The Lazy Ass Host Handbook
A Sensible Guide To Entertaining in Style
by
Didi Balle
by
Didi Balle
The Lazy Ass Host Handbook
A Sensible Guide To Entertaining in Style
Synopsis
Hardwired to wow friends with your awesome entertaining skills?
Feel pressure to post drool-envy snaps on Insta and FB to prove you’re an uber-trendy host/ decorator/cook?
Chasing the lifestyle dream so hard you sometimes forget to pick the kids up from soccer?
Miss work deadlines? Max out credit cards?
Resent guests and don’t know why?
Ever consider that you, like a zillion other overworked, stressed-out trendaholics, might be suffering from Over-Achieving Host Syndrome (OAHS)?
Deep down you know your quest for an airbrushed existence is sucking the life, money and fun out of you. You get that it’s stupid to care so much about so little but you keep doing it anyway.
Sounds remotely familiar? No worries. This snarky little handbook’s for you.
Not sure if you’ve got Lazy Ass Host (LAH) genes? Take our Lazy Ass Host and Me Genetic Test to see if you're a match.
Peruse the LAH Psych Profile. Discover your comfort zone with different levels of LAH engagement from Petit Poulet Merde (LAH Level 1) to Out and Proud Rad (LAH Level 5).
Alert: You don’t have to stop entertaining! Just shift the way you think about and do things. Master Lazy Ass Host skills like “Embracing Your Inner Sloth” or “Slaying the Lifestyle Vampires Sucking You Dry.”
Learn the centuries’ old strategic advantage of being lazy in “WTF Is Lazy?”
“Anatomy of a LAH Dinner Party” breaks parties into bite-sized pieces from planning to pulling-off.
Lots of LAH Pro-Tips like Use yellow crime scene tape to cordon off areas of your home you don’t have time to clean or just don't want to. If nosy guests are like WTF? fake a nervous smile and say you can’t discuss an ongoing investigation …
The Lazy Ass Host Handbook A Sensible Guide To Entertaining in Style
Whether it’s a Dinner, Divorce or Cocktail Party this funny Sensible Guide is chock full of Lazy Ass Host tips and tricks, menus and mind-fucks with plenty of cray theme parties putting pot back into potluck.
“The Lazy Ass Host Handbook” will make you the life of your own damn party.
Time to celebrate and chill cuz the anti-trendinsitas are in charge.
A Sensible Guide To Entertaining in Style
Synopsis
Hardwired to wow friends with your awesome entertaining skills?
Feel pressure to post drool-envy snaps on Insta and FB to prove you’re an uber-trendy host/ decorator/cook?
Chasing the lifestyle dream so hard you sometimes forget to pick the kids up from soccer?
Miss work deadlines? Max out credit cards?
Resent guests and don’t know why?
Ever consider that you, like a zillion other overworked, stressed-out trendaholics, might be suffering from Over-Achieving Host Syndrome (OAHS)?
Deep down you know your quest for an airbrushed existence is sucking the life, money and fun out of you. You get that it’s stupid to care so much about so little but you keep doing it anyway.
Sounds remotely familiar? No worries. This snarky little handbook’s for you.
Not sure if you’ve got Lazy Ass Host (LAH) genes? Take our Lazy Ass Host and Me Genetic Test to see if you're a match.
Peruse the LAH Psych Profile. Discover your comfort zone with different levels of LAH engagement from Petit Poulet Merde (LAH Level 1) to Out and Proud Rad (LAH Level 5).
Alert: You don’t have to stop entertaining! Just shift the way you think about and do things. Master Lazy Ass Host skills like “Embracing Your Inner Sloth” or “Slaying the Lifestyle Vampires Sucking You Dry.”
Learn the centuries’ old strategic advantage of being lazy in “WTF Is Lazy?”
“Anatomy of a LAH Dinner Party” breaks parties into bite-sized pieces from planning to pulling-off.
Lots of LAH Pro-Tips like Use yellow crime scene tape to cordon off areas of your home you don’t have time to clean or just don't want to. If nosy guests are like WTF? fake a nervous smile and say you can’t discuss an ongoing investigation …
The Lazy Ass Host Handbook A Sensible Guide To Entertaining in Style
Whether it’s a Dinner, Divorce or Cocktail Party this funny Sensible Guide is chock full of Lazy Ass Host tips and tricks, menus and mind-fucks with plenty of cray theme parties putting pot back into potluck.
“The Lazy Ass Host Handbook” will make you the life of your own damn party.
Time to celebrate and chill cuz the anti-trendinsitas are in charge.
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Lazy Ass Host Pro Tip:
Buy a bakery cake, rough up the frosting, and Voila! A to-die-for homemade delight. You'll be devoured with admiration. |
Lazy Ass Host Pro Tip: One hour before the party: Enjoy a martini, a few tokes and a power nap before guests arrive with dinner!
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How to deal with food intolerant drama queens?
Sweetly say: "If you're allergic to everything, just bring a f@#kin' epipen! |
The Lazy Ass Host Handbook is a humor non-fiction book capable of selling across multiple channels in both gift and book markets allowing a publisher to fully exploit distribution in dual markets. In the gift market, LAHH is a seasonal gift (Mother’s Day, holidays) and a year-round mainstay gift book. Manuscript delivery w/illustrations: 4 months.
Illustrations: Graphic art (logo, charts, certificates) and B&W vintage photos w/snarky captions. Approx. 40-45 visuals.
Web Direction & Design: Larry Heidel.