cocktail hour

I arrived at Gustavino’s, the tony East Side venue, midway through the 6 p.m. cocktail hour.

Vincent met Brian Kaspar at a cocktail hour for high-yield fundraisers.

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.”