Continuing with our cardinals, No. 2, for you.
No. 2: Saturday, not Friday.
I am convinced that dinner parties and hosting–the full hilt, that is–should be relegated to Saturday evenings. Friday evenings manifest a mild collapse of exhaustion and release from a week worked well. Left-overs or pizza should be the “go-to” on a Friday night. However, come Saturday, one is fully released from work and its manic schedule, to enjoy the process of hosting. You will wake to the pleasure of the table-scape and rearranging, recipe-following, and related last-minute runs to the grocery store. Friday, on the contrary, has the time to provide no such pleasures. Plan for Saturday, not Friday; you won’t regret it.
The Weekend Design 