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I stand in the hallway between the kitchen and my living room and feel a quick flush of party pride. The room is buzzing with talk and laughter, wineglasses are backlit by dozens of silver votive candles and blue bowls spill over with glass beads and stems of freesia. Thank you Martha Stewart Living, May 2008. Without you, I'd be all roses all the time. Props, as ever, go to Marina for the effortlessly hip playlist she's loaded onto my iPod. I have dutifully set it on repeat and forgotten about it, still unclear, even after her ninth explanation, what precisely is wrong with Dave Matthews.

If it weren't for the control tops and underwire and the growing mountain of discarded garments in the center of the room, the word elegant would describe this event perfectly. Guests offer up awestruck compliments as I drift around with fresh hors d'oeuvres and wine.

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