Post-party

[prog]

Had an excellent housewarming on Saturday. I think I had in mind a combination of the game-filled parties I'm so used to, and the sit/stand-around-drinking-and-talking parties that are more exotic to me and my ludocentric lifestyle. Since it was a round-the-clock (one lap) party, there was in fact plenty of the latter activity, but also lots of times when nearly all the the attendees were gaming. I accept this as both unavoidable, given who we know, and just fine. I was in there Racing for the damn Galaxy a couple of times, myself.

Because we have the only XBox 360 among everyone we know, our living room quickly became a campground for a bunch of folks who spent the party chomping through about half of Braid and then the entirety of Portal, for lo, they had heard so much and seen so little. This was not a problem, because hey, big apartment, with backyard; plenty of other spaces to gather, and indeed, everything worked out fine. I thought it was pretty great, really... but we'll have to consider putting a kibosh on the video games if we ever have any wintertime shindigs!

N.B.: Nearly all the non-teetotalers who came brought beer or wine of some format. Next time we host, we can almost certainly get away with buying far less of this stuff than we did. :)

I gotta say, I'm glad this party happened, because our apartment is totally awesome as a result. We planned it only two weeks after our move so that it would be the whip that drove us to unpack quickly... and boy, are we sore from it. The labor was so hard that I sometimes forgot what the larger goal was, and would bitterly think ugh, all these days of work, just to set up a damn party? But in the end we got many nice compliments on how great the place looked, and I graciously agreed.

Comments

[temvald.livejournal.com]

Nearly all the non-teetotalers who came brought beer or wine of some format. Next time we host, we can almost certainly get away with buying far less of this stuff than we did.

That's what the follow-up Please Eat and Drink Our Leftovers party is for.

Thanks for having us. It was a lot of fun.

[ahkond.livejournal.com]

I didn't really intend to spend the whole time watching Portal ... we just looked up and it was 10 PM all of a sudden.

[keimel.livejournal.com]

Is this a new trend that people will bring their own in general?

Or do you think it was a "they just moved and will not be stocked" thought?

Or is it snobbery? "I want $FOO beer, nothing else will do"

Wondering if it seems like a trend to get something for yourself and maybe a couple extra....

*shrug*

As host, I generally assume I'm providing beverages unless I tell people otherwise.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Surely, it's just being nice? I don't think this is a new thing... I often bring a bottle to share when I go to a party.

It's good to have a good stock on-hand as host, but I think we were left with slightly more than what we bought. That many people who were invited don't touch the stuff may make it an edge case, though.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

For a housewarming especially, I (as a guest) would feel like I should bring something edible/drinkable unless explicitly told not to.

I know next to nothing about alcohol, though, so I just bring food or chocolate.

[jtroutman.livejournal.com]

It was nice to visit. I did forget to comment on how nicely laid out your place is, and seems ideal for parties and gaming. So, party on..

And really, I did come down primarily due to your event, with visiting others and the rampant Apple consumerism as a happy side effect.