Sentences with phrase «much of a dinner party»

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Some studies show that people maintain a kind of moral equilibrium, meaning that giving money to charity may lead them to skimp on the tip at dinner, whereas partying too much may inspire a volunteer day at the soup kitchen.

For all of you who work with us, you hopefully see that we don't force our beliefs on others, don't prohibit others from drinking coffee or alcohol at work or work dinners / parties, it's pretty much like working with anyone else.

Hosting a dinner party is a lot of fun but it can often mean you spend most of the evening in the kitchen and not all that much time enjoying your guests» company.

As a dinner party veteran I've hosted plenty of dinner parties where I placed far too much emphasis on making everything look and taste perfect, and far too little emphasis on making sure I was relaxed and calm when my guests arrived.

The series kicks off with a Halloween dinner party featuring chef Jonathan Waxman at Barbuto serving up some of his beloved classic dishes, then with Jamie Bissonette at Toro, where guests will enjoy his delicious dishes including the Paella Mixta, Anne Burell at Phil & Annes Good Time Lounge goes family - style in Brooklyn, Justin Smillie at Upland serves up his much sought after slow roasted duck, Marcus Glocker at Batard with a crowd pleasing delicate seafood tortellini, Mario Batali at Del Posto with a lobster salad as part of a five course menu, while Joey Campanaro at the Little Owl includes diver scallops on the menu, Marc Murphy at Landmarc is set to cook braised shortrib, with Los Angeles chef, Vartan Abgaryan from 71Above preparing a very special meal at James Beard House, Scott Conant cooks for one table of guests at the chefs private loft, while Alex Guarnaschelli at Butter with her crowd pleasing crab cakes and scattered acres roasted chicken.

I normally wouldn't be interested in making a dish like this cause there's too much leftover, but I'm having a dinner party in a couple of days and this is just the recipe I needed.

Like a lot of political people, I'm not much cop at dinner parties.

He told the BBC Politics Show yesterday: «There was far too much self - indulgent and egotistical factionalism and people spending their weekends at London dinner parties plotting the demise of other people in the Labour party.

I may host dinner parties sometimes, usually with the help of someone (say for ex., my wonderful boyfriend who cooks up an awesome churrasco) which makes it so much fun, but it's once in a blue moon.

As far as birthday celebrations go, I've never been much of a birthday person and instead of big parties with tons of friends and all the attention on me, I always opt for a small lunch or dinner with my best girl friends and a fancier dinner out with Rob.

I normally opt for more casual looks on my blog because I love to share what I truly wear in everyday life, but today I wanted to style this blazer in a more sophisticated way and a look I would very much wear to dinner with friends during this time of the year or to a casual holiday cocktail party.

Prior to setting up SingleScene Dating, we had 2 years experience of running a successful singles club in North West Kent and South East London, organising quality singles events such as speed dating, dinner dating, singles parties, country walks, and much more, as well as running a dating agency.

From the elaborate crystal framing of the entire stage to the way the gigantic space of the Dolby Theater seemed to have been turned into a mansion straight out of a murder mystery dinner party, it was all a little... much.

We have much to celebrate every year, and following the Gala Dinner on Thursday night from 21:00, we'll once again turn Slagthuset into a party paradise complete with bars, marioke, dancing, cheering and mingle Bucket loads of Nordic fun, hosted by fabulous Epic / Unreal.

People can sequentially follow the numbers of each material, read one format at a time or for those who are not that much into books and literature, they can even be used to set the table at a dinner party.»

The Baltimore Museum of Art is a unique venue with a variety of spaces that are ideal for events large and small — milestone celebrations, intimate dinner parties, wedding ceremonies and receptions, rehearsal dinners, bar / bat mitzvahs, corporate receptions, holiday parties, meetings, performances, film screenings, and much more.

Instead of the hostile and vitriolic reception originally accorded The Dinner Party by the mainstream critics, it was hailed by Roberta Smith in the New York Times who described the piece as ``... almost as much a part of American culture as Norman Rockwell, Walt Disney, the WPA murals and the AIDS quilts.»

There would be so much fun to choose from, including a very St. - Germain - des - Prés dinner held by Almine Rech at the Café de Flore in honor of Joseph Kosuth and the Ruinart party organized by Praz - Delavallade on Avenue Foch.

«Whether in the subway, at a baseball game or a formal dinner party, or catching a flight, he will be a walking billboard of how much trash the average American creates on a daily and monthly basis.

So the issue of crisis PR was very much in my mind when I picked up yesterday's Boston Globe and read that a former Bingham McCutchen associate, Michelle Moor, was claiming the firm failed to promptly investigate her allegation that she had been drugged at a firm holiday party, that another female associate had been drugged and raped a year earlier by a Bingham employee, and that a Bingham employee remarked at a firm dinner that he enjoyed giving women date - rape drugs and having sex with them.

I think one of the most apprecaited hostess gifts I've given was for a friend who I knew had gone to sooooo much trouble with her dinner party.

Over the years, I've learned to do as much in advance as possible — that way, the day of the party or dinner is more relaxed!