It’s hard to believe, but some people out there actually like invitation websites like evite, and aren’t afraid to admit it in public. Shocking, isn’t it?
Well, let’s see if I’m all alone in my stand against them.

How do you like your invitations?

Plain old email

Invitation sites like evite.com

Public announcement on mailing list/blog/LJ

In person/telephone

Snailmail

IP over carrier [...]

From comments on my previous post on how to write an invitation, Tracey asks:
We had a house fire last fall and since have moved into our new home. We would like to invite our friends and family to thank them all for their support. Can anyone help me out as to how to word this [...]

Mary has been kind enough to contribute another article on the subject of social engagements. Yesterday it was all about how to politely accept an invitation; today it’s how (or how not) to wriggle out of a social engagement after you’ve said you’ll attend.
Blowing off social engagements
The primary rule is to consider how much [...]

Mary Gardiner is a regular commenter here on GE and also the International Co-ordinator of LinuxChix, a group for women who use Linux. When I posted asking Who are you? the other day, she replied with the following, which I’m promoting up here because it’s worth reading:

One thing I’d be interested in is the [...]

It’s time for the airing of pet peeves. Mine is invitations. Later, I’ve got two guest posts from Mary Gardiner (frequent commenter here and LinuxChik (is that the singular?) extraordinaire) about accepting and/or blowing off invitations. But for now, how to invite people to stuff.
First, let’s cover the idea of those websites [...]