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Entertaining Made Easy: 10 Ways to Throw a Successful Party

The can't-miss secrets that will make you the hostess with the mostess!
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Embrace Wretched Excess
Lots of food, lots of drink and lots of ice and garnishes are key; it's a bore to run out of anything. More is more fun. "If you can't afford a full bar," says Elizabeth Allen, an event planner with offices in Boston and Manhattan, "have red and white wines and a novelty cocktail."
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From the November 2002 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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