These candles unattended are like a loaded gun on a dining room table. If you can't see the candle, it shouldn't be lit.

For the dining room table, skip the traditional two candles as a centerpiece and go for glass jars filled with red stones or marbles. Add lots of small tea candles and sprinkle rose petals all around.

We only used the dining room table about once or twice a year.

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

I remember her sitting at the dining room table with the bills. She had everything balanced to the penny. If she was two cents off, she kept trying to figure it out until she found it. She also kept buying all these insurance policies on myself and my sister. I still have one of them. We kept trying to explain to her that she should have insurance on herself.

Candles change shape as they melt. If left unattended, the results can be life-threatening. When you leave the room, blow the candle out. And don't use candles as night lights.