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Most Favored Guest Status. House Guest Code.

SP has just received an invitation to a beach house and it could not come at a better time to escape the hubbub of town. As I pack my bag to head out for the week, I thought a rerun of a popular post would benefit us all. Of all of the elements of living [...]

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posted on May 10, 2011

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The Youngs take the 2011 Oscars. Best of the Academy Awards

. First, clothes make the man, but let’s not forget Grooming and Decorum. It is one thing to finally get the clothes right — which as exampled by Hollywooders is not such an easy task — it is another thing entirely to run a comb through your hair evidently. Next there is Grooming. Comb the [...]

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posted on February 28, 2011

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SP Traditions & Ceremonies: Debutante Season

Ah, the Debutante Season. What does that term conjure in your mind? Well, before you answer, don’t think I don’t know what kind of elitist hot water I am jumping into here with this post, so just calm down, crackers and sit on your lips for a minute and hear me out. I go on [...]

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posted on December 18, 2010

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Pecking Order: A Guide to Social Kissing

K. Cooper Ray—creator of the men’s style/etiquette website Social Primer and designer of a special-edition Brooks Brothers bow-tie collection—plants one on actress Abigail Spencer (Mad Men) at a launch party for Lisa Birnbach’s book True Prep at Brooks Brothers, Beverly Hills. I must admit it. I am an unabashed double kisser. As a transplant from [...]

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posted on November 2, 2010

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Duty. Honor. Privilege. VOTE!

Elections belong to the people. It is their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters. Abraham Lincoln Ah, the vote. The birthright of every American. The envy of the world for over 200 years. Democracy. The grand [...]

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posted on November 1, 2010

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In Defense of Ma’am

We say Grace, and we say Ma’am. If you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn. Hank Williams, Jr. Here we go.  It’s open season on polite interactions between the sexes and the latest endangered species has just landed in the sites of the modern equalizers. The word Ma’am. This article in the New [...]

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posted on August 31, 2010

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Most Favored Guest Status

SP has just received an invitation to a beach house and it could not come at a better time to escape the heat of town. As I pack my bag to head out of town for the week, I thought a rerun  of a popular post would benefit us all. Of all of the elements [...]

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posted on July 14, 2010

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Readers’ Questions Answered

Dear SP, I have a question regarding wedding attire.  I would like to know if it is appropriate to wear a linen suit to a Chicago wedding on Memorial Day weekend.  My girlfriend has indicated it is not.  Please share your thoughts. Christopher Dear Christopher, The question begs more questions. The wedding is in Chicago [...]

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posted on May 15, 2010

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Social Primer Best Dressed Men: 2010 Academy Awards

If you thought the 2010 Academy Awards red carpet scene looked like the March of the Penguins you would not be too far off the mark. To push the point further, one could say the men looked like clones of one another with no individual style. Again, your aim would be precise. And this is [...]

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posted on March 8, 2010

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Gentlemen, Please: Decorum

Well, another perfectly good evening was close to ruination. The cause? Inconsideration and a total lack of decorum by a few cretins masquerading as gentlemen. There is an appropriate quote from Fitzgerald in Tender is the Night, I believe, lamenting the lack of decorum in men but the passage escapes me so I’ll take this [...]

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posted on January 27, 2010

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