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                    [Title] => Help! I need a bridal registry
                    [Summary] => My fiance and I will get married in six months and we would like to choose our bridal registry gifts properly. I notice that the flatware of today is different from that of my mother’s time. Can you tell me what flatware I should include in my bridal registry? I would also like to know the different glasses that I should have for our bar and what makes a complete dinnerware setting.  


Anxious Bride 


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-06-26 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona
                    [SectionName] => Modern Living
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                    [Title] => Signs to look for in a successful date
                    [Summary] => Ifeel so dejected. The man of my dreams finally asked me for a date and I thought we had such a good time. I think I did everything right, according to the rules of the game. I read up on all the things that interested him (I did research on him), I did not talk about me, me and me (even if I am quite accomplished and rich), I did not order the most expensive item on the menu and I did not drink more than one glass of wine, and I wore the latest fashion from Mango.
                    [DatePublished] => 2004-05-22 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona
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                    [Title] => Why TV – whether good or bad – is not for children
                    [Summary] => I am the breadwinner in my family and my husband is the house husband. I work in a big accounting firm and his work is mostly research, which he does at home in his computer. In order to save money, he is the designated baby sitter of our three- year-old son.  I know he loves him but I feel he lets him watch too much TV. He says he only makes him watch programs with uplifting stories, good music and appealing characters, not scary programs or rated-R pictures.
                    [DatePublished] => 2004-04-24 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135486
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                    [AuthorID] => 1739447
                    [AuthorName] => SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona
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                    [Title] => Open your eyes to eyeball jewelry
                    [Summary] => My daughter is a student in Amsterdam and she’s bugging me about the latest trend that’s hitting the young and young-at-heart: It’s eyeball jewelry! I think I have to put my foot down on this one! She had her navel pierced and her ankle tattoed. I allowed her to do this because she told me that all her friends had done it. But eyeball jewelry is really out of this world. What will they think of next? Anyway, could you explain to me what this stupid fashion is all about?  


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-04-17 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Should I go green?
                    [Summary] => I get so confused with health-obsessed friends telling me to buy only organic produce, and other friends telling me not to as they are not yet proven to be really "organic." I have bought organic vegetables in different organic markets and groceries but frankly speaking, I don’t find any difference in taste compared to the non-organic. 1also try to rationalize that my parents and I have eaten non-organic vegetables all these years and nothing bad has happened to us. My question is, what qualifies as organic? Are there guidelines in the classification of organic produce?
                    [DatePublished] => 2004-03-06 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135486
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1739447
                    [AuthorName] => SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona
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                    [Title] => Should I stay or should I go?
                    [Summary] => Ihave been flirting with an expat for almost a year now. He is the CEO of a big company. He is a real charmer and knows it. His macho good looks make him attractive to a lot of women. When we are alone he is very attentive to me, but in a big gathering, he seems oblivious to my presence and flirts with the other women around.  One time when he was introduced to an attractive woman he shook her hand much too long, almost like caressing it. He was not aware that I was watching him.
                    [DatePublished] => 2004-02-22 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135486
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                    [AuthorID] => 1739454
                    [AuthorName] => SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona
                    [SectionName] => Modern Living
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                    [Title] => Should I stay or should I go?
                    [Summary] => I have been flirting with an expat for almost a year now. He is the CEO of a big company. He is a real charmer and knows it. His macho good looks make him attractive to a lot of women. When we are alone he is very attentive to me, but in a big gathering, he seems oblivious to my presence and flirts with the other women around.  One time when he was introduced to an attractive woman he shook her hand much too long, almost like caressing it. He was not aware that I was watching him.
                    [DatePublished] => 2004-02-21 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135486
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1739454
                    [AuthorName] => SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona
                    [SectionName] => Modern Living
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                    [Title] => CLUELESS ON V-DAY
                    [Summary] => Valentine’s Day is here again.  I have run out of ideas of what to give my girlfriend. We have been dating for five years and I have given her every imaginable gift I knew she would like, and she, to me. I know she is also wracking her brains on what to give me. My girlfriend and I don’t give each other a Christmas present because we have to give to family, friends and business associates but  we treat Valentine’s Day and each other’s birthday as special occasions and we exchange special gifts on these days.
                    [DatePublished] => 2004-02-14 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135486
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1739447
                    [AuthorName] => SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona
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                    [Title] => Take the Etiquette IQ test
                    [Summary] => I have received countless letters asking about norms of conduct and etiquette, most of which I have answered in past articles. It is always good to refresh one’s memory on etiquette issues, but at the cost of sounding repetitive, I opted to do it as a quiz. This way, you can all test your Etiquette IQ. 


1. At a formal dinner, the dessert spoon and fork should be placed: 


a) next to the soup spoon


b) to the left of the butter knife


c) given  when dessert is serve


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-02-07 00:00:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 236259
                    [Title] => Diamonds are not for informal affairs
                    [Summary] => I was invited to an informal gathering recently and the dress code was smart casual. I know that some women don’t really know what casual means and they dress up elegantly, as if for cocktails, which is not a bad thing at all. Perhaps they have somewhere to go after.  But, in this affair, I noticed there were two or three ladies who were dressed according to the dress code – casual – but they had diamonds and other precious stones dripping on their ears, their necks, their fingers.  They beat Imeldific hands down with their display of jewelry.
                    [DatePublished] => 2004-01-24 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135486
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1739447
                    [AuthorName] => SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona
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Help! I need a bridal registry

By SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona | June 26, 2004 - 12:00am

My fiance and I will get married in six months and we would like to choose our bridal registry gifts properly. I notice that the flatware of today is different from that of my mother’s time. Can you tell me...

Modern Living

Signs to look for in a successful date

By SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona | May 22, 2004 - 12:00am

Ifeel so dejected. The man of my dreams finally asked me for a date and I thought we had such a good time. I think I did everything right, according to the rules of the game. I read up on all the things that interested...

Modern Living

Why TV – whether good or bad – is not for children

By SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona | April 24, 2004 - 12:00am

I am the breadwinner in my family and my husband is the house husband. I work in a big accounting firm and his work is mostly research, which he does at home in his computer. In order to save money, he is the designated...

Modern Living

Open your eyes to eyeball jewelry

By SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona | April 17, 2004 - 12:00am

My daughter is a student in Amsterdam and she’s bugging me about the latest trend that’s hitting the young and young-at-heart: It’s eyeball jewelry! I think I have to put my foot down on this one!...

Modern Living

Should I go green?

By SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona | March 6, 2004 - 12:00am

I get so confused with health-obsessed friends telling me to buy only organic produce, and other friends telling me not to as they are not yet proven to be really "organic." I have bought organic vegetables...

Modern Living

Should I stay or should I go?

By SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona | February 22, 2004 - 12:00am

Ihave been flirting with an expat for almost a year now. He is the CEO of a big company. He is a real charmer and knows it. His macho good looks make him attractive to a lot of women. When we are alone he is very...

Modern Living

Should I stay or should I go?

By SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona | February 21, 2004 - 12:00am

I have been flirting with an expat for almost a year now. He is the CEO of a big company. He is a real charmer and knows it. His macho good looks make him attractive to a lot of women. When we are alone he is very...

Modern Living

CLUELESS ON V-DAY

By SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona | February 14, 2004 - 12:00am

Valentine’s Day is here again. I have run out of ideas of what to give my girlfriend. We have been dating for five years and I have given her every imaginable gift I knew she would like, and she, to me. I know...

Modern Living

Take the Etiquette IQ test

By SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona | February 7, 2004 - 12:00am

I have received countless letters asking about norms of conduct and etiquette, most of which I have answered in past articles. It is always good to refresh one’s memory on etiquette issues, but at the cost of...

Modern Living

Diamonds are not for informal affairs

By SAVOIR FAIRE By Mayenne Carmona | January 24, 2004 - 12:00am

I was invited to an informal gathering recently and the dress code was smart casual. I know that some women don’t really know what casual means and they dress up elegantly, as if for cocktails, which is not...

Modern Living

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