It’s a fact. Look it up. And when you host someone in your home, you’re letting them into your life, sharing who you are, and inviting them to share who they are. Hosting can be as minimal as a bag of chips and some water, or as elaborate as a charcuterie whilst a violin concerto is played. It’s all about how you do you. How do we do ourselves? Great question!

We like to host, and when we host, we like people to feel like our home is their home. So though we don’t drink tons of martinis, we have a martini shaker in case our guest does. We smoke a lot of weed, so we like to have ashtrays and cannabis readily available, plus all the accouterments that go along with it (grinders, papers, etc). Which is more or less why we started Houseplant. Because finding elevated, thoughtful, artistic homeware for cannabis users was pretty much impossible.

Now instead of a shitty gas station lighter and a pop can, we have beautiful marble blocks with built in lighters and thoughtful, functional ceramic ashtrays and candles that look great and work well. We just want people to find what they need when we’re hosting. And that goes well beyond cannabis. I (Evan) am gluten free (NOT BY CHOICE!) and I like to specifically cater to the dietary needs of others. They wouldn’t get poisoned in their own homes, so I’m sure as heck not going to poison them in mine!

When it comes to playlists, our Houseplant vinyls are genuinely perfect for gatherings, since they are complied due to strains/moods, as opposed to genres. We also find soul music an ever-reliable source of rock solid party music. But the music honestly depends on the party. THe last party we went to had a 90s power ballad theme. ANd for that party, it was perfect. Drink wise, just like with cannabis, we just liked to provide options. Evan loves tequila. Seth doesn’t. But Seth has tequila for when Evan wants it. Now THAT’S a good host.

As far as games go, we lean into the swinging lifestyle heavily and most of our games are extremely sexual. If we had a nickel for every orgy we’ve hosted we’d have so much money! No one wants to go to poorly hosted orgy! We joke! We joke! We respect the swinging community, but we ourselves do not partake (Yet! We’re only 40! Who knows what the future holds?). But we meant it when we said no one wants to have an orgy at the home of a bad host. One man’s orgy is another man’s Call of Duty 4 seasons with his buddies or someones cookie baking soiree. Host is widley personal, super interesting, and something you can always get better at. So be the host with the most, and we toast to you hosts!