Creative Ideas for A Party Venue

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

• 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 21st 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 decor 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 decor.
• 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.