Where are you? What are you doing? You are sorely missed???

You know Letitia Baldrige well??? Well, well.

xoxox,
Tish

You can’t just mention that there’s only one way to eat cheese and then not tell me how it’s done. I remember seeing people (in France) eat it with the knife. But that can’t be right, can it? Would a How To Eat Cheese post seem out of place on your blog?

xoxoxo

I adore the way you nonchalantly throw in “while we were having lunch at The Four Seasons” — too chic for words. She’s divine isn’t she?

Love, loved, loved this post. In France everyone entertains and impeccable manners are of the utmost importance. Good manners are kindness and respect and ultimately make life infinitely more pleasant.

We went to a dinner party last night and everyone started talking about the proper way to eat cheese. Very amusing. (There’s only one way btw.)

It’s so strange to see someone called “Tish”.

xoxoxo,
Letitia

I guess you do sort of say it — “recently we were talking about how to be gracious in real life…” — but I assumed the “we” was referring to your chatting with a group of your friends or some such.

Again, great material. Looking forward to spending some more time poking around your blog in the near future…

Thanks for the good words! And, yes, I definitely believe the same standards apply to all these conversations.

The Baldrige quotes came directly from her, over lunch at Four Seasons, not from a book. Perhaps I should make that clearer in the post. I appreciate your pointing that out!

Alice

Nice article on a timely but often overlooked subject: given the amazing tools we have to communicate, how do we use them properly? I wonder if the arts of letter-writing and gracious communication might see a resurgence.

Then again, Twitter lets me put my foot in my mouth in real time before an audience of hundreds, which is fun

Robert

Just wondering about the source(s)/attribution for the Baldridge quotes. All one book? (I read through the post several times but can’t find it/them.) Thanks.