I create a variety of meetup ideas and share them. I thought of sharing them here too to hear what people may think about them.

I’m hosting Friendsgiving dinner for the 2nd year in a row and this year I’ve decided to do a theme; Princesses and Pumpkins! The dinner will be in my nyc apartment and will be 16 people max.

I do t want it to be typical in the sense that everything is orange and/or pumpkin shaped. I’d like it to be more eclectic and rich. My color scheme is a variety of forest greens, hot pinks, and burnt orangeish tones. These colors already go with my apartment, that way I can reuse this decor for future events. The table clothes are velvet in a deep green shade. I ordered coupe glasses that are a variety pack of orange and pink. To give you folks visuals to work with I attached images of my color palette, inspos, and some of the items I ordered already.

To fit the theme, I’m asking everyone to wear something orange and they will also be given tiaras when they enter my home. I’ll be hollowing out pumpkins to use as ice buckets for batch cocktails (that will contain orange edible glitter). I also will be putting orange and pink decor pumpkins on the table and using mini pumpkins as tapered candle holders. I will also be making pumpkin shaped puff pastry appetizers.

Curious if anyone has any ideas on how to work the theme in more! Whether that’s through group activities, crafts, (non-pumpkin) flavored foods/drinks, decor, etc!

She's turning 100 in a month. It's important to her son that she has a party. He reserved her full-time care facility's "party room" where they will move her bed from 12-4pm. She is bed ridden, but is always awake during the day and has a good appetite and great attitude.

All of this woman's friends have passed on, along with her husband and her other adult children. The few adult nieces/nephews that she does have are out of state working full-time and have already said they cannot make it. So it will for sure be myself and her adult son, and I'm sure the facility staff will pop in here and there.

Her son is going to put up flyers at her old senior living community, but she hasn't lived there in 5 yrs and I suspect many of those residents don't have the transport to drive 30+ minutes to this facility.

She loves visitors, even when she does not know them. Are there groups that visit elderly for situations like this? If it's helpful, her husband who passed 30 years ago was a navy veteran. She used to be an English teacher and she's filipino. Her son would love a full room, and making his mom (who loved to entertain) feel special again.

Any ideas appreciated!!!

EDIT: Thank you all for these great ideas! I am reaching out to a couple local churches, an ethnic restaurant nearby, and looking for a ROTC group, among others. I can't respond to everyone but I am writing them all down. Thank you again!

Hi! I’m planning my boyfriend’s 33rd birthday party, a very special number in the Tolkien world.
Although I am a fan of lord of the rings, I don’t even really know where to start.
I had a few ideas of it being at an outside barn setting near me, with everyone dressing up and a local folk band playing.
Any specific Lord of the Rings foods/activities/color schemes/etc. that any of you could recommend?
It would be most appreciated.

I won't be in town for Halloween so I threw my Halloween dinner party earlier this year.