Watch the threshold from the back of the room

technique — attributed to David Landgraf

Landgraf's habit is to stand at the back near the entrance as guests arrive. He is not greeting. He is reading the room as it forms. Phones lifting, conversations softening, pace adjusting are the diagnostic signals that decide what the rest of the night needs.

"At the back of the room stood David Landgraf, watching the entrance."

observation, arrival