About the Author
Author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party, founder of Museum Hack, and now the owner & editor of Mixily. I've spent years figuring out how to get strangers into a room and out the other side as friends.
Most people want to host more. They don't, because every guide they find treats it like a wedding — formal, expensive, exhausting.
A cocktail party is the opposite. Two hours, a dozen people, a few icebreakers, a hard end time. No catering. No bartending skills. Just a system that works. The good kind of gathering is a lot closer than you think.
A step-by-step guide to hosting cocktail parties for people who don't think of themselves as party people. Name tags, two icebreakers, a hard end time — and the new friendships that come out the other side. Named one of Kirkus Reviews' Best New Books of 2022.
Get the bookTook over the free RSVP platform and turned this blog into the home for everything I've learned about bringing people together — on purpose, without the stress.
A step-by-step guide to hosting for people who don't think of themselves as party people. Name tags, two icebreakers, a hard end time — and 615+ verified first-time hosts.
I lived in New York City for 13 years. I wasn't always good at this — I used to stand in the corner hoping someone would talk to me. Hosting fixed that. If you're the host, you have a reason to talk to everyone.
Renegade museum tours in NYC — gossip, scandals, and the weird stories behind the art. Grew to 60+ employees, covered by the New York Times and WSJ. Sold in 2019.
I read every email. The fastest way to get a real reply: tell me what kind of party you're planning and what's stopping you from sending the invites.
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