About Come Correct
Manners and mores in modern life? It's about way more than where the fork goes.
2009All MARCH POSTS (9)
Lord of the Ring
When the love is huge but the ring you're getting isn't .... Can a low-key fiancee tolerate high-beam bling?
The Ring's The Thing
The Good News: You're Engaged! The Bad News: His Family Wants You To Have Granny's Seriously Ugly Ring.
Uh-oh.....
Getting Outta There
How you leave a job may affect how soon you find your next one--and how well you do in it.
When Your Job Goes Away...
It's happening more and more: as the recession deepens, businesses and nonprofits are cutting back on everything--including employees--in an attempt to survive. Last week; it happened in my office...
Heard It Through The Grapevine
“If you have nothing nice to say…come sit by me.”
The late Alice Roosevelt Longworth did have a way with words, and those words truly were embroidered on a pillow she impishly placed in her Washington parlor.
Most guests didn’t have to be encouraged. Teddy Roosevelt’s willful, sharp-spoken daughter was known for her love of gossip—hearing it and passing it along.
Most of us do it, but don’t own up to Mrs. Longworth’s distinct joy in the art....
Dinner at 8....or Not
Which is worse: When your guests arrive right on time or (gasp!) early--or when they are unforgivably late?
TRASHED
When Did It Become Okay To Trash Our Nabes?
When I was little, all the ladies on the street would be seen at some point in the day with brooms in their hands. They routinely swept their walks and steps and pretty much dared anyone to walk down the street and drop trash in their gutters. Trashing your own neighborhood--or someone else's--just wasn't done....
