Allium cernuum, Physostegia ‘Miss Manners’ and Thalictrum lucidum punctuate drifts of Amsonia ‘Storm Cloud’, all supported by the structure of Ilex crenata ‘Compacta’. Knautia arvensis tumbles out and ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names of all 12 guests into the lanes (two lanes, six people at each).

The sign at the health clinic I visit regularly says tipping the valet is not required — so I don’t. But one day, the valet ...

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Now that we know the dog is going, we want to bow out of the engagement but would prefer to do it in the least hurtful way.

We will soon begin seeing the young couple and his parents frequently, as the social season is beginning. When we see them, ...

By doing so, she is telling her friends how much they need to spend and depriving them of the fun of choosing a special gift ...

Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I, along with a friend, pre-purchased hard-to-get opera tickets. We’ve looked forward to attending for many months. However, we just learned that our companion ...

We were meeting another couple at a restaurant and found out they had already been seated and ordered drinks. Is it wrong ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject. We are cognizant of these differences, and refrain from debate or ...

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Cutting them up to remove the pits seems excessive, but just spitting out the pits into a napkin doesn’t seem proper, either.