As dinner moved along, he began to talk about the difference between the "available" past and the "archival" past.
The dinner, moved from the park to the Brooklyn Museum because of rain, raised $550,000.
As "The Dinner" moves through its courses, from aperitif to digestif, the reader may be propelled by sheer voyeurism about the Lohmans' capacity for ugliness.
In addition to my small savings, I drastically reduced my lifestyle expenses: no more expensive dinners, moving from Manhattan to Brooklyn, making coffee at home, etc. Eventually I got more private clients, and the several classes I had been teaching at Laughing Lotus started to get more students.
For dinner, move on to Maxie's Supper Club (635 West State Street; 607-272-4136), which used to be a union hall (hence the "Farmers and Shippers" sign out front).
I know I'm guilty of this in my own home -- asking my children if they've brushed their teeth or finished their homework or eaten all their dinner before moving on to dessert.
Some examples would be dinner plates moving across the table, pictures falling off walls, and furniture sliding across the floor.
"It came up," he said, "but when you have 12 guys at a dinner you move from topic to topic".
Bob was eventually replaced at the head of the table by Tom, whom my mother married, and the Christmas dinner tradition moved into a new century.
Later, cooking dinner, he moved with methodical precision, chopping, arranging food in piles and cleaning the cooking area before sitting down to eat with guests.
