Gotta Get the Party Planning Apps!
Ciroc and Lemonade, right? Block or crushed ice.
Our guest blogger, Louise Baker, wrote an awesome blog about iPhone Apps that I could not pass up for this week’s In The Haute Seat…edition! (YEH!) OMG. I hope you all love this one as much as I did. And for you Droid (that would be me) and Blackberry users? There are alternate solutions if the application isn’t compatible. Don’t fret. Email me if you need the details. (katrina@ThePartyGoddess.com) For now, here are the top 10 most innovative iPhone apps that can help you plan a party!
Pre-Party Details
This app provides an easy “form” to fill out to make sure you don’t overlook many of the easy-to-forget details. Keep track of guest lists (and any food allergies!), RSVPS and menus and to-do lists.
Prepare your grocery list and check things off while at the store. You can arrange your items by store, and even by aisle to streamline your pre-party shopping.This app even helps you collect coupons you can print out to spread your party funds a little further.
Dinner and A Movie
Bring your iPhone to the farmer’s market and let it help you pick the best fruits and vegetables for your upcoming party. Providing an alphabetical list, Harvest can give you tips on picking the ripest produce while avoiding the rotten apples, and even gives you tips on how best to store your veggies!
Similar in principle to Harvest, this iPhone app let’s you search by location and alerts you to the vegetables that are in season by you. Imagine serving up a bunch of fresh seasonal recipes, whether they’re peaches or rhubarbs to celebrate the summer or apples and turnips to rejoice in autumn.
This app will help you adapt recipes for all sizes of company. In addition to recipe calculators and unit converters, this app will save your favorite recipes for future use.
Cafe’ O Te’?
Tea is an art. Select your kind of tea and let this app make you a beautiful cup of tea for an afternoon tea party.
Make a beautiful cup of perfectly brewed tea for your guests. This app sets a timer and provides great instructions for a variety of copy recipes.
Bartending 101
Complete with a huge index of drinks, would-be bartenders can search for a drink by ingredient or drink name and even learn which type of glass to use. Frequent party planners can save drinks as favorites to keep their guests coming back for more.
Wine and Cheese Please!
This app can suggest wines pairings for food and special occasions or smartly select wines by region. Hello Vino will even learn your wine shopping habits to tailor its recommendations more to your speed.
With a listing of 750 cheeses from around the world and access to an online cheese libraries, this app can introduce you to new cheeses and steer you away from the ones that might just be too…aromatic for your guests. This pocket guide to cheeses includes great photographs!
When she’s not organizing parties, Louise Baker writes about online colleges at Zen College Life. Thanks so much for the hot blog, Louise!!!
excellent points and the details are more precise than somewhere else, thanks.
- Norman