Tag: Etiquette
Class with the Countess, lessons in Etiquette.
Manners, etiquette, where do they come from, can they really be learned or is one just born into it? With that in mind we dropped by Thursday night to partake in the festivities (with tact and acumen to be...
Recession Depression: Why Reality (TV) Bites.
"I need to stop spending like an heiress", she said as she exited the cafe on the corner. Who she was I haven't the faintest; she hardly looked like an heiress. But she did leave this scallywag to ponder:...
The Culture of Self Help.
What is self-help? Does it work? And why do we buy it? We here at Scallywag and Vagabond get a kick out of self-exploration so we sat down with the effervescent Ariane de Bonvoisin, change guru and author of “The First 30 Days”,...
Celebrities Gone Wild; ‘Do you Really want to Hurt Me?’
What’s in a scandal? What is a scandal? Coked up, cracked up, or hung up? Or just the center of attention? It seems today’s celebrities have redefined the drama they once fictiously starred in on stage, revving up the...
How to Behave like you Know what you are Looking at. Etiquette at the gallery.
"This is how you are supposed to stand," Umberto whispered in my ear as I took a sip of my PBR and stared at the painted and carved wooden slab on the wall. He slid apart his stance another...
The Etiquette of Dining Out. Arthur Schwartz Confesses His Sins and Preferences.
Like all great budding artists, we here at Scallywag and Vagabond like to know everything about the zeitgeist: it makes the rules more fun to break. So who better to explain the institution of dining than Arthur Schwartz, the...
The Scallywag and Vagabond Weddings Style Register. A Diatribe on How you too Can Announce your Wedding Even if...
We here at SCV have always enjoyed seeing who makes it in to the New York Times wedding registry. With tea and crumpets in hand we sit here every Sunday amusing ourselves, placating ourselves, wondering amongst ourselves. As...
