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Outdoor Summer Parties

fete — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:30:16 +0000

It’s hard not to get excited about summer parties with the beautiful weather we’ve been having! We had two great parties last year that incorporated food into the table décor - a fantastic clambake with lots of great seafood to share, presented in a large plexi box in the center of the dining table – and a more rustic, yet sophisticated, outdoor dinner on farm tables with colorful tomatoes down the center. Incorporating food – whether it be seafood, tomatoes, grapes, figs, lemons – into your table décor is a great way to enhance the design and keep the elements on the table fun, approachable and even interactive.

Help Yourself!

fete — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:39:05 +0000

It’s definitely a treat when you can have someone serving food and drinks at your party, but that can’t always be the case. Here are two ideas for providing drinks for your guests that will allow them to help themselves.

Set up a bar for your favorite drink (Caipirinha, Margarita, Sangria) – with the drink in an infusion jar, plenty of glassware and ice, and some fresh fruit to top it off.

Have drinks and several juices/sodas on the table so people can mix their own drink – be sure to have the appropriate glassware at each place setting!

Complete the look of your drinks with some fun straws or stirrers in mason jars or unexpected glassware.

Tips to Hosting A Sophisticated Dinner Party

fete — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:31:40 +0000

Click below to see my Today Show segment on throwing an extravagant dinner party at home. Scroll down slightly to the video portion of the page.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29054368/vp/46603876/#46603876

Surfer Party, Brazilian-Style

fete — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:40:54 +0000

We had a lot of fun creating this fantastic beach party. We played off the host’s Brazilian heritage and love of surfing. Bartenders made fresh caipirinhas and caipiroskas (made with vodka instead of cachaca) all night. Samba, capoeira dancers and this fire-dancer pictured below were incredible. At one point, I thought her arms were going to fall off. Thanks to Bambi Cantrell for these photos.

This custom designed surfboard anchored one of the big bars

When a specialty drink is new to many guests, a bar menu card like helps.

Local surfers couldn't help but try to join the party!

After everyone stopped worrying about getting hit with a flame, we were all mesmerized