The etiquette guy - by Jay Remer

Appearing weekly in the Telegraph Journal

Every week in the Telegraph Journal, Jay Remer answers your etiquette queries and solve our province's particular and occasionally peculiar cultural quandaries. Look for the column each weekend in Salon.

Saturday April 26th, 2008 - Please be seated
Enjoying the camaraderie of one's friends and family around a dinner table is often considered one of life's greatest pleasures... [read the column]

Saturday April 19th, 2008 - Graduating with class
Now that spring has arrived, some people have turned their attention to upcoming graduation ceremonies and associated celebratory parties... [read the column]

Saturday April 12th, 2008 - Put settings in their place
A couple of years ago, I received a phone call from a lady in St. Andrews asking if I might be willing to teach a short class in table manners at a local church to some youth... [read the column]

Saturday April 5th, 2008 - To BYOB - or not
A reader recently asked me an interesting question. He wanted to know if he invites someone to a dinner party at his house and the guest arrives with a bottle of wine, is he obliged to open the bottle and share it with the other guests... [read the column]

Saturday March 29th, 2008 - You did what with your napkin?
Having managed a fine dining restaurant for eight years, I always had a distinct vantage point from which to watch people dine... [read the column]

Saturday March 22nd, 2008 - Park swords at door for Easter supper
Easter is very early this year. But do you realize just how early it is? In fact, it hasn't been this early since 1913... [read the column]

Saturday March 15th, 2008 - How to eat with your hands
I have heard tell of the glory days at Katy's Cove in St. Andrews, where lobster salad was served as a delectable lunch... [read the column]

Saturday March 8th, 2008 - Charlotte County delicacies
One chilly afternoon several years ago, there was a birthday celebration at the Bayside Community Hall, just outside St. Andrews-by-the-Sea... [read the column]


 

"Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace."
~ Judith Martin

"Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up."
~ Jesse Jackson

"Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude. "
~ Maurice Baring

"Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup."
~ Bennett Cerf

"Visitors should behave in such a way that the host and hostess feel at home."
~ J.S. Farynski

"Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deal, but on whether you've sent someone a thank-you note."
~ Bernie Brillstein

"Good manners can replace morals. It may be years before anyone knows if what you are doing is right. But if what you are doing is nice, it will be immediately evident."
~P.J. O'Rourke

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