Planning & How-To

Teenagers are the most honest guests you will ever host. Which also means that you have to be extra careful when hosting a pool party for teenagers. If they are…

The assumption built into most pool party planning advice is that everyone at your party will swim. Or at least wants to. That assumption is wrong more often than you…

The first time I hosted a pool party for twenty-six people, I spent forty-five minutes beforehand arranging the charcuterie board. I did not spend forty-five minutes thinking about water safety….

The number one thing I hear from first-time pool party hosts isn’t “how do I make it look good?” It’s “I had no idea it would cost that much.” Actually,…

The date is set. The theme is locked. And now you’re staring at a blank screen, wondering what to write on your pool party invitations. It’s one of those tasks…

There’s a specific kind of anxiety that hits the night before a pool party. You’re lying in bed, and your brain starts running its own checklist. Did I buy enough…

Learning how to plan a pool party is one of those things that looks simple until you’re three weeks out, deep in a Pinterest spiral, and realising you haven’t actually…