2 posts tagged “sedaris”
Sometimes New York city feature stories about wealth can make the blood simmer. I avoid some of the features in New York magazine, Vanity Fair, and the Sunday Styles page for this reason. Sometimes its good rich-folk gazing, other times it's too much to take. The Joyce Wadler feature in House & Home yesterday about people who have stuff that's so nice they don't let their guests touch it or walk on it. What's the point? Beautiful things are meant to be used. If you're rich enough to have this stuff, then you should be rich enough to enjoy it without fear. People with true class never ever make their guests uncomfortable in conversation or in their homes. So so so much more to say about the pretentious, but I have work to do. No trust fund here.
See Paul Fussell's "Class" for details on why this is lame. See Amy Sedaris for tips on hosting a dinner party.
