I usually say simply, “What a nice surprise,” but I am then left to shuffle place cards, add settings (often unmatched) and ...

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These are friends of mine, and I do want to entertain them, but I’m afraid I’ll be limiting them to barbecues in the future.

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In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a host seeks advice on handling friends who arrive ...

I put it on my credit card without comment; however, I was taken aback. I would never invite friends and then expect them to ...

I hold formal dinner parties with limited place settings. But there are friends who never respond to my invitations and show ...

The Brooklyn-based host and supper club founder shares how intention, small details, and genuine welcome matter more than the menu.

My question is how to react when people do not respond to an invitation, nor to a gentle nudge (such as an emailed “I wondered if you had received this,” with a second copy of the invitation) — and ...

Miss Manners hopes, however, that you will not otherwise dumb down your charming, seated dinner parties because of a few outlaws. We, the purveyors of fish knives and strawberry forks, are a dying ...

Because three members of my high school barkada from St. Paul Quezon City recently turned 60, we had a triple celebration ...

DEAR ABBY: A friend invited me to his birthday dinner at a popular restaurant. I got him a nice bottle of wine and a small ...