Sex and the City was a cultural phenomenon in late 1990’s to early 2000’s. It was about four single, fabulous women in New York City. THe show followed them in love, heartbreak, careers, and conquests. What a great theme for a gals get together. Whether it’s a birthday party, bachelorette party or just an excuse to get the girls together, it’s a fantastic idea.
DECORATIONS
The first thing needed is decorations. One way to decorate is make each corner of the room, or different rooms in the house, themed toward each character. Carrie’s can have a laptop or writers supplies, a lot of clothes strewn about, Vogue or style magazines sitting around. Samantha’s should be very modern, but very sexy with a lot of passionate colors. Charlotte’s should be very preppy, Park Avenue with plaid. Think Ralph Lauren. Miranda’s should be professional but a little dorky with a lot of white. Maybe put a television in her area or Yankee items.
Decorate the rest of the space with “I heart NY” stuff and shoe paraphernalia. Go over the top, glamorous and shiny.
Food and costumes
Serve cosmopolitans. What else? If not all the ladies like cosmos, make appletinis or Manhattans. Have appetizers of shrimp and little sandwiches and for dinner serve Chinese food (since it’s a main theme in the show with Carrie’s “slump” food and Miranda always orders from Shanghai Garden).
Another option for this sort of themed party is decorating the rooms, and planning the food, based on the places the girls frequented, such as Sushi Samba, Pastis, Il Cantinori, Tao, etc.
Have the guests come dressed as their favorite character. However, not everyone has to come as one of the four main characters. Mix it up a bit and have people come as Amelita, Susan Sharon, the “Face Girl” or other favorite characters.
It's game time
For games, trivia would probably work best. It can be teams, charades or whatever works best for the host. Here are some trivia questions to help get the ball rolling:
1) What is the name of the NY Times reviewer that reviewed Carrie’s book?
2) What the real name of the “The Face Girl”?
3) What is Mr. Big’s real name?
4) What is the name on the card Samantha steals from the SoHo House?
5) What is the name of the woman Samantha becomes a lesbian for?
6) What song did Natasha walk down the aisle to when she married Mr. Big?
7) What was the name of Samantha’s assistant that quit and threw the Hampton’s HoDown?
- Bonus points if the person can recall her full last name
8) What food does Carrie cancel after she hears about the “funky spunk guy?
9) What is the name of the city Aiden’s country cabin is in?
10) What language does Charlotte learn in order to speak to her future adopted child?
Or try to see who can name one-liners. Maybe who said it, what the situation was or what episode it was in.
"Look, Charlotte brought PARTY FAVORS"
Last but not least, the party favors. They can be joke items like tampons. This comes from the episode where Miranda finds out she’s pregnant and Charlotte finds out she’s not. Charlotte brings a rather large box of tampons to brunch and slams them down on the table. Carrie then says “Look, Charlotte brought party favors.” Favors can also include a small mani/pedi set, a shoe keychain, “I heart NY” keychain, cosmo mix, a mini kama sutra book, etc.
Have fun with it and watch old episodes of Sex and the City to get more ideas!
