| Throwing a hot tub party can make you the star of | | | | candles, perhaps even incense burners. Scented |
| the neighborhood or at least temporarily everyone's | | | | "bucket candles" go wonderfully with a hot tub party |
| favorite relative! A hot tub party can make everyone | | | | setting, too. |
| feel relaxed and merry, and forget about all their | | | | Music will be very important to the success of your |
| worries. | | | | hot tub party. You may want to consider orchestral |
| If you do throw such a party you'll want to plan | | | | music or acoustic guitar music. However, the tastes of |
| carefully. A terrible hot tub party will have the exact | | | | your guests should be taken into consideration, too. |
| opposite effect of what you want--and not just for | | | | Maybe their way of relaxing is to listen to heavy metal. |
| others but for you as well. | | | | Use your best judgment as long as the soundtrack for |
| But perhaps the planning stage for throwing hot tub | | | | the evening fits in with the hot tub party goal of being |
| parties begins before you even get a hot tub! If you | | | | mentally and emotionally swept away from the busy, |
| feel in advance that you're going to be using your hot | | | | getting-and-spending world. |
| tub for more than just yourself and your household, | | | | Food and beverages will be another huge |
| you'll likely want to consider getting a 12' x 12' hot tub | | | | consideration. Choose foods that reflect the |
| gazebo. Typically, this beautiful monster comes with an | | | | season--probably Spring or Summer, although it could |
| eight-foot-square spa area and a cedar roof, acrylic | | | | be early Fall--and have everything prepared and all set |
| windows, and even a matching table and chairs set. If | | | | out in advance. Small sandwiches work wonderfully, |
| you're going to be partying it down with your hot tub | | | | but also include fresh sliced vegetables, fresh fruits, |
| gazebo you'll likely be wise to include a wet bar and | | | | nuts, and even a small buffet spread of prepared |
| bar stools--matching, of course. | | | | foods. As long as the foods can easily be accessed |
| And make sure the gazebo hot tub is set in a | | | | and eaten while luxuriating in a hot tub, you likely can't |
| gorgeous area. Many people find a gazebo to be an | | | | go wrong. |
| invocation of simpler, more ancient times, so if you set | | | | And of course, what would a relaxing hot tub party be |
| it away from your house and among trees or a | | | | without refreshing adult beverages? To fit the mood, |
| garden (if you can) this can induce refreshingly | | | | fruit juice is probably best for your guests who don't |
| soothing Romantic images and pleasant feelings of | | | | drink. For the others, few things spell relaxation time like |
| enchantment. | | | | wine and beer. Hard liquor may actually not go as well |
| But no matter what kind of hot tub you've settled on, | | | | with hot-water immersion. |
| there is more party to plan. | | | | Everything should be chosen to promote relaxation |
| As this will almost assuredly be a night time gathering, | | | | and the melting way of worries...at least for a while. |
| you'll want to have torches, shapely and colorful | | | | |