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Super Bowl Party Planning Tips

Maris Callahan — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 06:43:20 +0000

Even if you’re not a football fan, there’s no excuse to throw a a party like a big game. This Super Bowl, we have your party planning covered with Jess Ceresino of The Sports Brat, a site that offers everything from tailgate-inspired recipes to game day fashion and interviews. As the self-proclaimed ultimate girl’s guide to game day, Ceresino aims to help girly girls to take Sundays by storm. With the biggest football game of the year on the line, follow her simple party planning tips and your Super Bowl bash will be sure to score touchdowns. The Decor Even if you want to keep the focus on the game, it’s fun to pull together a few simple, DIY decorations to keep your party feeling festive. “My football serving ware holders and my football field tablecloth are easy, fun and add the perfect touch to your table,” said Ceresino. How To: Make Football Cups Pick up a few mason jars from your local grocery or craft store. Paint them brown, using whatever paint you can get at your local art or hardware store and then let them dry. When the brown paint is fully dry, use white paint and a smaller brush to […]

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Kitchen Tip: Table Settings for a Dinner Party

Maris Callahan — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:34:41 +0000

Does your table look like this when you sit down to eat a meal? Do you even have a table? In my college apartment, my two roommates and I had a small kitchenette table with four chairs that I think we sat at about three times in two years, opting instead to eat on the stools that surrounded our counter. In my first apartment out of college, we didn’t even own anything that remotely resembled a kitchen table and when I moved to my second apartment, I took with me a kitchen table that I inherited from my parents’ basement. That table traveled (albeit not so well) to Chicago, where it now doubles as my desk from 9-5. Think: stacks of cookbooks, bills, notebooks full of plans and outlines. It’s not exactly fit for ladies who lunch. Even though I don’t have a grandiose kitchen table fit for lavish dinner parties I still like to entertain. I like to have friends over to eat too many finger foods, drink too much wine, laugh too loud and stay out too late. Although paper plates have certainly made the occasional appearance in my kitchen, it’s still possible to pull off a […]

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