Tag: entertaining

• A Guest’s Place Is Not In The Kitchen

  Entertaining is all well and good as long as your guests know their place…which is not in the kitchen. I’m not certain if the protocol (in terms of entertaining) has changed in the UK since we left thirteen years ago – a time in our life when our social life was constrained by the needs…

  My Midlife Mayhem

  September 18, 2018

  Australia, Drinking, Eating, Food, Friendship, Home, humor, Midlife Observations

  blogging, dinnerparty, domesticity, entertaining, socializing

• Vintage Cooking: Could Devilled Eggs Really Be Making A Come Back?

  Friends came around to dinner this weekend. Since we moved to the apartment we entertain less and to be honest I was feeling out of practice when it comes to cooking for the masses from our matchbox of kitchen.  When I researched what to cook on the Internet – keywords being “easy” and “quick” –…

  My Midlife Mayhem

  July 31, 2016

  Fashion, Food, Health, healthy eating, humor, Midlife Observations

  eggs, eighties, entertaining

• Melbourne Cup, At Home, In Our Active Wear

  It was simply impossible to choose between the multitude of invitations to Melbourne Cup lunches that floated through my mailbox this week, so I opted for the private party instead.  Champagne, darlinks! For my non-Australians readers, the Melbourne Cup is one of Australia’s most prestigious horse races, ie the biggest horsey event in Australia each…

  My Midlife Mayhem

  November 4, 2015

  Midlife Observations

  entertaining, horses, melbournecup, Style