On a recent night, the maître d' shepherded two patrons from the reservations booth through a crowded dining room to a banquette with the imperturbable smoothness of someone for whom doing this sort of thing is not a job but a calling.
The more straightforward guests tended, then and now, to eat in the hotel's restaurants, including the Polo Lounge, where for decades Chaplin had a standing reservation for booth number one.
Anecdote: For years Charlie Chaplin had a standing lunch reservation for booth 1.
Planning and execution of all industry conferences, including the reservation of space, booths, personnel, messages, literature, etc. Collection, analysis, and internal dissemination of competitive information.
(Free guided tours of the terminal are conducted on Wednesdays and Fridays, beginning at 12 30 p.m., at the lobby's main information booth. No reservations are necessary).
The reservation section will contain confessional-like booths called snugs.
With their subtly expensive fit-outs, clued-up staff, reservations (yay!), leather-lined booths and sophisticated drinks programmes (creative cocktails, well-chosen wines and deliciously recherché aperitivi), they both boast that rarest of current restaurant attributes: they're properly grown-up.
Like many people, I had reservations about the comedian Dennis Miller working in the broadcast booth of "Monday Night Football".
Many flea markets require advance reservations from sellers, so be sure to choose a booth partner who will not back out at the last minute and leave you to cover the entire booth amount.
He didn't have a reservation, but he got a table anyway, next to a booth full of more friends, including a man who was reputed to have invented the bong.
