Sentences with phrase «when dinner conversations»

When dinner conversations turn to cryptocurrency, as they often do these days, I brace for a grilling, because I've been a reporter covering the topic for six years.

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In thirty years as a professor, of graduate seminars, academic conferences, committee meetings, lunches and dinners, and conversations short and long, I have heard God mentioned rarely, and when he is mentioned he is never talked of in a way that assumes his reality.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone says to me, (usually in response to some statement I've made about the role of women in the church or Christians and politics or some other wildly inappropriate subject for dinner conversation), «well I don't have the luxury of picking and choosing which parts of the Bible I take seriously.»

A few days after that conversation when faced with creating a dessert for a dinner party it was the perfect time to make a batch of these family favourites.

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Second to these questions (that often fueled my dinner party conversations) though, was the amazement when these kids learned something that left them in awe.

The answers are also a great conversation starter for those holiday dinners when you need something witty to contribute to the conversation.

Never a fan of them, Phoebe actually said, «I ont aunt tatoes» when I was trying to play up tonight's dinner — a tough task considering that we were swimming (aka, the most fun activity ever) just before the potato conversation.

«The only time the president and I talked about Russia was in 2013, when he simply asked me in passing what it was like to live there in the context of a dinner conversation,» he wrote to the committee, according to The Times.

My favorite memory is when all my friends and family who live in different countries in Europe gather for a huge and festive Christmas dinner filled with laughter and deep conversations!

Dinner parties are amongst our favourite sort of social occasion: good food (at least when we're not cooking, ahem), lively conversation, and free - flowing booze.

So, you've had a few great chats over coffee and some all - night phone conversations, and now you're on your first dinner date when she asks you about your ex.

Quiz your date when you first get together for coffee or dinner and let the conversation flow from there.

In the same way you'd steer clear of certain subjects in the context of a dinner - party conversation with a stranger, there are certain topics you'll want to avoid when creating your dating profile.

I love a good conversation and have delightful people skills I love getting fancy when I can even if its just a homemade dinner and some drinks in the backyard.

When you're going on a first date, scrap the dinner — head out for some drinks and get the conversation rolling in a fun environment.

You'll meet many gentlemen here, they're all good at «vanity project», well, which also part of social skills, how close you stand to someone you are talking to, how you act when you two meet or part, and all the niceties of dinner party conversation... But don't assume they are hard to get, you just talking and acting like a socialite, making some eye contact with men, they may give you a clue that where you can go after the party, then further communicate with you.

Others are the product of really good editing, such as the dinner table sequence (a nod to Rocky Horror) or the parallel conversations when Shrek first meets Fiona's parents.

Framed by a boisterous dinner scene between playwright friends, alarm bells ring early in Melinda and Melinda when conversation turns to whether a random scenario, the arrival of an unexpected stranger at a dinner party, would work best as the premise for tragic drama or comedy.

In March 2003 I was having dinner in London with Faber and Faber's editor of film books, Walter Donohue, and several others when the conversation turned to the current state of film criticism and lack of knowledge of film history in general.

My wife, Katherine, and I did a great job holding up our end of the conversation, until someone inevitably asked us what we did when we weren't going to dinner parties.

And while it probably won't be a topic of conversation around the dinner table, it's always there in the back of your mind — a reminder that you're spending thousands of dollars on interest when you'd rather use that money to pay for holiday gifts or a ski vacation.

But the heavy issues of city needs or corporate America are not the main topics of conversation when the couple shares dinner.

She kindly gets us some more drinks and vegetables when needed while providing conversation for our dinner to slowly wind down our busy day.

Appetizers are served at the bar and when everyone sits down at the long tables for dinner they all take part in what often becomes very interesting conversations.

«When I kayaked up the Panama Canal...» A great line to casually drop into dinner conversation!

Rather than heirlooms - in - waiting, they are more dinner - party conversation starters — especially when the cutlery is cast from goat bones.

When Markham employment lawyer Laura Williams was growing up, dinner table conversations typically revolved around the function and organization of workplaces.

For a while, the Daniels had a practice of requiring school - taught French for conversation at the dinner table two nights a week but abandoned it when, Louise, their teenage daughter, after a plunge into internet genealogy, discovered that they were in fact of Polish ancestry and that their name was, appropriately, Polish.

So if I want to be reminded of an email conversation when I'm meeting someone for dinner, I could schedule it to bounce back to the top of my inbox when I arrive at the restaurant.

«If you and a friend are having a conversation in a chat about where to eat dinner and you find a good restaurant in the Yelp app, when you go back to your conversation and type «it's at,» one automatically generated suggestion in Gboard would be the restaurant's address.

Now you can sit back and impress your family at the dinner table this Thanksgiving, or you can at least act like you know what you're talking about when Bitcoin pops up in the conversation over Thanksgiving dinner.

Use the following seven tips (along with specific actions to take) to start up a conversations when you are standing in a line, at a dinner party, or a business conference.

I want dinner table conversations to equip them with the skills to engage in respectful dialogue with others, even when we disagree.

For example, if your mother - in - law always takes over the kitchen when she comes over for Thanksgiving dinner and it doesn't feel good to you, you can agree to have a clear, loving conversation with her about it.

Brings back a memory of an old training method that was promoted in offices in the early 80's and perhaps so, even today: how to prospect for buyers — make an appointment to view a listed property purely for purposes of checking it out for engaging the seller as a would be buyer — usually around the dinner hour when the owners are likely to be home, just a quick walk through — engage the seller in specific conversation; be friendly — ask the seller have they bought yet.

A reader recently asked: Could you share your thoughts on dinner party conversation... how to set the mood, how to include everyone, some ice - breakers perhaps, how to make everyone feel relaxed... what to do when there is a silence..

When you know the secrets, it's easy to design a table that draws in your guests for delightful conversation set against a delectable dinner.