Potential Places to Have a Party

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By Lara Shriftman
Celebrations Expert

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By Lara Shriftman co/author of Party Confidential, Party Confidential: New Etiquette for Fabulous Entertaining.

Stuck on where to celebrate? The world is at your fingertips! Luckily, we're here to provide you with a few pointers.

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Places to Have a Party

Throw your bash somewhere spectacular, here's a list of suggestions:

More Dinner Bash Inspiration?

A diner. Preset a menu of French fries with melted cheese, toasted bagels, vegetable frittatas, turkey clubs cut into finger-sized sandwiches, milk shakes, cherry soda, and chocolate pudding. It's all so 50s.
The boardwalk. Meet up for a cotton-candy buffet and a mean round of Skee-ball.
An art gallery. Serve goat cheese croostinis! Andy Warhol would approve.
A boat. Charter a yacht (verry Steven Spielberg) and head for St. Barth. Just call a local yacht club or boating dock. There are usually boats for rent for the day.
Mom and Dad's house. It always better than your own.
The bowling alley. Provide socks.
A hotel suite. Two words: pillow fight!
The airport runway. Watch the places take off.
The country club, darling.
Viva Las Vegas. Think casino time, kid.
The back porch. Kate Hudson's 21^st birthday party was at her mom's, Goldie Hawn, house.
Pool-side. On the beach. Your backyard. Bring flip-flops, serve drinks in pineapples, consider hiring a masseuse, and hand out spritzers of water.
A mountaintop (yodeling should be verboten).
Rent an excellent space.
A house for sale. Someone who's trying to sell a home may let you rent it out for the night.
A modern, all-white loft.
A photo studio. They are usually large, open spaces that make excellent canvases to decorate.
A rentable house, There are party homes, mansions, farms, townhouses - that are available strictly for parties. They usually come equipped with furnishings and the kind of décor you'd kill for.
A movie theater. Supply brown bags filled with treats and send microwave popcorn as an invite.
A venue still under construction (send hardhats as invites). Just make sure the place isn't a war zone of hazards and accidents waiting to happen. You'll give everyone bragging rights to say "I was there first!"
A store - after hours - where everyone easy, drinks, and shops. Be warned: alcohol and shopping can be a very dangerous mix. Lara and Elizabeth hosted shopping and launch parties at Scoop, Jimmy Choo, Sergio Rossi, Dunhill, Hugo Boss, Cartier, Louis Vuitton and Express.
Hit a furniture or antique store for built-in décor.
Yo Adrian! Do it at a boxing gym. Screen Rocky, if possible.
An office space. Sure, it's all about faxing, filing and grunt work during the day, but after dark, put a velvet rope in front of the conference room, add a disco ball, candles and booze.
An arts'n'crafts studio. Where you can throw down paint, clay and a cold one.
A roof deck of your apartment building, a hotel (at Townhouse in Miami, the roof deck has waterbeds!)
A strip club
By the lake. Provide rowboats and hire a guitar player to do sing-alongs.
A parking lot, a rollerskating rink, or a go-cart race track.
A miniature golf club.
Dave & Buster's or any video arcade. The vibe may be cheesy, but you can add your own je ne sais quois.
A candy store.