cocktail hour

The idea that these corporations place profit above health is not just a cocktail hour talking point gleaned from some book review – it is deeply ingrained in the community’s memory.

Lounging in green velvet club chairs next to a glistening marble bar, they relax and connect with co-workers at day’s end over a complimentary cocktail hour and live comedy show at comedian Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat studios in West Hollywood.

“It’s going to be the R.N.C. live from Cell Block B with a keynote speech from his warden, his cellmate Spider, that one guard who smuggles in cellphones up his butt, and, for the cocktail hour, enjoy complimentary toilet wine.”

Youth and experience attend the same cocktail hour, and both leave early — one, to not miss the last bus to the Eastside; the other, to be well rested for 7 a.m. hot Pilates.

Only the event’s stacked red carpet is watchable — the gala’s cocktail hour and dinner are notoriously private events.