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Thanksgiving side table prep The turkey may be resting. The table may be set. But the details most likely to send a Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving host back into the kitchen are usually much smaller. There is not enough ice. The wine glasses are still in a cabinet. No one can find the pie server. The kitchen trash is already full—and guests are asking what they can use to take leftovers home. One hour before everyone arrives, stop thinking about the menu and walk through the g
Table with bottles of wine, wine glasses and a large acrylic ice bucket with ice and wine A thoughtfully arranged wine station keeps drinks organized, helps guests feel comfortable and gives the host more time to enjoy the gathering. Hosting often becomes a series of small interruptions. Someone would like a glass of white wine. Another guest needs a corkscrew. Someone else asks where the water is. A guest sets down a glass and cannot remember which one was theirs. Before lon
Pool Party Drinks Three cocktails, 20 people and one less thing to figure out before the party. A Labor Day pool party should feel like the last glorious exhale of summer—not an afternoon spent wondering whether you bought enough vodka. So what should you serve? And, just as importantly, how much do you actually need? We gave the Clever Parties Bar Planner a very simple brief: Labor Day pool party. 20 people. Late afternoon. Just cocktails. That was enough to start building t
