Amy said:
My daughter is in the same boat you are. She is a bridesmaid in an upcoming wedding for her best friend and the maid of honor who is the bride's sister lives out of the country, so the bridal shower for the friends and family has fallen on my daughter. She is also looking for ideas. She is having it at my house outside in our flower gardens and patio area, so nature will be the decorations, except for some candles. We live on an acre of land and 1/2 of it is a formal garden area that overlooks the mountain range. Our view is beautiful, so we thought it would be perfect. It will be a late Sunday morning/early afternoon brunch. I will be making all of the food, I haven't planned the whole menu yet. We will def have mimosa's and we have ordered the cake from a great bakery that is in the area. As far as what we will do besides eat and open gifts, that part is up to my daughter and I am not sure what all she has planned as of now. Probably play a couple of fun games. She is trying to get a slide show together that shows the couple from their births through when they met and fell in love up until their engagement. She will be narrating it. So she is trying to get some funny stories to tell with the pictures. I think she is planning for about 25-30 people. I have white buffet plates that I will be using for the food. But that's pretty much it at the moment. The slide show will be towards the end so the groom and his dad can watch it also.

BoN said:
Whoa, I was just thinking about this topic this morning. Does anyone have any advice/suggetion about where we can go for a bachelorette party in NYC or Long Island. I'm suppose to come up with an ideas and I have absolutely none. any suggestions would be appreciated.