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Never Give a Lady a Restive Horse

1870s etiquette

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10 (Stunning, Crazy or at Least Interesting) Brides from 10 Different Decades, 1870-1960

100 years of brides!

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Let’s Bring Back the Finger Bowl! (Or Maybe Not…)

1920s entertaining tips

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fork etiquette

A Presidential Side Dish

presidential entetaining

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Antique etiquette book

In the stone age, when the savage tried his best to carve with a dull stone knife, he doubtless swore mentally; his barbaric trait of mental swearing is still with us, and will probably remain with us until the end of time, or until our servants realize that the carving-knife was not a tool originally intended by the head of the family for dissecting kindling-wood or peeling potatoes.

Thomas J. Murrey, Practical Carving,1887

A 1960s Punch Recipe

strawberry white wine spritzer

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A Mysterious Etiquette Book

Good Manners and Right Conduct

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A Very 60s Bar

Mad Men style bar

I invited some girlfriend to “come for a drink” before we went to a movie the other night. Read more…

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