Just outside
of the cocktail party?
I think of the elevator speech as more
of a cocktail party (or trade show, networking meeting, CLE program or conference) introduction than a true elevator speech.
Think
of a cocktail party or an after - work event with clients, a place where you can get decked out in something sharp and attractive, yet still classy.
His devices empower and translate closed systems into tangible medium; a flooding river is given a voice, a goldfish is at the mercy
of a cocktail party, colours...
In a 1968 interview, Katz described his paintings of flowers as an extension
of the cocktail party scenes he often painted.
Each piece seems to flirt with and riff on the others, joking, teasing, and seductively winking like old friends with complicated histories in the sharp first hour
of a cocktail party.
Special Event: This property can be rented for «special event» such as Wedding Party
of Cocktail Party.
I tend to use the metaphor
of a cocktail party to help guide proper interactions in online spaces.
A fiercely intelligent woman in a world of swaggering men who leer at her like she's an unattended purse, Graham still feels like one of the girls — she cowers before executive editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) as though he's her boss, and maneuvers between the gender - segregated rooms
of a cocktail party with an ambidextrousness that alienates her from both sides of the house.
While last week I posted the styling
of a cocktail party jumpsuit, this Monday it's all about wearing this spring trend for day parites.
Listening to a conversation in the context
of a cocktail party presents a great challenge for the auditory system.
«Turning up the gain to hear someone across from you also amplifies all of the surrounding background noise — resembling the sound
of a cocktail party.»
Cocktail Time: With an endless stream
of cocktail parties, events, and celebrations this time of year, what's the best order at the bar?
Jazz rules the airwaves as a new generation of socialites shock the middle classes with their heady merry - go - round
of cocktail parties and cabaret.
Snagged these DVF cocktail heels with both silver and gold to get me through the next round
of cocktail parties.
For casual wearing in summer days
of cocktail parties strapless bandage outfit make perfect selection.
Written by Michael Powell (who went on to direct The Red Shoes), Perfect Understanding is a sophisticated romantic comedy - drama about marriage and infidelity, sexual harmony and discord, in a posh setting
of cocktail parties and weekends in the country.
MIA Conspicuous in their absence will be the carriers which, with the possible exception of AT&T, don't have many events planned for CES outside
of cocktail parties and meet and greets.
5) His remarks were at the end of a 15 - minute welcome I gave at one
of our cocktail parties, in which I described my early experiences coming to the Berkshire meeting, the rise and fall of Kase Capital, and what we're doing with Kase Learning.
Levine writes: «Black - and - white photos
of cocktail parties; that was their scene... There's Mom hanging out with Rothko and Stamos in the living room; there's Mom smoking a cigarette in Rothko's studio; there's Rothko sitting on the edge of his bed.
AK: My big paintings
of cocktail parties and social scenes started with the idea of making a gesture for our time.
There are plenty
of cocktail parties at the Furniture Fair in Milan, but this one was quite different.
I recall as a law student having to attend a number
of cocktail parties at law firms when applying for jobs, and we all knew we were being assessed for our «fit» in that environment just as much as we were at the formal interviews.
Not exact matches
At
cocktail parties, many
of us find ourselves looking over the shoulder
of the person in front
of us to see who's around.
Next time you're at a
cocktail party — and I don't think my social circle is particularly retrograde — watch what happens when both men and women are asked some version
of «What do you do?»
If she walks into a
cocktail party, for example, and finds herself booted out
of a conversation, she can quickly feel those doubts about her intelligence resurfacing.
«You can see it in the number
of deals being struck but also in the number
of conferences, books, and articles on the subject and in the
cocktail -
party interest I get when I tell people what I do.»
Cole's rise from Hooters Girl to president
of a multinational company in under two decades is the kind
of story that elicits impressed eyebrow raises at
cocktail parties.
Official networking groups,
cocktail parties, seminars, trainings, business functions, universities, colleges, and trade shows all provide a huge ocean
of opportunity for you to grow your business and income.
They circulated samples
of it to other scientists across the country and toted small slabs
of it to corporate
cocktail parties for GE executives to mess with.
Stewart and the rapper are teaming up for Martha & Snoop's Dinner
Party, a weekly series where the duo will host their celebrity friends for a «half - baked evening
of cocktails, cooking, conversation, and where nothing is off limits,» per the press release announcing the newly ordered series.
Just think
of how many times you've struck up a
cocktail party chat by commenting on the food, though Lorton offers another example
of the how food can catalyze conversation.
Whether you're in Monaco for the mega yacht
parties, the 21 gaming rooms
of the legendary casino or the $ 30
cocktails (and $ 8,000 dames de compagnie) at the Beaux Arts masterpiece Hôtel de Paris, this miniature country is all about excess — furs, diamond heirlooms and magnums required.
But opting out
of superficial chat isn't really an option if you're ever planning on going to a conference, or a
cocktail party, or really any place where there are other human beings you don't know that well.
Those at the top
of their profession are more likely to be annoyed by your LinkedIn request, cold email, or canned
cocktail party introduction than intrigued by it.
Cocktail party takeaway: The share
of all income earned from labor has been shrinking since 1990.
Obviously, all
of this mumbo - jumbo makes for great
cocktail party conversation!
It's not all bad, though, because you'll have the temporary enjoyment
of owning the incredibly «sexy» stocks that are spoken about constantly by Wall Street and those attending
cocktail parties.
She understands and relates to the needs
of busy professionals — the transitioning from day to night, the endless meetings, the last minute unexpected changes
of plans, the business trips, and
of course the
cocktail parties, galas, and red carpet events.
The dance floor at Credit Suisse's
party was backed by a digital image
of actor Leonardo DiCaprio holding a
cocktail while portraying Jay Gatsby.
But the summit was not all work and no play: the first day
of the summit concluded with a gala
cocktail party at Jerusalem's First Train Station, sponsored by the Jerusalem Development Authority and JNext.
The equity risk premium is fun to know about just in case you're invited to a Bank
of England
cocktail party, but it can also help shape your portfolio...
He mentioned that he had been cornered at a
cocktail party by a number
of local angel... Read more →
I can't think
of any Democrat
of standing, in public life or not, who wouldn't be thrilled to have Bill grace their
cocktail receptions or dinner
parties.
(Think
of the adults - only bridge clubs and
cocktail parties, rare among Boomer parents, who are much closer to their own children.)
Athanasius would have fared poorly next to the suave and sensitive Arius at a
cocktail party in a modern Faculty Club, yet Athanasius, not Arius, was judged to have spoken the mind
of the Church.
We may reconstruct the adjectives and phrases used to describe him both at the
cocktail parties of the Corinthian elite (if the latter was aware
of him at all) and in the pubs where his petit - bourgeois clientele would gather: «fundamentalist,» «simplistic,» «compulsive - neurotic,» «asking too much
of sensible people,» «never listening to the other side
of an argument,» «perhaps a little crazy» — in sum, some thing
of a disagreeable fanatic.
An indicative characteristic
of our culture is the fact that in
cocktail -
party chatter, sex and death are no longer repressed subjects — indeed they are the hors d'oeuvres, the subject
of unending banter.
They wanted to know how they could address this dismissal
of their moral and religious convictions — with their son's friends, and with their own, grownup friends, whose
cocktail party polemic was often far more aggressive than any sleepover dispute.
Around four weeks before the actual
party you are going to have to think
of the best theme for your
cocktail party decide upon the exact location and think about the menu, drinks included.