[jpeanuts]

I went to one of these Sunday dinners about 5 years ago. I was living in Paris and taken there by friends - who didn't explain the concept to me in advance. So I found myself in someone's house, with a massive buffet table and was expected to help myself - there was then a long conversation with my friends about what was going on. Much incredulity on my part :-)

I met Jim very briefly - I guess I was one of hundreds of new people he meets every month. Mostly I hung out with other guests - who were mostly expats (I didn't hear much French) - and who also didn't know Jim very well.

He definitely stepped outside the box with this idea. This is something almost anyone with a big house could do in any place, but which only he actually did.