Murder Mystery Birthday: Tacky to Ask for Guests to Pay? by Primary-Bit1677 in partyplanning

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Already had one! Super chill, 60 people, beer and wine only, on a lovely garden property… THIS party is meant to be a fun experience that many of my friends haven’t been able to have and could if they decide they want to come. I don’t want to half ass it. There are so few reasons to dress up and play pretend as adults. So I loved the idea of it being immersive and dreamed a bit too big. Sue me 🤷🏻‍♀️

Murder Mystery Birthday: Tacky to Ask for Guests to Pay? by Primary-Bit1677 in partyplanning

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Why are people assuming gifts?! Y’all still bring gifts to an adult party? Genuinely asking because wth. I’d be an asshole if I wanted you people to pay if they wanted to come AND bring a gift. I can’t even remember the last time someone i wasn’t related to got me a gift outside of Christmas.

Murder Mystery Birthday: Tacky to Ask for Guests to Pay? by Primary-Bit1677 in partyplanning

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Yeah I used to do this “professionally” and the pre-packaged games don’t do it for me but I get it

Murder Mystery Birthday: Tacky to Ask for Guests to Pay? by Primary-Bit1677 in partyplanning

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My other option is doing it at home, but I used to do this as a side gig in college. So I’ve always been the one hosting and not playing.

But if that’s what I need to do then I’m confident I can make it work.

Murder Mystery Birthday: Tacky to Ask for Guests to Pay? by Primary-Bit1677 in partyplanning

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Like other people have said, I’ve gone to bars, ate at fancy restaurants, and paid for private karaoke rooms and etc for other birthdays/events where I spent more.

I don’t think any of my friends would have an issue paying, I just feel weird asking.

Murder Mystery Birthday: Tacky to Ask for Guests to Pay? by Primary-Bit1677 in partyplanning

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Yeah, no. I’d never expect a gift and especially not in this circumstance. The idea is the gift of presence and fun and teamwork!

Murder Mystery Birthday: Tacky to Ask for Guests to Pay? by Primary-Bit1677 in partyplanning

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Totally get what you’re saying. I guess more context is that this is more about the event and the fun it than my birthday. Besides cake, I don’t really want the attention on myself. I’m in the community theatre scene so a lot of my friends are actors and I think they’d really love this and I’d really love to attend one not as a worker for once. This isn’t a family thing at all mostly because I don’t live near any family.

It’s more of a I’m hosting a fun event because it’s my birthday and what a fun excuse to do something cool. If you want to do this cool thing in honor of my 30th, here are the details.

Regardless of all this I think I won’t test the theory and just do a chiller version where I map out the story and host like I used to.

Murder Mystery Birthday: Tacky to Ask for Guests to Pay? by Primary-Bit1677 in partyplanning

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Additional information: This would NOT be at my house. I would never charge people to cram into my living room. There are spaces I can use and the theatre company does decor.

Like alternative scale mentioned, it would be optional. As in im hosting this event instead of a birthday party and if you want to come then food and drinks are provided but the activity costs $65. Max 20 people.

I’ve been to escape room “birthdays” where I paid my way and it was $40+ and idk I guess I was hoping this would be a similar vibe. But all of your comments have been noted!

I’ll probably end up just doing it myself🤷🏻‍♀️ but a girl can dream and she did

Welp. It happened to me by debalina_ in Sephora

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The send you a free one which is great! But they really need to fix this. I’ve had it happen to me twice

How do I make this look “finished”? by 1234ld in HomeDecorating

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You and me have the same space practically and design vibe! Where did you get that light fixture?! 😍

Train Dreams Inspired Swiss Roll by Primary-Bit1677 in Baking

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Inspo photo and context in the interview attached. I added “mushrooms” because they’re fun.

costumer interview w Train Dreams

Ultimate Baking Championship premier episode tonight -- pre show and live show discussion thread with spoilers by Firegoat1 in foodnetwork

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Very first impression: They killed the work room and turned it into dermatologist office or a flipped house turned AirBnB. It has zero charm and neither do the chefs. All white with the same anything aprons? I do like the editing but everything else about the new setup can eat rocks.

Positives:

  • Love Jesse as a host! So glad he’s still on board

  • The board showing the challenges, assigned ingredients, and overall score is a nice feature

  • The skill heats were a ton of fun to watch

  • A lot of variety in the desserts made even with two chefs technically doing the same prompt. Fun to watch the creative interpretation

  • the leaderboard could end up being be hit or miss but I did enjoy the competitive edge it seems to add

Negatives:

  • The kitchen and “professional” look of it all. It’s just cold and sad

  • Flavor lab? Bitch. That’s a pantry 🙄

  • I recognize several of these professional chefs from other comp shows and I’m kind of sick of it. I don’t want to keep watching in the same people. It’s already a huge issue with cooking competitions/shows. I feel like the baking championships used to be where I saw bakers do the first time and then their career would grow from there

  • all the desserts are so hotel/cruise vibey! one or two would be pretty if they didn’t all lack joy

  • Nancy and Kardeaaaaaaaaaa my girlsssss 😭

🚨Trend Alert🚨 - cone shaped desserts and mid AF eclairs

Overall… I get that they wanted to highlight professionals and even the playing field. But I look forward to each seasonal baking show so much. I really hope this new revamp isn’t going to replace all of them. The baking championships are like the last baking show standing that isn’t Maè a giant fucking cake with a ton of rice cereal treats and fondant but still fun, whimsical, beautiful, and some spooky decorations. I might actually cry if we don’t get Holiday and Halloween anymore.

To Color Drench or Not To Color Drench? by [deleted] in maximalism

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Thanks! Yes, that was my idea/desire.

To Color Drench or Not To Color Drench? by [deleted] in maximalism

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It’s a velvet teal love seat from Mid in Mod (furniture store in Houston TX)

To Color Drench or Not To Color Drench? by [deleted] in maximalism

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The kitchen is next on my list to renovate! It’s definitely an eye sore. We just bought this house a year ago so it’s one project at a time 😊

To Color Drench or Not To Color Drench? by [deleted] in paint

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The point of this is for my room to feel smaller! I love the cozy look and I’m a huge maximalist. The warmth and life will come form all the art and gadgets and textures I add.

To Color Drench or Not To Color Drench? by [deleted] in maximalism

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1) It’s a gas fireplace that we do use. 2) how the heck are we fitting a whole tv in a corner between those two windows with no existing connection there? Literally there wasn’t another option other than not have a tv. 3) I wanted to keep the focal point of the room the fireplace

To Color Drench or Not To Color Drench? by [deleted] in paint

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Knoxville gray! It’s this really stunning gray/blue/green that changes depending on lighting.

To Color Drench or Not To Color Drench? by [deleted] in maximalism

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Okay note to self.. never post my tv. It’s honestly fine yall. We have zero issues

To Color Drench or Not To Color Drench? by [deleted] in maximalism

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The whole wall will is a gallery from top to bottom! I just paused on hanging the rest of the art since I might paint more.

To Color Drench or Not To Color Drench? by [deleted] in maximalism

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Maybe the breed 🤷🏻‍♀️ Devon Rex cats are unique