Alastair and Myfanwy were very disappointed that people were so reluctant to come out when they entertained, and they lived in Framingham.
Yeah, but their bigger problem was that they weren't as personally close to nearly as many people, so they're not a good data point. The personal connections are crucial when it comes to parties. As new_man was saying, these things are reciprocal -- people are more likely to come to your parties if and only if you come to theirs.
where is the Barony holding events these days?
That's something we've been thinking about. I think it's better than it used to be in that regard -- I believe more events have been drifting out into these parts than there used to be. But obviously it wouldn't be a viable location for a post-revel to an in-town event.
How big a priority is entertaining, anyways?
Weeeel, that's an interesting question. At the gut level, very important -- it's the single thing we've most been missing in the past few years. (Our current house is *way* too crowded to entertain well, its state of disrepair entirely aside.) Rationally, it's probably something we want to do well but occasionally.
A more interesting question is whether we invite people over for random gaming and stuff sometimes -- small-scale entertaining rather than larger. (We've already decided that we would probably turn the front parlour into a gaming/meeting room.) That's likely to be more often desireable, and the distance has more of an impact on it. It's those interactions with the community that we need to assess, and understand better how the move would affect them in practice...
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Date: 2005-09-19 01:08 pm (UTC)Yeah, but their bigger problem was that they weren't as personally close to nearly as many people, so they're not a good data point. The personal connections are crucial when it comes to parties. As
where is the Barony holding events these days?
That's something we've been thinking about. I think it's better than it used to be in that regard -- I believe more events have been drifting out into these parts than there used to be. But obviously it wouldn't be a viable location for a post-revel to an in-town event.
How big a priority is entertaining, anyways?
Weeeel, that's an interesting question. At the gut level, very important -- it's the single thing we've most been missing in the past few years. (Our current house is *way* too crowded to entertain well, its state of disrepair entirely aside.) Rationally, it's probably something we want to do well but occasionally.
A more interesting question is whether we invite people over for random gaming and stuff sometimes -- small-scale entertaining rather than larger. (We've already decided that we would probably turn the front parlour into a gaming/meeting room.) That's likely to be more often desireable, and the distance has more of an impact on it. It's those interactions with the community that we need to assess, and understand better how the move would affect them in practice...