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Toast Your Host on Thanksgiving Day
Whether hosting your own Thanksgiving feast or guesting a Thanksgiving with relatives or friends, everyone can agree it takes a tremendous amount of effort to pull it all together. As Thanksgiving has become quite the coveted holiday, hosts begin formulating their invitations weeks, months in advance to get a jump start on their competitors. Read
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Thanksgiving with Family - Can't We All Just Get Along?
What is it about the holidays that sends most families running for the hills? Rather than feeling like an uplifting experience that we look forward to, holidays tend to feel more like a doom and gloom sentence that we have to endure, but not without a good dose of mind-numbing substances to help get us through. The real truth of the matter is everyone really does want to get along and have a pleasant and peaceful Thanksgiving. Read
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Glamorous at Thanksgiving - Why It's Important to Dress More Than Your Turkey
There's nothing worse than showing up to an affair in elegant attire and discovering that the rest of the guests never got the memo. Regardless of whether a dress code is mentioned, common sense dictates that if someone has gone to the trouble of slaving all day in the kitchen to prepare a fabulous meal, then guests should pay their respects by arriving specially clothed for the occasion. Read more.
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For the past couple of months, I have been slowly reading and savoring The Gratitude Diaries byJanice Kaplan. The former editor-in-chief of Parade Magazine spent a year living gratefully and researching the effects of gratefulness on such key areas as marriage, family life, work, and health. Her discoveries are transformational and I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in doing some simple soul searching this season.
On Thanksgiving I invite you to apply what I am calling the 3 "G's" and make them - more than the meal - the focus of your Thanksgiving menu.
While taking a personal look at the last eleven months, I am filled with gratitude for my amazing clients of all ages who continue to take an interest in manners and this invaluable education. I am enormously thankful to my venues: The Beverly Wilshire, Soho House, Au Fudge, Flemings Steakhouse, and Bedford & Burns for hosting my programs and classes in their beautiful establishments. I am immensely grateful for my health, my loving family, and my wonderful friends all of which play an integral part in my happiness. And in a world where civility seems to be taking a backseat, I will continue my mission to move us all towards the alter of grace.
As you go around the table and share with your family and friends, take the time to express your true gratitude and be graceful as you acknowledge the special people in your life. Trust me - you will be grateful you did.
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