But last year when we were gathered around with the razmatazz of unfolding the percentage bonus for the year, I caught the eye of a cleaner on the same floor: no bonus for them.
"You can sit in a cafe and watch your show by yourself," he said, "or you can gather around it with a couple of small-headed friends".
A young twig of boy with a big stick holds a poisonous snake he's just killed -- children gather around him with fear and fascination.
It also reminds me of what I give thanks for every year: the warmth and comfort of family and friends, who gather around the pot with their bowls.
The music was a magnet for the disparate elements of Tijuana's alienated artists, a concept they could gather around and identify with.
Typically, they gather around a table with ceramic cups for wine and a round loaf of bread, and members are asked to recount a story of their joy and grief from the week before.
While the floats sail down Central Park West and New Yorkers gather around tables loaded with food tomorrow, workers at the disaster site in Lower Manhattan will be busy digging and sifting because, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said yesterday, the families of those killed in the collapse want it that way.
Once upon a time, you used to gather around the TV with your family and friends, and see the exact same episode at the exact same time.
A crowd begins to gather around the officer, with one person shouting, "What the fuck you doing?!" "Back up, homie," the officer responds.
The Annapolis Conference was not - as some Israelis arrogantly argued - made in the US and Israel in order to see Arab states as important as Saudi Arabia gather around a table with Israeli leaders.
