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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a friend I have known for over 30 years and consider my best friend. She treated me to dinner at a ...
Traveling with a group of friends can be a fantastic experience where you make lifelong memories—or it could end in disaster ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a friend I have known for over 30 years and consider my best friend. She treated me to dinner at a ...
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether guests need to follow the "don't show up ...
The don’t-show-up-empty-handed mantra now rivals the don’t-use-the-guest-towels one: They are the rare directives that still ...
Ina Garten joined Willie Geist for his second-ever live Sunday Sitdown interview, airing June 1 on NBC. During the ...
At first glance it sounds like a terrible insult, a slap in the face of British hospitality; those pesky yanks pulling our ...
When opting out of a gathering, Parker recommends following this formula: acknowledge the invitation; honor something about ...
But we clearly need an etiquette update. Top of my “Lette-quette” list would be keeping your food preferences to yourself. I was hosting a dinner party recently and stupidly asked guests if ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Table manners in Italy really come down to “la bella figura”, which is fundamental to the Italian DNA: that is, to make a good ...
As you know, if you’ve been reading this column for longer than two weeks, sometimes I like to share feedback on my columns. My last two columns have touched on parenting, which is, of course ...
For those who may have forgotten their office-lunch manners since the pandemic, The Washington Post has some basic etiquette principles worth brushing up on in the interest of office harmony.