I'd love to throw a HN dinner party with you at my house when you're in Seattle a month from now. I basically live in a mansion with 6 roommates -- the continuous [living room, kitchen, dinette, dining room, parlor, foyer] is nearly 1000ft². There's a well-appointed gas kitchen, two fridges and a freezer, an enourmous backyard, etc. We actually just threw a big party on Valentine's day for my roommates' wedding reception, so now we have 2x 3-pot chafing dishes and an electric flat-top griddle for freeing up the countertop gas grill...

I could seat 30 people without even breaking out the folding tables (though I'd need more chairs to use them).

I can absolutely help you with the cooking and I might be able to teach you a couple of things. I think we can pull off more than three courses :)

It's way up in north Seattle, but it's very accessible by bus, it's right off the Burke-Gilman trail, and there's tons of on-street parking. I'm blasdelf@gmail