One thing that I loved about China was how easy it was to have a party. They can do it on the fly without any hesitation. "Let's all go out to dinner tonight!" Look out, a party is about to commence. We would walk long distances together around the city, instead of just driving somewhere and walking into a home or restaurant. The journey together through the city is debatebly more enjoyable than the meal itself.
Why is it that the funniest things just happen when a group of friends are walking somewhere? Walking with a group of friends has to be the easiest party to organize and clean up.
I also think that the "strange and foreign" are a good basis for a good time. Have you ever gone out to eat with friends and decided on some weird foreign food place that borders on gross because it is so strange? The laughs and the experience outweigh any of the discomfort you might experience during or after the meal. Not that I have ever had bad experiences after a meal.
We had some Asian friends over to the house the other night and surprised each of them with an Asian meal that was new and strange to each of them. We ate a different type of rice, prepared in a different way, and even consumed in a different way. We invited our Korean friends to our house and fixed a South East Asian (Laos/Cambodian) meal that we ate on the floor with our hands instead of chopsticks. (We learned how to fix this meal because Ron and Kris Barrie would invite us into their home with their 7 kids and we would blow it up.) We had a blast. Everybody made fun of me because it hurts me so bad to sit on the floor. My mind is 18 years old while my joints are 85.
We listened to a "Michael Jackson" Pandora station throughout the night due to MJ's popularity throughout Asia. After we ate dinner we danced to MJ in our living room. Everybody from my 5 year old Phoebe to us old folks took a jab at lighting up the sky with stellar dance moves.
Call some friends tonight and do a party!
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