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Make your holiday party memorable by engaging all 5 of your guests' senses

Andrew Hoge shows us how to throw a party your friends and family will remember by being intentional about the sensory experience.

SEATTLE — Seattle Magazine's Andrew Hoge shows us how to host a next-level Holiday party by engaging your guests' five senses.  Here are some of Andrew's suggestions on how to make sure your party is an experience to remember. 

  • Smell: Use an allergy-free diffuser before dinner, but turn it off when the meal starts to avoid affecting food taste.
  • Sight: Tapered candles cut at eye level to illuminate the face across from you while making the table glow.
  • Taste: Surprise & delight: custom cocktails for each guest or amuse-bouche.
  • Sound: Create a playlist to put guests at ease based on demographics, don’t put speakers by dinner table to encourage conversation.
  • Touch: Salt hand scrub to freshen hands for dinner, heated hand towels, textured menus. 
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The music sets the ambience for the whole evening and is a powerful memory trigger
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Andrew Hoge shows us how to engage all five senses and make your party an experience

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