Can a millennial learn the lost art of hosting?

THEN

Trying to subtly lick the salt from the peanuts off your fingers

NOW

Trying not to drop crabmeat off a chilliinfused crostini on the oak flooring

NOW THEN

A glass of orange juice or half a grapefruit for starters

Something continental from a sharing plate. (Foreign equals sophisticated)

THEN

Tablecloths, napkins in napkin rings

NOW

A runner from Jackson & Levine’s Habitat collection. (What even is a napkin ring anyway?)

THEN

Demis Roussos as background music

NOW

A band you’ve read about and looked up on Spotify to impress your guests

THEN

An afterdinner mint or a Ferrero Rocher completed the evening

NOW

White port, then an Uber home