Well it’s high summer and the greatest month of the year is upon us. August. Doesn’t the sound of it conjure up all kinds of great memories and expectations? Now some people I know spend the month of August on holiday, as the Euros say. What a grand tradition, if you are blessed with the [...]
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posted on August 4, 2010
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
SP loves a toast. What’s not to love? The act accompanies two of my favorite things: Booze and Socializing. And believe it or not, I do love to deliver an impromptu toast. Rising, speaking, drinking. What could be better? I’ve waxed on here before of my absolute relish of a long-winded boozy speech at rehearsal [...]
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posted on June 9, 2010
05/27/2010 – As some of you may know, SP has a deep deep love for the Holy City. So much so that when I came here this past Spring to work on the book, I’ve decided to stay. Yes, I am moving the SP operation to Charleston, SC. So, yes, while the Charleston party was [...]
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posted on May 28, 2010
05/19/2010 – Humility isn’t easy to come by on this site because I think a certain presence of swagger is called for when we talk about the things we talk about here. But there is no other word to describe what I felt when I walked into Brooks Brothers on Madison Avenue this past Wednesday [...]
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posted on May 22, 2010
If you haven’t noticed, we’ve been making some changes here on SP. It struck me that I am very lucky to get invited to some pretty terrific parties. I have been posting the photos for a while now on the SP Facebook page, but figured we should start a little page for that kind of [...]
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posted on May 20, 2010
Nothing says summer to me like a go cup full of my favorite libation. Admittedly we forfeit that ice-clinking sound against the crystal that we so prize as the best of all music to our ears, but we do gain in portability. I know, I know, this is nothing but a blatant ploy to direct [...]
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posted on April 14, 2010
The phrase “social obligation” always seemed to me like an oxymoron. The usual meaning of the phrase refers to attending an event because the host was last at your own event. Or hosting a dinner for a host who recently entertained you. Or more likely, the act of throwing a drinks party to repay all [...]
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posted on April 7, 2010
A reader writes: Hello SP, I recently threw a large, catered cocktail party where many of the guests arrived with a thoughtful “hostess gift” — a term my mother used to refer to the bottles of wine, boxes of chocolates, etc., proffered by guests upon arriving at a private party. However, only a minor fraction [...]
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posted on January 8, 2010
SP takes a fair share of heat. When there is an SP feature in a newspaper’s online version or on a blog, oh Lord do they come for me in the comments section. As you can imagine the fate of anyone who deigns to assess civil behavior, the positions staked on this domain are pretty [...]
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posted on December 14, 2009
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