Friday nights are our thing (we entertain at our home about two times a month & no they aren’t included) & we love going out, trying new places, seeing other friends (who do not presume they are invited to dinner and vice...

Need a rec for dining alone in Tampa. Is there a bar where a single diner can eat at Bern’s? If I wanted to go more casual, is there a great burger or bar food place? Any other options come to mind?

with cafes and picnicing. Then pick a couple of bistros or brasseries to splurge on. OK, one teaser...we invited a friend and his mother (who lives in Paris) to dinner at Stephane Martin as recommended by Magnolia...they loved it...

What is the best single malt scotch whisky that you have ever tried?

Thanks to everyone who responded to an earlier post inquiring about good restaurants in Burlington. As it turned out, our hosts had made reservations at A Single Pebble, so we had dinner there last night – here’s what...

I also host dinner parties 10 times more often than I’m invited, I think, for many of the same reasons posted— Many of my younger and single guests can’t cook, or their Manhattan apartments are too small to host...

' to the invited guests. Everyone got to “know” both the bride and groom prior to the wedding because of the information included in the packet. Singles Gathering 1 – I created puzzle pieces – each one...

over and the hostess must contend with getting them placed in a vase etc...while her careful timing of dinner gets thrown off whack. Having them delivered the morning of the dinner usually gets a huge smile. Thank you note after...

I’m organizing a dinner for singles (one of those “alternative to meeting people at the bars” kind of things). I’m hoping to draw maybe 25 or so people, and I need a restaurant with a private room —...

Sam, having been a single young female in Latin America, I learned fast not to make eye contact with anyone on the street, elevator, etc. It was an open invitation to harass the gringa – at least in Coastal Ecuador. It was...

I remember a line in Sex in the City about "secret single behaviour" - things you do when you’re not in a relationship (or if you know no-one is watching). One of SJP’s "secret single foods" was eating stacks and...

or that couples MUST NOT have separate lives (and that notion is very tired—most dinner parties I’m invited to or that I give involve all manners of couples and singles, though I suppose I need to make friends with a...

not be nearly as fun if members of your party don’t drink to excess). The cost in 1973 was $40.00 per person- I haven’t priced in the last thirty years, so take your best guess ($500.00 each??). The big problem was...

There Can Be Only One:Your Single Favorite Taco In Austin. I eat alot of Tacos.I eat them from Taco Carts,I eat them in Taquerias,I eat them at my house,I eat them in grocery stores,I eat them wherever I can get them. A taco I had...

Chowhounds, how do you respond when someone invites you to “a cookout” for dinner and, as soon as you say yes and ask, “Can I bring anything?” tells you to bring “the dessert”? “For the...