If you were invited for dinner...

This would be the living room scene, where you met the other invitees.
Rules: Drink but don't get drunk; Do not sleep with someone you are not married to.
Good rules!

Massive fireplace

Incredible mosaic at the entryway

Dinner table
If you were the honored guest, you sat next to William Hearst.
If you had overstayed your welcome, you got the "cold seat".
If you broke the rules, you got the "hot seat" by the fireplace (Groucho Marx!).
But EVERYONE was required to dine together for dinner!