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How to Decorate

Bonus Episode: Entertaining Disasters

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2016

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re bringing you a bonus episode, and we’re talking entertaining! Our plan was to bring you a short extra episode with our entertaining stories — to get you in the spirit of Thanksgiving — but of course, we gabbed for over an hour. But, if you listen to the whole episode, you’ll hear our tried and true secrets, entertaining disasters, and suggestions for being a great guest. WHAT YOU'LL HEAR ON THE SHOW Karen’s Napkin Tricks: both removing stains after a dinner party and an easy ironing trick The time I lit two dinner napkins on fire Karen’s ongoing entertaining disaster — under cooking meat Karen’s worst disaster — it involves a lasagna and an old oven mit The time Taryn exploded an entire bottle of wine in a crowded restaurant Our thoughts on signature cocktails All of our best flower arranging tips — including which combination of flowers to buy My mom’s three keys to a good party — good music, good food, good people The importance of traditions during the holidays, especially food traditions How to cook one end of your tenderloin faster so you can offer both well done and rare Your requirements as a party guest — RSVPing and being festive and fun Our tips for cleaning up

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast.

0:03.4

Yay!

0:04.1

Welcome back!

0:05.1

This is a special bonus episode for Thanksgiving week, and we are going to be telling

0:09.8

you about our entertaining disasters, so get ready.

0:12.4

I have a lot. We make mistakes.

0:30.4

I am your host, Caroline McDonald, and I'm here with Terran Schwartz.

0:34.1

Hello.

0:34.7

And Karen Mooney.

0:35.6

Hi, y'all.

0:36.3

And we're your host for this episode.

0:40.6

Karen, how about you talk about the tradition that we had today?

0:45.7

I have at work.

0:46.5

At work.

0:46.6

So, as you guys know, we all work at Ballard Designs.

0:49.5

Yay.

0:49.8

And every year we have a delicious tradition, which happens about the week before Thanksgiving,

0:55.5

and it happened to happen today.

0:57.3

And everyone brings in food, and we have a giant, giant potluck.

1:02.3

So it's probably what, like 40 feet long?

1:05.1

Yeah.

1:05.7

Like the flipout ones?

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