Chances are you don’t have a reservation at your favorite restaurant tonight. How do we know? Because it’s Monday, and there’s a good chance it’s closed. Here’s one hot spot that’s open, and you’ll want to go and table hop. It’s a party where you stand—not sit—at the table. Actually, at more than 25 tables. Where you admire table settings that range from wild and wacky to elegant. And where you’ll get ideas for parties you never knew you could throw.

It’s the fourth annual Dining Spaces Tabletop Design Competition and Fundraiser, tonight, beginning at 6 p.m. at Mayfair Farms in West Orange. They have the details at www.diningspaces.com. It’s for a good cause, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, North Jersey Affiliate. You pay $125 at the door, and there are plenty of tickets.

Designers, event planners, and some good corporate citizens are given a table and ten chairs. They bring the imagination and humor.

Last year, a blackjack-themed table came with a waitress who popped out of the center. Mr. John’s table (pictured) takes toilet humor to a new level. An armed guard stood by Tiffany’s creation, in case anyone tried to pocket the silverware.

This year, we hear, there’s a volcano (you sit under a tent) and a circus-themed table complete with miniature train set. The North Jersey International Special Event Society, which produces the evening, says Designer Awards will be given in seven categories.

There is plenty of food, but you’ll eat in the room next door. No food on these tables. Just plenty of interesting table-wear.