I love this post so much! I've definitely felt intimidated to host a dinner party even though I really want to! I've been having fun decorating / nesting in my new place, and I have the dining area set up perfectly for a dinner party - I'm ready, just not READY ready lol but this post is inspiring me to do a pilot run with the fam first :)
I host my bookclub a few times a year and my girl gang too. While both are female only, I'm a more casual hostess as far as setting the mood(or maybe lazy?). For my bookclub I serve both NA and alcoholic wines plenty of both usually two varieties of each. Funny as we've aged(60's and 70's) more of the ladies are turning to NA wines, citing sleep and of course driving concerns. So I'm luring them to my side(wink, wink). For my girl gang it's common practice no matter who is hosting to BYOB, so I don't need to acquire any alcohol for those gatherings, I just supply NA stuff for anyone who wants that. Same if I'm hosting a family dinner and I have two sober step kids so the alcohol is usually not around for those. All of that to say I'm comfortable with serving alcohol, but I know that's not the case for some.
I love this post so much! I've definitely felt intimidated to host a dinner party even though I really want to! I've been having fun decorating / nesting in my new place, and I have the dining area set up perfectly for a dinner party - I'm ready, just not READY ready lol but this post is inspiring me to do a pilot run with the fam first :)
I host my bookclub a few times a year and my girl gang too. While both are female only, I'm a more casual hostess as far as setting the mood(or maybe lazy?). For my bookclub I serve both NA and alcoholic wines plenty of both usually two varieties of each. Funny as we've aged(60's and 70's) more of the ladies are turning to NA wines, citing sleep and of course driving concerns. So I'm luring them to my side(wink, wink). For my girl gang it's common practice no matter who is hosting to BYOB, so I don't need to acquire any alcohol for those gatherings, I just supply NA stuff for anyone who wants that. Same if I'm hosting a family dinner and I have two sober step kids so the alcohol is usually not around for those. All of that to say I'm comfortable with serving alcohol, but I know that's not the case for some.
This is so fun!
That's exactly what I was going for! xx M