[craigsmansion]

I'd venture to say you are right:

GP:"the women sipping from glasses of champagne and laughing"

OP:"[instead] women seem to laugh at salad rather than champagne."

i.e. in actual modern life the ultimate debonaire lifestyle, as depicted by the likes of instagram, doesn't focus on smiling over exclusive alcohol as much as it does on smiling over exotic salads.

[bena]

Kind of, "women laughing at salad" is a very odd (possibly unintentional) category of stock photography. https://www.thehairpin.com/2011/01/women-laughing-alone-with...

So when he mentioned women sipping champagne and laughing, it brought the image to my mind.