Beignets and The Deep Fear of Deep Fry

I went to a party on Friday night. That?s probably not the kind of news that would get me short-listed for a job as a BBC correspondent but people, there was a lobby. In the house I mean. I?ve never been to a house with a lobby. I mean, have you ever been to a house with a lobby? In an apartment building, sure, but a house? Didn?t think so. Especially a lobby that feels like the inside of a spaceship (wall-to-wall and ceiling-to-floor embossed aluminium floor sheeting).