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Best of Miss Manners: Our child’s friend, who’s a huge eater, came on vacation with us and brought NO cash!
his mom didn’t send him with spending money, let alone send along some cookies or otherwise offer to contribute something to ...
Miss Manners: Was it rude to eat in our seats while watching an opera?
Dear Miss Manners: One of the highlights of our trip to Paris was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, ...
Miss Manners: I did something at a French opera that got be shouted at, but what choice did I have?
With no ushers or signage available for guidance, we selected option C as the most sensible. This apparently was incorrect, ...
Dear Miss Manners: Our hungry night at the opera in Paris
"Obviously, eating before the performance is an option, but dining quickly in a Paris restaurant is easier said than done." ...
The Spokesman-Review20h
Miss Manners: The case of the hungry operagoers
DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our Paris trip was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, “Medee” by Cherubini, is in excess of four hours, with two brief intermissions. We ...
East Bay Times12h
Miss Manners: We were yelled at in a Paris opera house. Were we in the wrong?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our trip to Paris was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, “Médée” by Cherubini, is in excess of four hours, with two brief intermissions.