Entertaining

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2012-02-08 Social Etiquette and Good Manners - 60th Wedding Anniversary:

Dear Khirsten,  Include the names of all grandchildren or the total number. The fact that one grandchild is deceased does not change the fact that they are  grandparents to 8 grandchildren. This announcement

2012-02-07 Party Planning - sweet 16 for a boy:

Nicole:    My best way to determine the details of a teen party is to get ideas from the guest of honor...and his friends...either by asking directly or having someone else ask him on the sly.  You really

2012-02-07 Cooking for Parties - My wedding reception meal plan:

Fried plantains would be a nice slightly sweet counterpoint to the other dishes. Make sure they are ripe so they will be sweet or dust them lightly with powdered sugar. I wouldn't serve mashed potaoes

2012-02-05 Social Etiquette and Good Manners - Party Gifts:

Dear Jean,   Thanks for asking this good question. If you are invited to someone's house for a party, assume they will provide the food. If the invitation is by phone, you can ask if there is anything

2012-02-04 Social Etiquette and Good Manners - meeting daughter's boyfriends parents:

Dear Mary,  You should always extend your own invitations, not through your daughter. Call (no email or texting please) her boyfriend's parents and ask them to join you and your children for dinner. The