What began as a larky meet-and-greet weekend in bedroom suites of the Gramercy Park Hotel is now a marketing convention standard in every way, right down to overpriced salads, crummy coffee and the presence of people who actually believe they are V.I.P.'s.
FRIDAYS, 6 P.M. TO 12 30 A.M. D.J. Dan Fortune greets the weekend with a modern take on the martini happy hour, spinning tricked-out bossa nova and jazz from 6 to 9 p.m. at "Lush and Lively".
"Hello, Coachella!" he had greeted the first weekend's crowd.
Mr. Abbott then announced his own plans for a meet-and-greet the following weekend.
He arrived for freshman-orientation weekend, greeted by a creek and an unsettling quiet.
Tricky Dicky suggests Frost's Italian shoes are effeminate, asks if he's been "fornicating" over the weekend, greets him as "the Grand Inquisitor" and so on.
I went on to write three more stories about the race, watching Obama do quick but respectful work of his opponents at a candidates' debate, and, later, make the rounds at a senior citizens' meet-and-greet on a weekend afternoon.
[Gothamist] THE WEEKEND Saturday Greet the birds greeting the morning on a Brooklyn Bird Club walk in Prospect Park.
WHEN an invitation appears in the mail for a wedding to be held on a holiday weekend, some greet the news with joy, others with grumbling.
When President Bush visited the UK at the weekend, we greeted him by playing the Barney the Purple Dinosaur theme tune.
DALLAS, Nov. 11 — Prospective bidders looking to buy a piece of the Old West here over the weekend were greeted by an intimidating view straight down the barrel of a Model 1883 Gatling gun.
