One of the gifts in this year's Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog is the "Algonquin Round Table Experience" which is a private dinner party for the buyer and their guest with the following distinguished VIPs.
Christopher Buckley Roz Chast Delia Ephron Nora Ephron Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Malcolm Gladwell Adam Gopnik Lewis H. Lapham John Lithgow Anna Deavere Smith George Stephanopoulos Ali Wentworth
This can be all yours for just $200,000 guilt free, because Neiman Marcus is donating the proceeds from this sale to a book charity.
My ideal table of 12 would be, in no particular order: Richard Dawkins, Haruki Murakami, Bill Clinton, Jared Diamond, Andrew Sullivan, Anthony Bourdain, Chris Rock, Bill Simmons, Assata Shakur, George W. Bush, Kristin Kreuk, and Salman Rushdie.