Oh no. I got this Evite. For me in my current circumstance, it’s a Social Day of Obligation – I have to go, I have no choice. I didn’t see this coming, either.
From: ___________ & ___________
Location: ____________ Ballroom , Seattle, WA (View Map)
When: Saturday, June 19, 7:00pm -
Sunday, June 20, 12:00am
Phone: 206-__
Your friends at _______.com cordially invite you to attend the Grand Opening Gala for the ______.com web site. Please join us for dinner, drinks, music, and entertainment as we celebrate our new beginning!
From 7pm to 10pm enjoy enchanting “_____ Songs of the ___s” by celebrated __________ pianist _____________. From 10pm to 1am dance to DJ hits from the 40s, 50s, and more.
Cocktail attire
Free valet parking provided
Please RSVP on this Evite
My dear Lord, it’s a 5-hour cocktail party. As I said, I have to go. How am I going to survive? Where am I going to get “cocktail attire”?
Um, forgive me for asking, but are you a boy or a girl? Given that the music chosen seems sort of vintage, I’d suggest looking for a vintage clothing store and buying yourself a knockout little black dress from the 40s or 50s - you know, if you’re female. If you’re male, sorry, I can’t offer any creative solutions, but I tend to err on the side of overdressing and would probably rent a tux.
As for surviving a 5 hour cocktail party, all I can suggest is pacing your drinking.
I was just coming in to post the very same thing, Hal. I, too, thought the OP was having a difficult time dealing with a devoted follower of Eve. Never heard the term Evite before. I guess I don’t get out much. Or on much. Or something.
And to answer the OP, it would be much easier to help if you gave your gender and age and who is throwing the party to which you’ve been evited. Does the fact that you’ve been evited as opposed to invited mean that pearls are required?
(Sorry, one last hijack: those of you who first thought this had anything to do with Eve REALLY need to do something other than read this message board more often. :D)
Heh – no, fans of Eve are all right. The Evite people ought to spell it E-Vite, I think, but they don’t so I didn’t.
The hosts of this party are mid-forties, female, I think. I barely know them. I know people connected to them and this venture, a m/f mid-thirties couple. I am late-thirties male, terribly out of it, does not “do” cocktail parties. I literally don’t have a thing to wear, for starters. I dress for comfort and price, and these people are dedicated to being fashionable. I’m not going to fit in at this party, oh no, not at all.
Males can do vintage, too – go to the nearest thrift shop and buy a sports jacket there. Take a female friend with you to make sure it comes across as postmodern hipster, and not cheap polyester dweeb.
A tuxedo is inappropriate if the invite–sorry, evite–specifies cocktail attire. Men should wear a suit and tie and women can wear pretty much any dress that isn’t a formal gown.
Dress up, go, relax, have a good time. Take someone you can chat with or bitch about the party to.
Oh, and you don’t have to stay the whole five hours. You can go in, say hi to the hosts, touch base with whoever else is there that makes it a non-optional event, hang out, mingle, have a couple drinks, say goodnight and thanks to the hosts, and you can be outta there in an hour. Seriously.
