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		<title>Excuse Me, Sir</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2010/03/excuse-me-sir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=2355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Excuse Me, Officer Maybe it was the intimidation factor of a man in uniform in sitting in a squad car, but it was rude, nonetheless. It was a beautiful Saturday morning in the Holy City as I sat there in a rocking chair on the gracious front porch. The streets were relatively quiet. The sun [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>To Note or Not to Note</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2010/01/to-note-or-not-to-note/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2010/01/to-note-or-not-to-note/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=1804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader writes: Hello SP, I recently threw a large, catered cocktail party where many of the guests arrived with a thoughtful &#8220;hostess gift&#8221; &#8212; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Man Holds the Door</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/12/a-man-holds-the-door-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/12/a-man-holds-the-door-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=1652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Isn’t it funny — and by funny, I mean sad — that the only photo around of a man opening a door for a woman is from the 1940’s? This fact should tell you more than you need to know and only serves to re-enforce the resolve of SP to offer up these little finds [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Say Your Name</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/10/say-your-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/10/say-your-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=1535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many times do you find yourself in this social (or business) situation? You are standing in a covey of people immersed in a rolling conversation when all at once you realize that you don’t know the names of some of the people you are talking to. There is a queasy feeling of awkwardness rising [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Social Climber: Lend a Helping Hand</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/09/social-climber-lend-a-helping-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/09/social-climber-lend-a-helping-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=1394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Belaying &#8211; is a climbing technique of securing the climber during his climb. First let’s get this out of the way right at the beginning. There are many people out there who say Social Climber like it’s a bad thing. SP has never thought this way. Hello, there is no mistake that Social Primer rhymes [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Voices Carry</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/08/voices-carry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/08/voices-carry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=1262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader writes: Dear SP, My wife and I dined at an upscale S. Florida restaurant in celebration of my 40th birthday. Let me put the meal into perspective by saying this restaurant is owned by a celebrated owner/chef of 20 years &#8211; not your everyday dining experience. The chef challenges local patrons, during mango [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>SP Hit List: Bad Mood Arising</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/08/bad-mood-arising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/08/bad-mood-arising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=1235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I see the bad mood arising. I see trouble on the way…. Here we go. You are geared up for a night out on the town, in a club or at a friend’s. You have gallantly finished the work week, put away the daily grind and myriad distractions that comprise the lives we live and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mid-Summer Night&#8217;s Dinner Party</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/07/mid-summer-nights-dinner-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/07/mid-summer-nights-dinner-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Full Buck Moon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[manners for men]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Provincetown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer dinner parties]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is this amazing woman who owns one of my favorite escapes in the world, Poor Richard’s Landing in Provincetown, Cape Cod. The woman is a fine and eccentric creature of a certain age and I love to be in her presence. She was friends with Tennessee Williams and Ten, as she calls him, used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You All Look Amazing</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/07/you-all-look-amazing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decorum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette and Manners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a woman's appearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complimenting a woman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exquisite manners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good manners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insulting a woman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manners and eitquette]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[men's behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social aptitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social introductions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you all look amazing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=1130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without giving too much away to make this point, SP will attempt this scenario. While watching one of those fascinating/insipid reality show reunions recently, one element stood out so incredibly and  has stuck in the craw. What could it be you wonder as those shows by nature run anathema to all we do here on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smile Like You Mean It</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/07/smile-like-you-mean-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decorum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with rude people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etiquette and Manners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good manners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laspe of manners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[men's behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[men's manners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rude people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smile like you mean it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social aptitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social interaction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SP has been thinking a lot lately about social relationships and how we deal with people when things aren’t so rosy, and civility is hard to come by. Yes, in the ideal world we are shiny happy people but that notion is just that, an ideal that we may strive for but a reality we [...]]]></description>
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