The big, brilliant dinner scene that ends the first act, in which Sylvia meets the folks, concludes with her playing the piano, while the others gather round to listen, each in his or her imperfect way.
The officers then returned to Washington, where this evening Mr. Meyer gave a brilliant dinner for Admiral Paschwitz and the other officers, which ended with toasts to the Kaiser.
So, if I'm skiing with my kids in the sunshine, or dancing in the DJ booth at the Space closing party, or at a brilliant dinner with my favourite people at Eyre Brothers, I'm still wondering: should I be swimming in the sea off Club 55 in St Trop?
(Daniel does it to drown out his internal voices, but it makes Billy's hearing aid buzz). The big, brilliant dinner scene that ends the first act, in which Sylvia meets the folks, concludes with her playing the piano, while the others gather round to listen, each in his or her imperfect way.
Oliver Clark, the actor, cook, magician, mechanical-bank collector, folk-art enthusiast and one of the all-time 10-best brilliant dinner guests, pours olive oil into a pan and tosses in half a head of garlic with the theatrical flourish that is one of his many trademarks.
His Everest-sized ego gives the book the tone of a brilliant dinner party guest off his meds.
He was also a brilliant after-dinner speaker.
An amazing dinner, a brilliant film, followed by a great club.
But for this hardened older listener, at least, the Bernstein of this vintage comes off as the ideal dinner guest: brilliant, almost frighteningly articulate, warm, funny and wise.
Here's a roundup of your comments and photos from last week, which featured a brilliant conversation about fictional dinner guests – stay tuned for a follow-up on that later – and a heavy historical theme.
Each issue is a brilliant seminar, an unforgettable dinner party, an all-night swap of stories and passionate stances.
