What to bring to a private day by the pool

This is not a hotel and not camping. You come for a few hours to a house where the table is already set. A suitcase looks odd. Below is what you actually need.

Bring

• Swimwear and a change of clothes.
• Flip-flops or shoes you do not mind by the water.
• Sunscreen if the day is bright.
• Your usual toiletries and any regular medicine.
• The ring — if this is a proposal, give it to us early rather than keeping it in wet shorts.

Leave at home

• Towels — they are here.
• A full set of dishes and a grill: the kitchen is ours, the menu is agreed.
• Speakers for the whole street: music is fine at a reasonable volume.
• A trampoline, a 15-person hookah, a foam machine.

Children, alcohol, your own therapists

Mention children in advance. Alcohol in moderation. Massage therapists and a photographer by arrangement. The rest is in the questions and the request.