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Three epic party planners share their expertise to help you throw your backyard bash this summer.
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Matt Caputo is a writer from Queens, New York. His journalism has appeared in The New York Times, New York Daily News, Bleacher Report, and Maxim. He’s a former editor at SLAM magazine. He is the Special Projects Editor for the Rockaway Wave, a 128-year-old newspaper in Rockaway Beach, New York.
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