Based on the high volume of friends/family and holiday parties we host, OregganO, Patty Melt and I decided to attend a Holiday Hosting class at Pottery Barn. We stopped at a favorite eatery for breakfast so we would be good and fueled for learning. After breakfast, we followed Patty Melt to the shopping district. Patty Melt took us on a lovely route, toggling between streets in an upscale neighborhood.
Once we reached our destination, Patty Melt stated, “I love that area! Did you guys see that lady running with her bagel? I want to be her!” “But you don’t run,” OregganO retorted. “Right,” I piped in, “And why do you want to be her? Who likes running and, more importantly, why would you run with a bagel? Did she steal it?” “Not a bagel, a beagle,” Patty Melt corrected me, “The lady was running with her beagle.” “Huh. Really posh lady?” I asked. “Yes,” Patty Melt answered.
We were a bit early arriving to the class, so I decided to use the making room room. While in there, I became intrigued by a small accent table in the corner. It wasn’t so much the table that intrigued me as it was the breadboard shelf above the drawers.
I was excited to show OregganO and Patty Melt my little find. We returned to the making room room to find two things: my little find and the faucet running. I’m not incapable of doing certain things, but there are certain things that make me incapable. Auto-sensor features and baristas are a few examples. I get so used to someone else or a ‘machine’ doing these things for me that I often forget how/to do it myself. We shut off the water and then focused our attention on the side table. “Check out this top feature,” I said while pointing out the breadboard, “What would one do with this – especially in the making room room? Coke?” Both Patty Melt and OregganO agreed there would be no other purpose for having something like this in the making room room side table.
After learning to be hosts, I decided to just do a bagel and beer run for my next holiday party – forget about all of those place settings and fancy menu items. OregganO were sipping wine discussing all we had learned and I, being a gracious guest, asked where she kept her recycling, “In the back bin. I like to recycle in the rear,” she replied. Recycling in the rear will definitely earn her ‘hostess with the mostest’ status, with or without a beagle, or a bagel.