Category: Parties/Events
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Bridal Showers
One of them, I expected. The other was a surprise. And both were fun. I speak, belatedly, of my bridal showers. I went to Ohio in April for a surprise birthday party for my grandfather and got a surprise of my own. We girls went over to my aunt’s house, ostensibly for margaritas. Of course,…
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The Bachelorette Party
By the end of the night, my feet were sore and my neck was stained pink. I’d danced with a 70+-year-old man, felt some guy’s biceps, consumed (some) alcohol and had a fabulous time. It was an amazing bachelorette party. Insert Ginny Skalski, maid of honor extraordinaire, who planned our trip to Miami. She and…
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The Engagement Party
Cubans, Leo tells me, are prone to exaggeration. So when Leo’s parents, Lucy and Leo, started planning our engagement party, I knew they weren’t going to toss together a few hors d’oeuvres and call it a party. This was going to be big. They spent a week preparing food for an army. Leo and I…