me. Lots of people play Cards Against Humanity but this was also a first for me. A first, but definitely not the last. I wanted the food to be fun food, kind of like bar food but my style. […]

February 16, 2015
At Home with Friends

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Baby Shower Party

  It was wonderful news to hear that my friend Krista, who does a lot of the beautiful photography on this blog, was having a baby. Then I got the news that it was a girl.  I immediately volunteered to give a baby shower. Krista and I had lots of conversations about the shower and […]

August 11, 2014

July 2, 2014