The vintage magic
I have been planning a farewell bash for one of my friends
who is moving abroad. Now this a chick who loves her music, dance and colors. So
as I sat down to plan a party for her, I thought what better theme than
Bollywood! And since I always like to do things a little differently, I thought
of retro Bollywood instead of today’s loud and garish trends. Here is what
everything including the ambience, entertainment, location and food will look
like:
Location: My beloved living room that has enough capacity to
swallow a crowd.
Ambience / Decorations: My husband has these cool vintage
records that will add well to the ambience. I will make strings of them and
hang them around, now that there is no player to actually play them. Last Sunday
I went to the nearby party store and picked up some 70s looking disco balls that
will pump up the décor. These will help me create a disco dance floor space complimented
by some colored lights which I will make by pasting translucent paper to my
regular lights and bulbs. The retro décor will make my chief guest and all the
other guests feel like they have stepped back in time. As a cherry on the
icing, I plan to organize a best costume contest as it will help me make
everyone dress in the 60s and 70s style!
Food: If I want it to looks realistically retro, I will have
to tie the theme into the menu. I googled a bit and realized that the 70s were
simpler times, so serving nostalgic, simple dishes will work great for this
theme. Firstly, there will be some classic vintage cocktails and what is
vintage more than a martini! For finger good, there will be lots of cheese
puffs, chips, samosas and chicken wings to take care of both the vegetarians
and the non vegetarians. For the main course, again I will fall back on Kitchens
of India again just because they are so reliable and will take off a load off
my back. Also, after drinks and appetizers, most of my friends hardly eat
anything. Since the chief guest is a proud Tam will a lineage of awesome
Chettinad food, I will get atleast 10 packets of Chicken Chettinad and 5
packets of Paneer
Darbari
Entertainment a.k.a. Music: Well, isn’t this the easiest? Retro
music was magical and I just have to pick any 50 songs off the internet or my
own playlists and play them on loop. All the favorite artists of my spunky girl
are going in there: Steely Dan, The Beach Boys, Diana
Ross , Bee Gee’s, Marvin
Gaye , Barry White K.C. and Abba.
Thanks to awesome Google tips, Indiblogger and Kitchens of India, I am ready to have a
groovy time at my retro farewell party!
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