August 29, 2006

PHAG Hag

Personalized Philadelphia Home Art Garden Party

Dinner for twelve? It’s in the bag.

No, really. It’s in that bag over there. The one marked KFC.

Need to step up your hosting skills? (Trust us. You do.) Philadelphia Home Art Garden can help with their updated version of the Tupperware party.

They’ll bring out-of-the-ordinary housewares to you for an in-home shopping gathering. You provide the guest list; your personal PHAG consultant will do all the grunt work, from sending out the invites to setting up shop in the den.

What will you and your guests get to choose from? A set of Personality Plates (each representing a different type, including “ding-a-ling,” “perky,” and “saintly”) provides something for everyone. Toile napkins covered with saucy scenes are that little something racier. By evening’s end, you’ll have stocked up on quirky tabletop items. Want even more? Play one of the many moderated games (Pin the Junk on the Hunk, anyone?) to win PHAG bucks to use toward merch in the store.

So the next time you have people over for a meal, they can eat off unique dishes instead of the usual soggy paper plates.

Even if what’s on them is still extra crispy.

Available at Philadelphia Home Art Garden, 252 South 12th Street (215-545-5645 or thephagshop.com).