August 2012
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Omaha Party →
Our new podcast: Omaha, Nebraska: Culturally, stuck somewhere between Austin and Baltimore. Hosts Bunny, Coco, and celebrity guests introduce you to the town’s many secrets.
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Easiest Party Foods from Martha Stewart →
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Making signature cocktails
Are there certain ingredients that are crowd-pleasers?
Oh, yes. Most popular when it comes to men are brown liquors, unique and custom bitters, and savory elements. I often will create custom bitters from a person’s flavor profile to add to their original signature drink. Women lean toward colorful drinks with exotic fruits and florals made with vodka or champagne.
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Bal des Ardents
The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men[1]) or Bal des Sauvages[2] was a masquerade ball[note 1] held on 28 January 1393 in Paris at which Charles VI of France performed in a dance with five members of the French nobility. Four of the dancers were killed in a fire caused by a torch brought in by a spectator, Charles’ brother Louis, Duke of Orléans. Charles and another of the dancers...
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Scenes at the Chelsea Arts Ball. Some nice fancy... →
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I Did It For Science: Key Party
Long ago, in a magical time called the 1970s, people threw key parties. At these sordid, drunken soirees, male guests threw their keys into a pot, and the female guests picked a set at random, pairing up with the owner of the keys. Debauchery followed.
Today, lock-and-key parties (a British speed-dating phenomenon in which men try to match their keys to women’s locks) are all the rage. But...
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"The Marilyn Monroe Party" by Gloria Pall
“Miss Cleavage of 1952, Gloria Pall, has taken a chapter from her upcoming Story of a Showgirl and has bound it as a limited edition book. The party referred to is the party that Ray Anthony threw for Marilyn on 8/3/52. Gloria recounts her entrance to the party, and her ensuing brief conversation with Marilyn. Only thirteen pages of the book are text…the remaining pages are made up of...
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Bill Murray Goes to a Party
Instead of calling it an early night in St. Andrews after the bars were winding down and the golf tournament he was there for had ended, Bill Murray decided to go out and explore the city. He’d been out to drinks with fellow golfers when he met a beautiful blonde Nordic woman named Lykke Stavnef, who was there with her friend Marie Bergene who, naturally, invited him to a party. Bill...
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The Top 10 Wildest Parties in the World
Clubbing and partying is now an international industry and there are hundreds of travel operators who specialize in sending you and your friends around the world to some of the planet’s hottest nightlife. So what are the world’s top ten wildest parties where to let loose and join the flow?
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Host your own Surrealist Game Parties
When most folks think of Surrealism, people like Salvador Dali or maybe Andre Breton probably come to mind. But there is so much more to enjoy from the Surrealist movement as a creative force, a cultural force, a sociopolitial voice, an integration of art and psychology, and my favorite: Surrealist games.
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“I want to give a really bad party. I mean it. I want to give a party where...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Tender is the Night.”
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“When you’re the most happening person at the party, it’s time to...”
– Kelly Cutrone, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You
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Party at Moby's
“Once I met to this party at Moby‘s house at the El Dorado in the Upper West Side. Moby was selling his massive Penthouse because he felt guilty about being rich, and wanted to move back downtown. This was his moving-out party, and it was bizarre for many reasons: First, Moby was music on his iPod that you’d think someone like Moby would perceive as being uncool. Stuff like ‘Sweet Home Alabama.’...
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How John Waters celebrates Christmas
Q: You’ve hosted a Christmas party for decades here in Baltimore. Is it a traditional, or do you have, like, the Michael Jackson trial playing in the background while you carve the turkey?
The guests might not be, but it’s traditional as far as it’s catered by Sascha’s. It’s decorated — it may be a little strange for some. The electric chair from “Female...
July 2012
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The Victim's Ball
The celebratory atmosphere following the “Reign of Terror” gave way to a number of frivolous yet gruesome fashions and pastimes, one of which was the Victim’s Ball. In order to qualify for admittance in one of these sought after soirees one had to to be a close relative or spouse of one who had lost their life to the guillotine. Invitations were so coveted that papers proving...
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June 2012
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“Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death. Now come on!...”
– Auntie Mame.
May 2012
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“There was a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They slept in twelve beds...”
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Excerpt from the Grimms Brothers fairytale, The Twelve Dancing Princesses.
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Jake Ryan's House Party →
Sixteen Candles, 1984.
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