If you’re throwing a big party inspired by the Big Apple, you’ve got plenty of inspiration for every aspect of the day.
DECOR: There are SO many symbols of this city, and any one could be a fun image for posters, confetti, cookies and more. Consider:
–The Statue of Liberty
–The Brooklyn Bridge
–An apple!
–A taxi, bus, or subway
-The skyline
– The Empire State Building (you can use our Darcy Miller x Chasing Paper NYC View wall decal to give your guests a peek of the city’s most iconic building!)
-The bridges and fall foliage of Central Park (for a more romantic mood)
FOOD: Serve local specialties—bagels and lox at a brunch, hot dogs from a cart at a picnic, strip steak for dinner. Or, have a cocktail party or buffet with a stations for the different neighborhoods:
– Dim sum for Chinatown
-Pasta for Little Italy or Arthur Avenue
–Grill for the meatpacking district
-Pretzels, hot dogs, and and ice cream for Central Park
-Fried Chicken and Waffles for Harlem
-BBQ for Koreatown
-Indian food for Curry Hill or Jackson Heights
-Pizza for all the pizza joints
-Coffee in diner cups
MUSIC: Do karaoke with showtunes from the Great White Way, or make a playlist of songs that have the words “New York,” or the names of neighborhoods, in them:
-New York, New York by Frank Sinatra
-Welcome to New York by Taylor Swift
–Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard by Paul Simon
–53d and Third by the Ramones
-New York City by John Lennon
–Downtown Train by Tom Waits
-Empire State of Mind by Jay Z and Alicia Keyes
-L.E.S. by Childish Gambino
–“Ever Since New York” by Harry Styles
–Greatest City in The World from Hamilton
GAMES:
Play charades by acting out movies set in New York including:
–Dog Day Afternoon
-Saturday Night Fever
-Ghostbusters
-When Harry Met Sally
–You’ve Got Mail
-Taxi Driver
-Do the Right Thing
-King Kong
-Breakfast at Tiffany’s
-Wall Street
Or play our NYC Matching Game
FAVORS: Send guests home with sweet treats that symbolize the city. Consider:
–Cake pops or cookies shaped like taxis or other city symbols
–Black and White Cookies
-Cannolis
-Big (candied) apples or mini apple pies
