I just got back from the Federal Bar Council's annual Thanksgiving Lunch at the Waldorf-Astoria. The food was OK, but that's not what gets me. This was a full-service sit-down lunch for what had to be at least 2000 lawyers. It was in the Waldorf's Grand Ballroom. Dozens of waiters served three courses and coffee on the main floor and two levels of balconies all in under 90 minutes. It was astonishing. I can't imagine what it takes to run an operation like that, in the kitchen or in the dining room. That's professionalism. Mad props to the Waldorf.