Meals were brought in, and lunch or
dinner conversations often continued into the beginning of the next session.
Not exact matches
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.
It's hard acknowledging the limits of a medium through which my own writing career has flourished, but I want you to know: The
conversations we have here — as encouraging, informative, and life - changing as they can
often be — are meant to be brought to
dinner tables, coffee shops, AA meetings, parks, church fellowship halls, long car rides, dorm rooms, and diners, among people who (whether they agree or disagree) can look you in the eye and take you in, not as a brand but as a human being.
I have found
dinner ideas on walks, rocking babies in the middle of the night, and while eavesdropping on other people's
conversations in line at the gas station, but I have
often found moments of great insight in children's books.
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.
Often, prior to a conference, we will share about sessions we may be considering, make
dinner plans, talk about what we hope to get out of or add to the conference, but for a large summer educational technology conference the
conversation shifted to «What is it that we feel we can give to the city and the people of Philadelphia?»
At the
dinner table,
conversation often turns to the problems and challenges of teaching.
Chances are, the ideological «discussions» that most students have been exposed to outside school — such as cable news commentaries and
dinner table
conversations — have
often lacked the ideological diversity and reciprocity needed to foster tolerance.
We
often extend the
conversation with our international colleagues into a group
dinner and days can run anywhere from 12 to 15 hours, easily.
Though I did a mini-grand tour of Xmas
dinners & meetings, and was bemused how
often the
conversation ended up in crypto - territory.
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.
Staying in a shared accommodation with other solo travelers opens a lot of gateways to striking up
conversation over breakfast, shared
dinner,
often times a happy hour, or just in the dorm.