Sir David's famed conviviality had been part of his success in landing star guests from across the worlds of politics, sport and entertainment, throughout his career.
Under a sweeping decree that took effect Wednesday, smoking has been banned in every commercial corner of "entertainment and conviviality" — from the toniest Parisian nightclub to the humblest village cafe.
He has been using the loft to have Democrats from the coastal areas and Republicans from the mountains over for California wine and wooing, trying to create enough "conviviality" to "mush it together to get enough votes".
There is a sense Foden, for all his media-savvy confidence and conviviality, might have been a little caught out by it all.
But for a few short hours, with food, wine and conviviality, a restaurant had been able to provide what New Yorkers expect most: nourishment and diversion in nearly equal proportions.
Sociologist Richard Sennett suggests that private public spaces are "dead public spaces" because the essence of conviviality, spontaneity, encounter and yes, that little sprinkle of chaos, have been stripped out.
Different phases have been realised providing this new "Euralille CBD" neighbourhood with housing for local population, local culture, conviviality, etc.
Doing my laundry would be a pain, as the only machines were in her private domain, but compulsory conviviality has always seemed a worse option than enforced isolation; so I couldn't complain.
This sort of conviviality has played a big part in the foundation of the Women's Equality party, or WE.
Of course, the conviviality is also a symptom of lesser interest in these Games — fewer sponsors, fewer viewers, for example, than the Olympics — and Mr. Morenatti was disappointed that there has not been more media coverage of the event.
