You don't have to leave home to have an adventure. Just invite your neighbor to dinner.
Isn’t it a good feeling to present a perfect space to an incoming guest? I don’t always get to do it, but when I do, I love that feeling. Wow it takes some hard work to get there. Last week, my boys prepared their toy cave to be taken over by three teenage girls. It took a while to hide […]
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Pool Party Season We’ve been doing quite a bit of backyard hosting this summer. I have something called “Pool Guilt”. I have the pool and I know others don’t and so I compulsively invite people over to swim. Sometimes as one group leaves, another one arrives. Along with the work, it’s lots of fun. It makes for a very social […]
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During big holiday gatherings, there is often a lull, when people are just waiting for the next thing to happen. This is often the time where feelings of awkwardness take over. People can feel disconnected because conversations are stilted or there is a lack of commonality. As a host, you can create islands of unity around activities. I find that […]
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Here’s the scary truth… in my city, if my three kids take 4 weeks of swim lessons during the summer, I pay more than 1K. Oh the pain! We now have a pool in our back yard and those kids need to know how to swim. So, here’s how we’ve managed. We host swim lessons! Our super-duper swim teacher used […]
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I don’t have a home business, but I admire the effort and courage it takes to run one. So, whenever I know somebody who sells products I’ll use, I try to buy directly from them. Last weekend, I hosted a home business bazaar at my house. A friend of mine makes jewelry and a sales day she’d recently been planning […]
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