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Tag Archives: eating
Mar
10
2006
Etiquette for Restaurants: Part 2
This is part two of the basic etiquette for restaurant dates. It began with a rant here, and continued with part one here. First, a couple addendums raised in part one’s comments: A. As mentioned by an anonymous commenter after the first posting, if you’re picking your date up, do not call her and tell [...]
Posted in Advice, Battle of the Comments, Best of Steff, Communication, Dating, Education, Etiquette, Food & Recipes, How To Guides, keeping it real, Life 101, Men's Department, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Questions From Readers, slow, Society, Women's Department Also tagged battle of the sexes, chivalry, dining, dining etiquette, equality, Etiquette, feminism, how to act, how to be chivalrous, how to behave, how to dine out, how to sit, manners, manners today, modern man, modern manners, modern men, napkins, restaurant behaviour, restaurants, Society, stupidity, what not to do, what to do, wtf 12 Comments
Mar
09
2006
Etiquette for Restaurants: Part 1
This is part one of two for restaurant etiquette. It was preluded with a rant yesterday. Yes, I’ll answer questions about going dutch, etc, but that’s next time. Tried to put this in the order it transpires on a date, but I’m sick and my head’s fuzzy. I have had men saying women don’t respond [...]
Posted in Advice, Battle of the Comments, Best of Steff, Communication, Dating, Etiquette, How To Guides, keeping it real, Life 101, Men's Department, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), relationships, Romance, Society, Specifically Steff, Women's Department Also tagged battle of the sexes, chivalry, dining, dining etiquette, equality, Etiquette, feminism, how to act, how to be chivalrous, how to behave, how to dine out, how to sit, manners, manners today, modern man, modern manners, modern men, napkins, restaurant behaviour, restaurants, Society, stupidity, what not to do, what to do, wtf 26 Comments
Mar
08
2006
The Modern Man (& Woman) & Manners
A reader wrote me recently to say that I need to comment more about the modern man’s condition. We both agree that men are caught between what they want to be and what they think they have to be, so they’re essentially lost. In not so many words, I’ve recently alluded in an email with [...]
Posted in Advice, Battle of the Comments, Best of Steff, Communication, Dimestore Philosophy, Education, Etiquette, Food & Recipes, keeping it real, Life 101, Men's Department, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants Also tagged battle of the sexes, chivalry, dining, dining etiquette, equality, Etiquette, feminism, how to act, how to be chivalrous, how to behave, how to dine out, how to sit, manners, manners today, modern man, modern manners, modern men, napkins, restaurant behaviour, restaurants, Society, stupidity, what not to do, what to do, wtf 18 Comments
A Carnivore Ruminates: Thoughts About Balance