“I am working on being a serene, together hostess, one who is made up and well dressed (I am invariably the worst-dressed person at my own parties because I leave myself about thirty seconds to pull something over my head), one who answers her own door, mingles through cocktails, and dazzles the crowd with complicated-seeming, individual pudding soufflés that she has in fact made a whole day ahead of time.”
-Julia Evans Reed
