The modern dinner party brings people together where the drinks keep flowing, the good conversation never ends, and the host can join in.

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The term dinner party might bring to mind a scene out of Mad Men, but entertaining looks vastly different now than it did even just ten years ago. With the increase in metropolitan city dwellers and decrease in homeowners, dinner parties have changed. Rather than the formal, five-course meals of yesteryear, today?s dinner party focuses on bringing people together in a space where the drinks keep flowing and the good conversation never ends.
Hosting isn?t easy. It calls for the ultimate multi-tasker ?food needs to be tasty and on time, people need to be comfortable, and the decor should look on point (or at least ready to be shared on Instagram!). To help streamline the hosting duties, we?re sharing a few ways to help you throw a modern dinner party without the stress and fussiness. BEFORE THE DINNER PARTY
Getting Organized
While this may seem neurotic, you can?t deny that a well-organized to-do list can only make things easier. Prepping for a dinner party is no different. We recommend using a simple task app like MeisterTask, which is based on the Kanban method of task management. With it, you have three columns?Open, In Progress, and Done. You create cards in each column, and...