{"id":598,"date":"2018-03-24T10:10:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T10:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2018-03-24T20:02:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T20:02:21","slug":"how-to-be-the-best-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/blog\/how-to-be-the-best-host\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be the best hostess"},"content":{"rendered":"
For me, as a busy mama it’s a quick spritz of perfume, some earrings and the occasional lipstick. It may sounds silly, but I find that if I feel good about myself, I am going to be a better hostess.<\/li>\n
A quick clean up of toys, wipe down of the bathroom, hauling out of the trash, and loading the dishwasher will do wonders. Just focus on the areas your guests will be–most likely living room, kitchen and bathroom. Your guests may not notice your clutter but not having it will make you all feel better. Trust me!<\/li>\n
Prepare a dish that you know they will enjoy. For some reason, I always try new dishes with guests and then cross my fingers that they will turn out. I love pinterest and trying new recipes. If that makes you nervous, stick with something that you feel confident cooking-a tried and true recipe. I always try to stick with fresh, wholesome ingredients and spices.<\/li>\n
It’s time to pull out what you have in terms of serving dishes.
\nEven if you bought the bread, don’t serve it from a bag. Heat it in the oven and put it in a nice bowl. Thought tempting, don’t serve the butter from the package but put it in a butter dish. It’s those little touches that will make the meal more special. Yes, it will take more effort to wash the dishes but it’s so worth it. Everything you are serving should be in a dish (matching if possible). The table should be set-use cloth napkins if you have them. Slice a lemon or lime to put on the edge of the water glass. Make sure they have both a fork and a knife.<\/li>\n
Fresh flowers are great as well. If possible, cut from your own yard or by a $4 bouquet from Trader Joes. They have the prettiest flowers. Try some soft music in the background.<\/li>\n
It will make for less clean up afterwards.<\/li>\n
Ask them open-ended questions that make for an interesting conversation. Show your interest in them, that you care! One of my favorite questions is: If you could move anywhere in the world and take everything you love and everyone you love with you, where would you move? Or What have you been learning this past month\/year? Tell me more about your family business and what it is that you do?<\/li>\n
Fill their water glasses if you see they are running low.<\/li>\n
I always offer to make tea or coffee and leave it up to the guest to decide.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
This was a fun post to write. I am certain there are far more than 10 tips to being a great host, but these are the ones that naturally came to me to write.<\/p>\n
What about you? Do you like to host-big groups or small? Or does hosting intimidate you? What are some of your secrets to hosting? Who taught you the art of hosting? I would love to hear from you.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hospitality is something that appears to be genetic in my family. At least it’s part of my Scandinavian roots, something my mother naturally did so well at and something that I have so come to value and love so very much. I love welcoming a guest into my home and making them feel so loved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[145,16,141,54,140,144,142,143],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}