When you have kids, you have birthday parties.  And in all honesty, it’s fun to celebrate the birth of your child, but let’s remember you have at least 18 birthdays, per kid, to rejoice before the flock leaves home, which means a lot of planning, a lot of...

With the present state of the economy, extra cash for family entertainment may not be a reality.  Even dinner and a movie for a family of four can be upwards of $100.  And when you add that to the cost of the kids’ music lessons, sports activities, and school supplies, suddenly...

The only thing more frustrating than trying to figure out what to serve your family for dinner is trying to figure out what you’re going to serve at your dinner party.  It’s hard enough to feed a husband and a bunch of finicky kids on a budget, but when you have to feed other adults who...

In everyone’s life there are those special events - whether big or small, fancy or casual - that just have to be perfect. Take wedding receptions for example; couples the world over spend so much time preparing for the big day that they sometimes lose sight of themselves in the...

Cocktail parties are one of the most popular types of adult parties these days.  Even though their popularity had fallen off over the last few decades, cocktail parties are reappearing on the party scene and are more fashionable than they ever were before.
 
While many adults in the United...