`s court act, the social welfare law or the domestic relations court act of New York city in regard to religion of custodial persons or agencies or to include any institution, club, or place of accommodation which is in its nature

to penetrate the American psyche? And upscale is no guarantee for culinary savvy. Some of the worst meals I’ve ever eaten were with wealthy people. That’s why the restaurants often praised by chowhounds are so...

're full of people socializing and dining at their own pace. it sounds like the staff bent over backwards to seat a 6 top in a slammed restaurant within 20 mins, but that they didn’t tell the op what s/he wanted to hear,...

to which you’ll explore, and the ease with which you engage in social situations like restaurants. I’m sorry, and you might be the greatest woman in the world, but if you’re in your late 20s and living in Los...

for my social gaffe), with everything done properly and graciously. The service was impeccable and the stemware was very nice. This was the second “perfect” meal that I have had at Bali, basically two years in a row. I am so glad...

gatherings, the special occasions. its more of a social thing than the food itself that make people remember them. in restaurants, it’s fast cooking with msg. i dont wanna say that the chefs in restaurants dont cook with...

the time or resources to figure out what every kid will or won’t eat. The kids are there to play and socialize. I haven’t had a complaint to date. And once I’ve carefully “vetted” a family as...

the great social instincts to make each customer feel totally appreciated and cared for. (On a related note, in the little-things-mean-a-lot category, Koma is one of the few sushiya to still offer you an oshibori upon being...

Well, I won’t argue with the two of you. My Phd was in agricultural and ecological anbthropology after starting in social and cultural. On the other hand, I’m quite certain about a) the general taboo on parallel...

boost when there were waves of immigrants coming here in the middle of the 19th century. With their universal health care, assured vacation time and other social programs, I hardly see teems of Germans applying for citizenship in...

a businesslike business, so I can focus on eating and socializing.

Leo, It sounds like you have social issues rather than problems with servers asking if you need change. I mean..“Unnecessary interruption”... “Unwanted conversation” It is people like you, that make me...

I assumed it was a nuanced question about social mores not "is it a requirement, along the lines of “you must wear shoes” and you must tip. Obviously people who dont drink for medical, religious etc reasons wouldnt be...

disposed to enjoying bloody rice cakes whereas Americans are not? Do Taiwanese people somehow possess a strain of DNA which affords them excess willpower to resist rich desserts? Of course not. It’s all to do with...

on this point is that I think the burden of declaring people to be cheapskates falls on those trying to change social customs. People cannot rightly be termed cheap when they are observing long-standing custom. Mind you, I would...