luncheon

Dressing like Marie Antoinette to attend a luncheon at Tiffany’s isn’t sassy fashion sense — it’s a cry for help.

These are the foods of bridge luncheons and afternoon teas, and they sit in my mind not with disdain, but with a kind of distant fondness.

In a recent luncheon, a top lawyer for Citadel told leaders of some of the country’s biggest law firms that the hedge-fund company prefers to work with law firms that aren’t afraid of a fight.

Or the man he met at a preseason luncheon who told him the home run had prompted him to give up drinking.

The class photo, a highlight of the film calendar, is usually taken much earlier in awards season, at the nominees luncheon, but that event was cancelled this year due to the LA wildfires.