Quotes About Gatherings

I love all the holidays and getting to see my family a lot during the fall. I also love the weather and getting to wear sweaters and jackets.

I don't enjoy going to a very big wedding or a party or a huge gathering where there are lots of people. I enjoy small groups.

My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.

I never go to these showbiz parties. I avoid them with a 10-inch pole.

The best parties have always been at my house in Ibiza. They start with a bit of music and a barbecue by the pool.

The bar for loud family meals is set pretty high when you come from Portugal.

If I go to posh parties, I hover by the kitchen so I can get as many nice canapes as possible.

If I'm having a party, the easiest and the biggest thing for me to make is a big pot of meatballs.

My family, as you can probably guess, was more into Christmas cookies and not so much the fruitcake.

I love cooking. I love having friends around.

The house is always full, and we're always cooking - outside, inside, for six, eight, a dozen, 20 people.

I love cooking and having friends over for dinner, so a beautiful table to sit around is a must.

I don't like going out where it's really, really crowded.

Big crowds scare me.

Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs.

I love to cook. I love to cook for myself and my husband and big groups. I find it very relaxing, and I love socializing around a dinner table.

I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food.

I've never been to a dinner party where everyone at the dinner table didn't say something funny.

My favorite thing is to have a big dinner with friends and talk about life.

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The most important things in life happen over conversations while eating. We hope to create a huge conversation while we are there!

It is the prowess of scholars that meetings bring delight and departures leave memories.

A shared table is the supreme expression of hospitality in every culture on earth. When your worn-out kitchen table hosts good people and good conversation, when it provides a safe place to break bread and share wine, your house becomes a sanctuary, holy as a cathedral. I've left a friend's table as sanctified and renewed as any church service. If you have a porch, then you have an altar to gather around.

My best hostess tip is to have good food and really good music! We usually put on the Charlie Brown Christmas album. That's my favorite.