I remember planning dinner parties and brunches in my twenties. It all centered around booze and fancy apps. I would look in this book I have called The Wine Bible and try and pair wines with tapas. For a small group of 10 friends I debearded and cooked mussels, roasted potatoes, made garlic bread, and created a whole meat and cheese platter. That was for just one dinner. Why did I go through all that? Plus ol’ party planner McGee didn’t count on the fact that everybody would only get 1-2 mussels. Dummy. I remember the stress of trying to make things presentable as guests were hovering in my kitchen. Oh, you wanna help? How about go in the other room so I can throw stuff around and spill and burn myself without an audience. Sorry I am not a graceful under pressure kind of hostess. Now, most of my friends have kids so the parties have changed. Yeah, we still focus on who is bringing the booze. Even though everybody always says don’t worry we have enough, you know you still bring some fancy beer or wine. It is just common courtesy, people. The last time my BFF and …

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