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• n  a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)

• Golf still has a strong association with rich people--although as a practical matter, the people sitting around a campfire with a vacationing President are also likely to be rich.
• Starchitect Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire was supposed to evoke the image of a smoke spiral rising from a campfire along the Chicago River.
• He sang Kumbayah around the campfire naked, gave a speech to the entire camp naked and played the violin in a talent show naked.

News & Articles

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• Galena Creek presents cowboy poetry at Campfire Friday
  Cowboy Poetry is the topic of Galena Creek Visitor Center's first Friday night campfire of the year from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at 18250 Mount Rose Highway.
  June 12, 2013 - Reno Gazette-Journal
• Campfire blamed for Lode blaze
  VALLEY SPRINGS - State fire investigators are asking witnesses to come forward with information about a campfire that escaped June 3 and started a blaze that burned 7 acres and destroyed two residences in the Rancho Calaveras subdivision near Valley...
  June 11, 2013 - The Stockton Record
• Jazz up the classic campfire s'more
  Three simple ingredients — a marshmallow, a piece of chocolate and two graham crackers. The symbol of summer and campfire snacking.
  June 11, 2013 - The Columbian

Quotes

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• Steven Bochco in Akron Beacon Journal
  The analogy I have used is that of an electronic campfire,Bochco said. "I'm the camp counselor, and my job is to tell a couple of really nifty little stories that will inspire everybody else around the campfire to start sharing their...
• Afroman in FOXNews
  I was just telling a story ...... kind of like a slap your knee around the campfire having a good time,said Afroman, 32, whose real name is Joseph Foreman. "I was just having fun. It is a stew. It's like a gumbo."
• Brad Childress in Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
  We were thinking about having a campfire and all singing Kumbaya here this afternoon a little bit just so we could get our spirits up,Childress said. "I've got to tell you with this football team they want to be accountable to each other....