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21 Facts About Throwing Good Parties

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Parties are a public service; here's how to throw them.

For New York’s No 1 Socialite, A.C. 1) Prioritize your ease of being over any other consideration: parties are like babies, if you’re stressed while holding them they’ll get stressed too. Every other decision is downstream of your serenity: e.g. it's better to have mediocre pizza from a happy host than fabulous hors d'oeuvres from a frazzled one. 2) Advertise your start time as a quarter-to the hour. If you start an event at 2:00, people won't arrive till 2:30; if you make it 1:45, people will arrive at 2:00. 3) Invite a few close friends to come 30-60 mins earlier to set up / eat dinner with

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