Gift Giving and Receiving
Etiquette Avenue App Helps You Mind Your Manners
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009Some folks need all the help they can get when it comes to good manners. From AppStore: Etiquette Avenue is the address for the “operating rules” for today’s workplace and your business-related social events. On Etiquette Avenue, you will acquire the skills that you need in a competitive world. Whether it is correct introductions, how […]
Pointers for etiquette-savvy holiday tipping
Thursday, December 11th, 2008If you’re looking for ways to cut back this season, holiday tipping might seem like a logical place to start. We checked with the Emily Post Institute’s Lizzie Post, great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post, to see if crossing the newspaper guy and hair stylist off your give-to list passes muster. (read more)
Operation Nice
Friday, August 1st, 2008Here’s a new blog that I think you will find very – nice! A friend of mine started the blog and I think it’s one blog that “needed doin.” Thanks, Mel! Operation Nice
Valentine’s Day No-No’s
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008I took an unofficial and totally unscientific poll on a forum I belong to today. In the poll I asked everyone to list some Valentine’s Day no-no’s that might spring to mind. Here’s a sampling for your education and entertainment- first from the men: “Take great care in choosing the size of any … garments […]
Tips on Holiday Tipping
Monday, December 24th, 2007Here are some tips on holiday tipping by Marshall Loeb, former editor of Fortune, Money, and the Columbia Journalism Review, and who now writes for MarketWatch. – Babysitter/nanny. For a babysitter you employ only occasionally, give cash equal to one or two nights’ pay. For a full-time nanny, give one week’s to one month’s pay […]
Tis the season to be thankful for the socks.
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007It’s Christmas and all the presents are sitting under the tree just begging to be opened. How you react to the gift you are given this year is a reflection on your ability to be sensitive to other people’s feelings. This is most apparent in a group environment, as when a family or group of […]