Phones at the Door Recast Prestige in Modern Dining
In upscale venues like Le Cirque and Carnegie Hall, patrons increasingly check or mute cellular phones to preserve dining and performance etiquette. Executives and performers face new social pressure to disconnect, redefining prestige as the ability to be unreachable.
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le Cirque
New York
Sirio Maccioni
Maccion
U.S
Carnegie Hall
Jonathan Pointer
Pointer
Sire Maccioni
Uninvited Children Disrupt Elegant Wedding Reception
A wedding couple recalls cousins bringing two young children who roamed the cake table, caused noise, and disrupted seating during a sit‑down dinner. The lack of place cards for the kids led to displaced guests, though caterers managed the extra meals.
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Abby
Date Book and Dear Abby Excerpts from Sept 28 1990
The entry notes the date as September 28 1990 marking day 271 of the year and the sixth day of autumn. It lists notable birthdays including Caravaggio Halon Ed Sullivan Al Capp Marcello Mastroianni Brigitte Bardot and Ben E King. It also includes a Dear Abby column with etiquette advice and letters about wedding guest invites for children and a barking dog problem in Chula Vista California where a resident devised a noise remedy.
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Caravaggio
Ed Sullivan
al Capp
Marcello Mastroianni
Brigitte Bardot
Ben E. King
Don
Chula Vista
Calif
Hormone therapy discussed for osteoporosis and bone density
Dear reader, by midlife bone loss accelerates and osteoporosis is common. For healthy women with no signs, hormones are not routinely needed. calcium and exercise help. A bone density exam aids only if problems exist, guiding treatment.
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DR. Gott
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