Once upon a time, before smart phones and an oversaturation of entertainment that isolates more than brings together, people would get together and do things like play board/card games and interact with their heads up rather than down with a blue screen glow illuminating them. Crazy right? *wink* The one exception So for #SaturdaySocial why not plan a get together with friends and ban the screens in favor of some real face time?  I'm not sure I would include Twister... HA! 

   I think today is a great one for a Wine & Cheese party with friends.  This doesn't have to be an expensive social - you can do it "on the cheap" and it can be delicious! Here's some tips: How to Host A Wine and Cheese Party 10 Awesome Red Wines Under $20 10 Awesome White Wines Under $20 Don't *you* think a Wine & Cheese party is a great #SaturdaySocial ? I certainly do! *wink* 

A long, long, LONG time ago my parents participated in a scavenger hunt of sorts around their city. It was called Road Rally and if memory serves me correct my Dad was part of putting it all together - determining the locations of clues etc. I think this might be where I get my love of scavenger hunts. Anyway, the church group they did it with is still doing it these days - in fact one of my lifelong friends and her husband won first place with their team in the past couple of years! Her parents had done it with my parents. If I still lived in Michigan I have a feeling I would be doing it as well. Anyway.  Fast forward a *few* years to when I was co-leading a group of ladies. The other co-leader and I planned a ladies night out and decided to do it "Amazing Race" style - similar I bet to my parents Road Rallies. We had the ladies gather in teams and then drive all over our city completing challenges and making their way to where we were waiting for them. It was ...

Have you ever heard of or participated in a Progressive Dinner? I love the idea of them and I've participated in one - sort of. It was like a modified version of one but fun nonetheless. If you haven't heard of them it goes like this - you and friends travel from house to house eating different parts of a meal. One house is the hors d'oeuvres - or tapas, another is the salad, and so forth. You can swap passengers in cars between houses so people get a chance to mingle with everyone, you could play some simple games at one house, and other small ice breaker activities just to add to the fun. You could make the dinner a particular theme for the food and/or any decorations.  Here are some ideas to help you plan your very own progressive dinner for a saturday social: Progressive Dinner Party Games Progressive Dinner Party Ideas Host a Progressive Dinner Party What do you think? For a #SaturdaySocial give the progressive dinner a try!