Intimate Grown-up Dinner Party

Several of us (who have turned or are working on turning thirty this year) have been musing on what it means to be a grown up. As said before, when you put your home up for sale there is a bit of a reality check as to what the home of an adult should look like, but actually turning thirty puts some more questions in your head (what should an actual grown-up look like?). Mary had the wonderful idea that thirty-year-olds or grown-ups or both have intimate dinner parties. And I like the way she thinks. To honor this, LK and I (who are adults) thought that a wine decanter would be a great gift for someone who wants to have grown-up intimate dinner parties. But when faced with a shelf full of decanters, we froze. Not knowing a thing about wine or decanters we (needing a lifeline) called someone who did, and who kindly took us baby steps through the process of buying one. For any of you who are thinking of becoming one or getting to know any, first understand, grown-ups are hard to buy for. Secondly understand, there should be a class on being grown up. As it is, we'll just have to ask around. Thank God for cell phones.