The Upscale Traveler: Enjoy nature Thoreauly at these locales
The Upscale Traveler: Enjoy nature Thoreauly at these locales: Michelle Chahine Henry David Thoreau, one of the classic American writers, had a penchant for using travel to get closer to nature. I...
View ArticleThe Upscale Traveler: Prohibition history - go drink it all in
The Upscale Traveler: Prohibition history - go drink it all in: Prohibition history - go drink it all in Brian Canova Rum-running sounds almost as fun as rum-drinking - probably why we mythologiz...
View Article20 Things the Rich Do Every Day
1. 70% of wealthy eat less than 300 junk food calories per day. 97% of poor people eat more than 300 junk food calories per day. 23% of wealthy gamble. 52% of poor people gamble.2. 80% of wealthy are...
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Why Wasps are an endangered species in the US
Once the elite, tracing their lineage to the Pilgrim Fathers – America's white Anglo-Saxon Protestants' grip on power is weaker than everBy Rupert CornwellIf ever you reflect on the eclipse of Wasp...
View ArticleFrom an article in The Wall Street Journal.
"The U.S. once had an unofficial but nonetheless genuine ruling class, drawn from what came to be known as the WASP establishment. Members of this establishment dominated politics, economics and...
View ArticleUpscale restaurants using secret
signals to talk about guestsIf you’re nervous that your waiter is talking about you behind your back, he isn’t – he’s talking about you in front of your face.According to The Washington Post, fine...
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How payment apps are destroying etiquette
Posted on December 31, 2013 | By cgarling@sfchronicle.com (Caleb Garling)A few weeks ago a friend, Mark, as we will call him for the sake of argument, hosted an evening of spirits and food. Everyone...
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Cotillions, where good behaviour is learnt
Children in Atlanta mind their manners though lessons in etiquette and ballroom dancing.TERESA Libbey teaches children the art of manners and etiquette. As a local chapter director for the National...
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Does personal wealth make one less compassionate? Study says yes
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Looking at whether social class - such as personal wealth, occupational prestige, and education and how it influences how much we care about the feelings of others,...
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DO RICH PEOPLE REALLY THINK THEY ARE SUPERIOR?
Matthew HutsonLondon’s mayor, Boris Johnson, drew criticism late last year for saying that economic inequality can be attributed, in part, to IQ. “I am afraid that [the] violent economic centrifuge [of...
View ArticleSocial Darwinism Isn’t Dead
Slate Magazinehttp://www.slate.comRich people think they really are different from you and me. By Matthew HutsonLondon’s mayor, Boris Johnson, drew criticism late last year for saying that economic...
View ArticleThe LLR: Close Reading Leads to Superior People
The LLR: Close Reading Leads to Superior People: By Robin Bates | Published: January 3, 2014 http://www.betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com My brother Jonathan and my friend ...
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Here's A Map Of The Preppiest States In America
Hayley PetersonPopped collars, bow ties and seersucker suits are among the many fashion items that have come to define the preppy lifestyle.But a recent thread on Quora argues that the prevalence of...
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The 50 Most Expensive Private High Schools In America
Melissa Stanger and Peter Jacobs With the start of the new school year comes an inevitable rise in tuition —and we're not just talking about the price of college. This year, more than thirty...
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As Wasp as I wanna B
Actor Richard Gere was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were both Mayflower descendants; Gere's ancestors include Pilgrims Francis Eaton whose signature appears on the Mayflower...
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Actual class struggles apart,
“Actual class struggles apart, one of the aesthetic ways you could prove that there was a class system in America was by cogitating on the word, or acronym, 'WASP.' First minted by E. Digby Baltzell in...
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Nantucket’s Only Funeral Home Closes as Wealthy Pick Cremation
By Annie LinskeyResidents of Nantucket, the wind-swept Massachusetts island where billionaires Eric Schmidt and Abigail Johnson own vacation homes, can get just about anything -- except a proper death....
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