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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re Midwestern garage parties:

I'm from Ohio, and it is basically using the garage in place of a tent if it's nice enough to be outside.  This is what our family and many friends did for graduation parties, etc.  You have a shady place to put the food and sit.  A garage open to the driveway provides a bigger overall space than a room inside most houses, and kids can run around outside with adults around.  Friends and family can wander in and out of the house.  I don't see what's so strange about it.[/quote]

Yep. Ohioan here, too, and it is so common, I can't even think why someone might think it weird.  But, now that you mention it, I don't think I've been to an outdoor party in the DC metro area that was in a garage.  Maybe just because many people here don't have garages?

And for the original "garage party" poster who asked what to call a party held in a garage, it's called "a party".  [/quote]

No, we have garages out here.  We just do not hold parties in them.  Garages are grotty places to store your cars, kids' bikes, outdoor equipment like snow shovels, and the like.  Parties are of course held outside, but, if so, then on a deck, lawn, patio, etc.  People can mill around or go inside, whatever they like.  But never is the garage a part of it.  The garage is (unless you are one of those people who have paid to have your garage super tarted up like Jay Leno's garage or something like that) really not for anyone outside of the family to see.  It would be like, hmm, I don't know, having a party in . . ..hmmm. . .I cannot think of a less appealing part of a house than a garage, actually!  I guess:  maybe like having a party in your unfinished downstairs storage room, amongst the furnace,ac, w/d, and exposed pipes?  Most people would not do this unless they are about 18-22 or a few years removed from college.[/quote]

You are a treat. Oh, AND you are invited to the annual family reunion next summer. Jeff and Betty hold it primarily in their *gasp* [i]garage[/i]. Which they clean before the party, an idea which I guess has never occurred to you. It's potluck, but they buy the brats and dogs and buns. After dinner there sack races, water balloon fights, a baseball game, or a trip to the river. Please come. It's awesome. So long as your guests' comfort is well provided for, you're good. Even in the garage. :)[/quote]

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