But it's important to have the right mix of guests.
The Rocky Mountain Inn and Hostel (15 County Road 72, Fraser; 866-467-8351; www.therockymountaininn.comixattracts a mix of guests.
So think hard about the mix of guests and their seating, and serve dishes you have cooked before.
How do you break out your mix of guests? A. We're probably a 70-30, with 70 percent business.
When I visited Bretton Woods for a few weekdays in early January, nine inches of new snow fell and a mix of guests — families, couples, small groups and singles — kept the hotel's aptly named Great Hall humming.
"She was an installation artist," says Anne Hawley, the museum's director, and Fenway Court -- with its changing displays, its entertainments, its mix of guests -- was Mrs. Gardner's masterpiece.
Mariella has the usual mix of guests, though they tend to be heavyweights from the bestseller lists, including Alexander McCall Smith and Louis de Bernières, who has taken a shot at writing about rural England in the 1960s in his new book, Notwithstanding.
In 1934, another resident of No. 770, the theatrical producer Rowland Stebbins, invited a tenor at the Metropolitan Opera, Edward Johnson, to sing an aria from "Lohengrin" to a mix of guests that included Harold I. Pratt, son of a founder of Standard Oil; the publisher Ralph Pulitzer; and the conductor Walter Damrosch.
Manager Denise Emmerich said: "We have been open for just over two weeks and have seen a mix of guests through our doors, such as ski teams, older people, as well as groups of young people who are more or less looking for cheap accommodation.
One has a natural desire to invite the same olds time and time again (after all, they're easy, and they already know you're a brilliant cook, so there's no need to make too much of an effort to impress), but a great dinner party relies on a novel mix of guests – old friends, new acquaintances, people you've owed a dinner since the Silver Jubilee.
