"The “ruined table.” This meant one littered with the detritus of dirty plates and cigarette butts and stained wineglasses, but also one where the cacophony of chatting, laughing, and venting hung directly overhead, competing for airspace with a heavy, dense cloud of smoke and alcohol fumes."
Christopher Hitchens’ death: Anna Wintour on what her old friend Hitchens loved most. - Slate Magazine
