Bias #2:

Not only do we like theme parties -- but like our chocolate, we like them a little dark.

Simply put, we prefer to host when the party theme has an air of danger lingering about it. Not real danger, of course, as that isn’t fun, but escapism that winks a come-hither eye at the dark, daring, and mysterious. Over the years, we’ve noticed that parties with an edgy theme have better, more vibrant social dynamic than ones that do not – probably for the same reason that ghost stories around the campfire are such a timeless and popular form of entertainment. Almost everyone enjoys a good thrill now and then.

For instance, what sounds like more fun –

A 1960’s-themed Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello beach party, or …

… a beach party based on wacko B-movie upstarts like ‘Psycho Beach Party’, ‘Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine’, and the ‘The Horror of Party Beach’?

An island paradise luau party, or …

… a cannibal island-themed party, with skulls on poles all over the yard, throbbing drums on the stereo, and a huge cauldron of punch?

You get the idea, I’m sure - in each example above, one of the parties described is going to be pleasant enough … but the other one is really going to move.

                                                      No, this is not Halloween, this party 

                                                      was in August ...and it was a barnburner!

Until next time!