F. Lectures, Conferences & Seminars
A-1 Large Cocktail Parties
Large cocktail parties with 250 to 500 people attending, in the Grand Ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel or the downtown Harvard Club. About one-half have dancing, the others do not. Almost always given on a Monday or a Tuesday, simply because the Ritz and the Harvard Club are less busy on those evenings. If you're on this invitation list, you are expected to respond (Yes, No or Maybe) to invitations that are sent to you. Those that do not are eventually dropped from the master invitation list.
A-2 Smaller Cocktail Parties
Cocktail parties with 75 to 125 people attending. These are given on various evenings of the week. Like the large cocktail parties, we ask that you respond, but unlike the large cocktail parties, we do not track those who do not respond in order to remove them from the invitation list.
A-3 Cocktail/Dinner Parties
A cross between a cocktail party and a dinner party. People are expected to stay for the entire evening, arriving promptly at 6:30 p.m. and leaving no earlier than 10:30 p.m. Those who RSVP "Yes" are expected to attend absent a last-minute emergency. Currently we give these at the Aujord'hui Bar at the Four Seasons Hotel, with attendance limited to 50 people.
This is a catch all category that covers parties hosted by others — everything from black tie charity events to less formal parties. This is divided into four categories, based on price:
A-3 (a) Inexpensive — Free to $25
A-3 (b) Moderate — $25 to $50
A-3 (c) More expensive — $50 to $100
A-3 (d) Expensive — $100+
A-5 Speed dating parties
A-6 Singles Parties
(other than speed dating parties)
A-7 Pub Night at the Harvard Club of Boston
The Harvard Club of Boston has a monthly pub night for those 40 or younger.
A-8 MBA Alumni Monthly Networking Party
Once a month, the alumni clubs of 12 business schools sponsor a monthly cocktail party.
A-9 Business networking parties
(other than the MBA Alumni monthly networking party)
A-10 Baby Boomers
(for those 50 and older)
Includes concerts where tickets are expensive (e.g., the BSO) and concerts where tickets are inexpensive or free (e.g., Jordan Hall). Also includes ballet and opera.
B-2 Jazz
B-3 Rock
B-4 Folk & Ballads
B-5 Blues / R&B
B-6 Other
C-1 Art gallery openings
Includes exhibits at the MFA, ICA and other museums. If the primary purpose of the event is to have a party rather than to see art, then invitations are sent to those on the Other Parties invitation list, rather than this list.
C-2 Comedy clubs
C-3 Literary events
Poetry readings, writers meetings, and the like
C-4 Theatre
Includes "serious" theatre such as the ART as well as Broadway musicals
D-1 Ballroom
If an event such as a black tie charity event will have ballroom dancing, the invitation will be sent to those on the Other Parties invitation list, not this list.
D-2 Swing
D-3 Latin / Salsa
D-4 Latin / Tango
D-5 Disco and Technocrat
D-6 Other
E-1 Board games
Getting together to play various board games
E-2 Food and wine
Wine tastings, taste of the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, etc. and the like
E-3 Movies
Getting people to watch a movie at a theatre, bar or a private home. If you have a upscale apartment or home that is centrally located, you have an awesome entertainment center, and you're willing host some of these events, please let me know.
E-4 Professional sporting events
Attending professional sporting events as a spectator, not as a participant. Excludes my Superbowl party, who is included under Other Parties.
F-1 Business & Economics
F-2 Computers & Information Technology
F-3 Law
F-4 Life Sciences
Includes biotechnology, medicine, and the life sciences
F-5 Politics and Policy
F-6 Science & Technology
Excludes Computers & Information Technology and Life Sciences
F-7 Women's Groups
F-8 Myers-Briggs seminars
Carly Toomey (who is on my invitation list) and her husband Robert Toomey conduct Myers-Briggs workshops as well as individual consultations in personality type and career coaching. I have taken their workshop and found it to be extraordinarly useful. Their workshop is based on "The Art of Speedreading People: How to Size People Up and Speak Their Language" by Paul D. Tieger et al..
G-1 Protestant events
G-2 Catholic events
G-3 Jewish events
H-1 Beach
Going to the beach
H-2 Basketball
I'm particularly interested in playing basketball in Waltham. If you are too, please let me know.
H-3 Biking
Bicycles, not motorcycles
H-4 Golf
H-5 Hiking
H-6 Sailing
H-7 Squash
H-8 Cross Country Skiing
H-9 Downhill Skiing
H-10 Tennis
I-1 Provincetown
I-2 Tanglewood
I-3 Rockport
I-4 Nantucket
I-5 Martha's Vineyard
I-6 Providence
I-7 Newport
I-8 New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine
I-9 New York City
I-10 Canada
I-11 Other Countries