Outdoor parties and gatherings in back gardens, patios and balconies have become increasingly popular in recent years.

It was 7:30 p.m. on a Friday in Houston Asiatown, and Drunken Lobster was bustling. On the patio out front, XuNam, a pop-up kitchen specializing in snails and Vietnamese street foods, had set up ...

Evidently, another concern guardians often have is the unwelcoming and unsettling stares from strangers when women play in ...