tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36986911.post7944611459706852564..comments2023-09-02T20:54:22.512+10:00Comments on The Blog Shall Set You Free: Hosting a Successful Dinner PartyLonie Polonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17388703611487708801noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36986911.post-16569337735551466042008-10-20T21:49:00.000+11:002008-10-20T21:49:00.000+11:00Hi Rita - thanks for the sympathy and offer of coo...Hi Rita - thanks for the sympathy and offer of cooking. I actually got take-away, as I decided I couldn't clean AND cook. Besides, the restaurant did more delicious tandoor delights, curries and naans than I could ever ever make myself. Pity about the cost though. Why is good Indian so expensive. Is it the spices?<BR/><BR/>LOL at HB! No, it was a family dinner so none of that, and I don't really drink anyway (well, not after the last few times I've been diabolically drunk and caused embarrassing scenes...)<BR/><BR/>MM - it's an overrated experience, I found. Too bad Dad has roped me into it as a permanent arrangement now :(Lonie Polonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388703611487708801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36986911.post-30971374356628655932008-10-19T20:56:00.000+11:002008-10-19T20:56:00.000+11:00I realised the other day I have never once hosted ...I realised the other day I have never once hosted a dinner party...it seems like something I should have done...oh well, one day, canapes will be served!Miles McClaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335102965842725449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36986911.post-59047497393417218652008-10-19T14:57:00.000+11:002008-10-19T14:57:00.000+11:00How did it go; how did it go?? Did anyone get dia...How did it go; how did it go?? Did anyone get diabolically drunk and cause a scene? Was that someone YOU?hazelblackberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172956450044314791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36986911.post-82423370429661681012008-10-18T13:30:00.000+11:002008-10-18T13:30:00.000+11:00Oh Lonie - your life sounds so similar to my previ...Oh Lonie - your life sounds so similar to my previous one of young mum! Your invitation, dinner party plans and housework/prep timeframes resonate! The m-i-l scenario is even scarily accurate! Look, someone's got to do it, and it might as well be someone who can actually laugh at themselves, and the predicaments they manage to get themselves into!<BR/>Wish I were closer as I'd offer to cook for you. As it is, best of luck with it, and remember that whatever the outcome, it'll be a long forgotten memory in 2 weeks time after the dog bites the neighbour's leg, or something equally as disastrous!Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721723151185687327noreply@blogger.com