For all those who want to entertain and never do, we are throwing down the gauntlet. In the next month, your assignment is to PLAN A HOLIDAY PARTY IN YOUR HOME and swing from your own chandeliers.

We went to a birthday party this weekend at a friend's house, where some of us cooked, some of us decorated and a few of us took the birthday boy away for drinks while the rest got ready. It was a great party and no one felt the pressure of the check arriving at the end. So get cleaning, go shopping and get into the THERE'S A PARTY IN YOUR APARTMENT mood. MGR