Comments on: I love you, Emily Post http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/03/26/i-love-you-emily-post/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathryne http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/03/26/i-love-you-emily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-77318 Kathryne Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:08:31 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3256#comment-77318 Oh, dear. I live in a Victorian-era house, my flatware is stainless. At least I have real crystal. My favorite Emily Post moment was in a 1961 edition, warning women against giving in to the temptation to wear trousers to the rodeo. Just because they were outside didn't mean you could ignore standards of decorum. Oh, dear. I live in a Victorian-era house, my flatware is stainless. At least I have real crystal.

My favorite Emily Post moment was in a 1961 edition, warning women against giving in to the temptation to wear trousers to the rodeo. Just because they were outside didn’t mean you could ignore standards of decorum.

]]> By: Cameron http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/03/26/i-love-you-emily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-77269 Cameron Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:54:44 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3256#comment-77269 Does it give a recommendation for a bookshelf in a shared student house. I had cinder blocks and pine boards, whereas my housemate used MDF and milk crates. It caused all manner of commotion. Does it give a recommendation for a bookshelf in a shared student house. I had cinder blocks and pine boards, whereas my housemate used MDF and milk crates. It caused all manner of commotion.

]]> By: Electric Landlady http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/03/26/i-love-you-emily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-77261 Electric Landlady Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:52:24 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3256#comment-77261 My cousin has a copy of the Joy of Cooking that is an older edition than mine -- I'm not sure what era, but certainly a couple of revisions back. It has a long, long section on setting the table and serving a formal meal (well, it has meals of various levels of formality, but the formal one is the most insane), with illustrations, and it is hilarious and alarming and sounds sort of like a very esoteric modern dance if you picture it in your head. I like to read passages out loud in a very instructive tone of voice. My cousin has a copy of the Joy of Cooking that is an older edition than mine — I’m not sure what era, but certainly a couple of revisions back. It has a long, long section on setting the table and serving a formal meal (well, it has meals of various levels of formality, but the formal one is the most insane), with illustrations, and it is hilarious and alarming and sounds sort of like a very esoteric modern dance if you picture it in your head. I like to read passages out loud in a very instructive tone of voice.

]]> By: Delia http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/03/26/i-love-you-emily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-77252 Delia Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:47:35 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3256#comment-77252 Ah, Emily Post, my mother's Goddess. She invoked her so often, I thought they must have been friends. I've got some fish knives and forks, btw, should you wish to serve a fish course properly. Also a dessert set, c. 1900, which is of far more use in a vegetarian household. Ah, Emily Post, my mother’s Goddess. She invoked her so often, I thought they must have been friends. I’ve got some fish knives and forks, btw, should you wish to serve a fish course properly. Also a dessert set, c. 1900, which is of far more use in a vegetarian household.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/03/26/i-love-you-emily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-77247 Justine Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:26:27 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3256#comment-77247 Anber: Emily has all the answers. Sherwood: I does not understand this aspiration. Shveta: Currently we have no hot water either. Emily Post would be aghast. Anber: Emily has all the answers.

Sherwood: I does not understand this aspiration.

Shveta: Currently we have no hot water either. Emily Post would be aghast.

]]> By: Shveta http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/03/26/i-love-you-emily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-77246 Shveta Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:11:42 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3256#comment-77246 No dining room?? For shame, Justine, for shame! No dining room?? For shame, Justine, for shame!

]]> By: Sherwood http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/03/26/i-love-you-emily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-77244 Sherwood Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:26:33 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3256#comment-77244 There were etiquette books about how to be a (fakle) aristo (those began with M. Scudery's novels, actually) and then there were ones on general rules There were etiquette books about how to be a (fakle) aristo (those began with M. Scudery’s novels, actually) and then there were ones on general rules

]]> By: Amber http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/03/26/i-love-you-emily-post/comment-page-1/#comment-77239 Amber Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:50:46 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3256#comment-77239 I am breaking out the 13th-century damask with all haste. I always wondered what I should do with that. I am breaking out the 13th-century damask with all haste. I always wondered what I should do with that.

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