Blogs Posts in Modern Etiquette category; 36 blog posts

Modern Etiquette: Diet etiquette for the holidays

Dining with others really is not about the food. It's about the people - and the relationships - around the table. That's true whether the table is bearing celery sticks or a 7-course dinner. Sharing sustenance is a gesture of com [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Etiquette: The prize-winning house guest

No matter how closely you're related or how well you know your friends, being a guest in someone's home calls for a little extra sensitivity and awareness. Respect the agreed-upon arrival and departure times. While your hosts are [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Manners + Etiquette: Talking About STDs + HIV

Modern Manners + Etiquette: Talking About STDs + HIV

This week marks 30 years since AIDS was identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and yet we still don't know the etiquette for talking about HIV and STDs. What inhibits us from having such an important conversatio [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Manners + Etiquette: Sharing Household Chores

Modern Manners + Etiquette: Sharing Household Chores

What's going on with the venerable state of marriage? Last Thursday the Census Bureau released the latest statistics about marriage that say, in the past sixty years the number of “husband-wife families” has fallen 30% sin [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Etiquette: Tips on How to Reform a Rude World

  People steal each other's cabs. Telephone receptionists are nasty. Sales clerks act like they're doing you a favor when you buy something. Waiters exhibit an attitude. Vicious gossip sells newspapers. Decency is considere [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Manners + Etiquette: Cheating

Modern Manners + Etiquette: Cheating

Speaking of timely, lately more and more questions coming into my etiquette Web site have to do with adultery. Not surprisingly, they are mostly from victims. A husband wants to know what to do after reading a declaration of love on his w [...]

Posted On : May, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern manners: A complete guide to etiquette in the digital age

Modern manners: A complete guide to etiquette in the digital...

When John H Young published his Guide to the Manners, Etiquette and Deportment of the Most Refined Society in 1879, it became a bestseller in his native America. After you've read its 400 pages of rules governing everything from na [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern etiquette: Tips on how to reform a rude world

People steal each other's cabs. Telephone receptionists are nasty. Sales clerks act like they're doing you a favor when you buy something. Waiters exhibit an attitude. Vicious gossip sells newspapers. Decency is considered boring. [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Etiquette: Tips on How to Reform a Rude World

People steal each other's cabs. Telephone receptionists are nasty. Sales clerks act like they're doing you a favor when you buy something. Waiters exhibit an attitude. Vicious gossip sells newspapers. Decency is considered boring. [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Etiquette: Put your best foot forward at a royal even...

Although Buckingham Palace has made it quite clear that it is a question of personal choice whether you choose to make the traditional bow or curtsey upon being presented to a member of the royal family, we would strongly advise that thi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Etiquette: Be a gracious wedding guest, not a royal pain

Modern Etiquette: Be a gracious wedding guest, not a royal p...

Though the focus is understandably on brides, grooms, their attendants and families at weddings, guests still have a role to play at a wedding celebration. Their presence and participation at the ceremony and reception is itself a gift t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Etiquette: When Bob's dog dies, do you send flowers?

In the old days, I had been known to point at dogs in the street and sputter callously, "That is why zoos exist. Animals should be behind bars."That was before ZsaZsa, our French bulldog, entered my life, albeit unbidden by thi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Etiquette: Power Breakfast Dos and Don’ts

Modern Etiquette: Power Breakfast Dos and Don’ts

The Power Breakfast makes perfect sense for those who are too busy for a lackadaisical lunch—and watching their weight and credit card bills. Who isn't! Gone are the sublime three-martini-twelve-cigarette lunches of Mad Me [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern Etiquette: Keep up your professional image at dinner

Your grasp of basic manners and etiquette is a projection of your experience, your status and, of course, your professionalism. More importantly, how you conduct yourself at the dining table gives potential clients and partners a sense o [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2011 | Comments : 0
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