Pottery Barn’s fall catalogue came in the mail yesterday. It
immediately made me want to throw a dinner party. It was the vision of warm,
autumnal light playing over the table -- highlighting the pumpkins and ceramic
gourds -- that did it. I could just envision the fun and festive environment.
The peals of laughter from dinner party guests. Only here’s the thing:
tablescapes are great, but they alone do not make a dinner fun or festive.
Here’s what does: “Tabletopics: Questions To Start Great Conversations”.
The set contains dozens of conversation starters like “What’s your favorite place to vacation
and why?” or “What would you most like to know about the future?” There are different “Tabletopics” editions so you can
get a pack tailored for kids, family gatherings, dinner party, wedding shower
etc.
We have the family set, and it’s enlivened many a dinner. You
pass the cube around the table, and each person answers the questions that are
called out. The results prompt much better conversation than talk about the
weather.
One time the game even prompted tears at our house. They
were tears of laughter, from both sets of grandparents, me and the 10 year old,
after hearing our 6 year old’s response to the question “What is your favorite
poem?”
She recited the poem verbatim. It was impressive on a number
of levels.
1)
that the youngest person at the table had
memorized a whole poem.
2)
that the poem turned her father speechless and
bright red.
3)
that a poem about a highly inappropriate dinner
topic (a certain someone’s, ahem, bathroom habits) could inject so much fun
into a family dinner.
I’m not going to reprint the poem here because my fella’s in
Vegas this week, and I fear his wrath. It’s fine that what happens in Vegas stays
in Vegas, but I want my guy to not stay
in Vegas once his sales meeting is over because he’s mad. So use your
imagination to envision what the poem was about. And use your credit card to
get yourself a “Tabletopics” set.(Available on amazon.com for around $25.)
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