Word: cocktailing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...class of 1948, however, international current events were more than a topic of conversation to impress an interviewer or a cocktail party companion...
...Macleish's stories about Hemingway in Paris as we sat in his Widener office with the spring sun streaming through the window, but I remember the teepee swaying, and the rabbit on the Great Hall table and the tuba player from the Boston Pops who played solo at a cocktail party we gave in Eliot B-42. The tuba player said he'd never been asked to do such a thing before--to play alone at a cocktail party, and he truly enjoyed it. We enjoyed everything about everything. We weren't very solemn back them. I don't know...
...should have been at the Brown Derby last week. Actually, these days it's just the Derby. Hollywood's old watering hole is now a swing club. That's '90s swing--Panama hats and cocktail dresses plus cell phones and plastic. Smoke and libido still hang in the air. So does the spirit of Sinatra. "Obviously," says Tammi Gower, one of the joint's owners, "Sinatra was the epitome of cool." On the night after the great man died, the Derby observed a moment of silence. Then Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers bit into...
...year-old Army colonel will never forget the way his new boss, Major General David Hale, laid eyes on his wife, Donnamaria Carpino, that day in Turkey. She was among the guests of honor at a summer cocktail party in 1996 welcoming new arrivals to a NATO military post in Izmir. "The first time he saw her, he broke out into a sweat," says the 29-year veteran. "It was obvious that he was in heat." But the colonel says he tucked away his concerns: "I presumed he was an officer and a gentleman...
...without being stark and decorative without being gaudy, though what was bought and what was designed was unclear. Another quibble: none of the models wore shoes, so even those female models who expertly emulated walking in high heels still looked like they were playing dress-up in Mommy's cocktail gear. The men appeared to be going to bed in intricate loungewear. The make-up and hair are worth mentioning, however, as much for their professional appearance as for their creativity and beauty...