But that aspect seems like a veritable after-dinner mint swallowed while driving the SUV away from the all-you-can-eat.
It is intended to stand alone as a pre-dinner drink or after-dinner digestif.
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And, of course, no trip to the avenue would be complete without an after-dinner drink at the funky Cantina Los Caballitos.
All these promotions, including the film festival, are aimed at shifting the traditional image of cognac as exclusively an after-dinner drink.
In an after-dinner speech Tuesday to U.S. businessmen, Lee Hsien Loong made a couple of jokes that could pass for stand-up comedy.
After-dinner speaking is one way--requests have flooded in for the great orator to grace the ears of motivation-hungry investment bankers and chief executives.
Certain idiotic-sounding behaviors that create a bond: drawing a smiley face on a check, doling out after-dinner candy, wearing a funny necktie or forecasting good weather.
Once cooked, the fruit is a perfect, light ending to a hearty barbecue, more substantial than an after-dinner mint but less filling than a cake or pie.
As the evening winds down, a private tent is set up with open views of the torch-lit plaza, though couples can also choose to climb another temple for after-dinner drinks.
It's a fresh, relaxed ensemble that one could wear with flat sandals on a tropical holiday shedding the jacket and rolling up the shirt sleeves for after-dinner dancing and rum punches.
According to studies, introducing yourself by name increases tip size from 15% to 23%, touching diners on the shoulder when delivering the bill increases tips from 12% to 18%, and supplying an unexpected after-dinner mint improves the tip from 19% to 28%.
After a pre-dinner champagne toast, guests climb the light tower to see San Francisco's skyline.
After dinner--and the visit from Santa Claus--we would retire to their library, where they would pull out various literary gems and talk about them in a way that even an obtuse rock-'n'-roll-loving youngster could be impressed with.
John briefed the President right after he left -- right after he left the dinner.
Embattled Social Secretary Desiree Rogers stepped down on Friday, three months after state dinner party-crashers drew her competence into question.
After the American-wing opening dinner, Mr. van Vliet planned to take a rare break.
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The hotel has an upscale steakhouse called Chelsea Prime and a good casual diner, Teplitzky's, open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and after-hours drinks.
President Barack Obama is rolling out the red carpet, complete with the full pomp of a 21-gun salute and a black-tie dinner after Oval Office talks on Wednesday.
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Some time, with the rise of Romanticism is the early nineteenth century (Goethe was the hometown writer, after all), the students began to clear away the tables after dinner and indulge themselves in the mock-Medieveal arts...dueling, in particular.
"Imagine after you eat your big Thanksgiving dinner -- times 10, " he says of overeating with his smaller stomach.
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He generally rises at 10:20 a.m. and tends to fast through the workday, taking his sole meal at dinner, after a half-hour power nap in his office lair, an 8-by-10 room with nothing but a scribble-filled whiteboard, purple couch, two orange earplugs and an inhaler.
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One evening in mid-September, the day after she turned twenty-seven, Arianda and I met for a late dinner.
After Macaulay got word at a dinner that Dresser-Rand might be turning around, he approached Ingersoll-Rand with a deal to get the unit off its books without taking a writedown.
Sea Island was a golden-egg goose, a place where well-heeled families returned generation after generation, where dinner required tuxedos two nights a week, and the grounds were dotted with ceremonial oaks planted by presidents, royals and prime ministers.
As is customary after a Test, we went to a post-match dinner with the Argentine boys.
As a sport that was originally played as an after dinner game on the dining tables of 19th-century English homes, table tennis seems to have come full circle as a social activity.
After a chatty, getting-to-know-you fish dinner, the two leaders adjourned for a discussion on a range of issues including terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, while Hillary and Nava Barak discussed their own shared interests in women's health issues.
She has got to get a big round of applause. (Applause.) She deserves a really nice dinner -- (laughter) -- after putting her through that.
As their 22-year-old unwraps a lollipop, they tell her to wait till after dinner.
After a meeting with the United Nations country team, the Secretary-General attended a dinner with the other principal members of the Quartet and had a bilateral meeting with Tony Blair, the Quartet Representative.
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