But he did so with little fanfare, acquiring a professional reputation as a charming, courteous and even diplomatic host to hunters and photographers, camera-wielding thrill seekers who came to form a significant portion of his clientele.
A man ahead of us named Bill Murray (not the Bill Murray, mind you) got a table with relative ease, the diplomatic host joking with him about celebrity status.
Either Abbott will have to be the diplomatic host, apologise and look weak after his zeppelin-inflating brainfart, or he'll have to keep ramping up the tough talk until we reach the inevitable bloody denouement; judo blackbelt Putin performing a five-point-palm-exploding-heart technique.
Our diplomatic hosts were lovely and Art McDonald was charming and intelligent (of course), and also kind enough to pose for a picture with me.
What is day-to-day life like for the Wikileaks founder - and for his diplomatic hosts?
The first time I met Corbusier was in Bombay in 1952 at a diplomatic party when my host begged me to go and talk to "that great lanky fellow over there, standing by himself with a glass of brandy.
On Thursday in India Cameron condemned Sri Lanka's failure to investigate allegations of "chilling and appalling" war crimes and promised a diplomatic showdown with the host country over continuing allegations of human rights abuses and the need for an independent inquiry into historic war crimes.
Local media designated Putin's banishment to the edge of the frame as relegation to "social Siberia," although Abbott, who has a diplomatic edge as the host leader of the G20, was all smiles and handshakes with Putin in earlier photo opportunities throughout the day.
Turkey even hosted a diplomatic conference attended by them in January, which ended with no progress.
He will also sit down with the amir of Qatar at Lotte New York Palace Hotel before hosting a diplomatic reception with the first lady.
TEHRAN — The 120-nation Nonaligned Movement handed its host Iran a diplomatic victory on Friday, unanimously decreeing support for the disputed Iranian nuclear energy program and criticizing the American-led attempt to isolate and punish Iran with unilateral economic sanctions.
