Make reservations at your favorite restaurant or invite friends over.

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In fact, they invite friends over to gawk.

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Little Feat has made a lot of friends over the years, so it seemed like a natural fit to invite some of those folks to join the band for their latest CD, appropriately titled Join the Band.

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So, for example, you could seek out friends who "like" director Quentin Tarantino to make an invite list to see "Django Unchained" Friday night or remind yourself which of your friends are over 21 and live in Austin, Texas, to do some bar-hopping while you're in town.

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