Have you ever played phone stack - the game people play at a restaurant where everybody stacks their phones in a pile and the first person to reach for it pays the bill? Phone stack is a game invented to encourage people to disconnect and put down their phones when they are with others. I have been the winner/loser (depending on how you see it) of phone stack before and had to pay for dessert for the table when I touched my phone during the meal. I know that I am guilty of pulling out my phone at the dinner table unconsciously and wanted to try hosting a dinner party with no phones allowed.Last week, we hosted "Friendsgiving" for eight of our friends in Richmond. When people arrived, we asked everyone to line up their phones in the kitchen and not touch them until they were ready to leave. Everyone was happy to oblige and it made our dinner conversation so pleasant to not have different people reaching into their pockets to check the score of the game, look who had Snapchatted them, etc. Each person brought over a dish - roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, stuffing, wild rice, cranberry chutney, green beans, baked brie, dinner rolls, apple pie and cream cheese pumpkin cookies and we enjoyed the food over some delicious wine.
If you haven't tried hosting a dinner party with no phones allowed or playing phone stack, I would definitely challenge you to try it!
P.S. The photo above was taken before everyone arrived. No phones = no photos of the delicious food.
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