4. Be a good listener The need to enter into and maintain conversation with relative strangers is perhaps the greatest source of cocktail party anxiety for most people. Nothing brings back the ...

“Dinner party size depends on how you want the conversation to flow. Four to six people is wonderful for an intimate event.

And most people won’t expect to be served a full meal at a cocktail party. However, you do need to make sure there is something to eat, both to give your guests something to nibble on and to ...

Melinda Beck on Lunch Break looks at the "cocktail party effect," in which people are able to focus on one conversation while being aware of conversations going on around them. Researchers say we ...

The controversial images of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at a cocktail party as the California wildfires spread have been taken down by the staffer who posted […] ...

At the post-Presidential Inauguration cocktail party, Bass was seen chatting with ... that have been destroyed,' he said. 'It's up to the people. 'This is emblematic of who he is as a leader ...