Andy West

Your contemporary wedding invitation is the first impression your big day will make on the members of your guest list. Whether you’ve decided to go for understated floral elegance, a humorous depiction of the bride and groom, or a bright and bold card stock, your wedding invitation is the one thing that almost everyone will remember as they prepare to share in this momentous event. However, no matter how contemporary your invitations are or how modern your wedding will be, one thing remains certain: traditional wedding invitation etiquette is a must.

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Elizabeth Johnson

Visit the closet of any American man, and you’re likely to be engulfed by an amazing number of T-shirts and an equally astonishing hoard of blue jeans. This is especially true of young men, but an increasing number of men of all ages have – quite frankly – forgotten how to dress like men.

There are undoubtedly times that a T-shirt and a pair of jeans is the right thing to wear – a sporting event, travel the dog, or building a superhighway. This is also the right thing to wear for most rock-and-roll concerts, panhandling, and pumping gas.

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David Sanderson

A man’s clothes are interpreted as a reflection of his character and standing. As Polonius wisely tells us in Hamlet, ‘the apparel oft proclaims the man’. It’s a shame, then, that in the arena of formal clothing, men have so few ways to distinguish themselves from one another. One notable exception to this is the men’s tie.

Sitting so near to the face, men’s ties have the power to make a huge statement about the wearer’s character. Bow ties out of context, for example, can have an unintentionally comic undertone, whilst oversized men’s ties can evoke an oversized ego.

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Bradlley Mckoy

In different cultures, the practice of handing out business cards varies. What applies in the freewheeling United States might not apply in the tradition-bound Asian countries of Nihon and China. In fact, even the color and design of your business card holders play an important role in doing business in these countries!

Liberal United States

When you deal with fellow Americans, you will notice that business cards are treated liberally. You can just shove them in your pocket or wallet, without even glancing at them! However, if you wish to make a better impression, you can follow certain things.

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Douglas Stewart

As cell phones are becoming a part of regular life for most Americans, it has become necessary to develop a new set of manners to allow people to use these devices while being considerate to others around them.

Many areas such as airplanes and hospitals have signs posted stating that your cell phone must be turned off. These locations have installed these policies due to the fact that wireless devices can interfere with the function of equipment that these locations utilize that is important to maintaining or protecting human life. When entering one of these areas, you should immediately shut your cell phone off, no questions asked.

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Amy Nutt

You achievement into a sauna ready to enjoy yourself when you suddenly hear what sounds like something from a horror movie. The loud breathing you hear over your shoulder has you frightened to turn around because you’re afraid that what you will see is some unearthly creature with red glowing eyes and big teeth. But after a few seconds of hesitation and mental reasoning that there is no such thing as monsters, you turn around to find that it is your uncle Bob got to the sauna before you did. What is worse is that not only is he breathing like he just ran a marathon, but he isn’t wearing a towel. And you just told yourself that there are no such things as monsters.

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Amy Nutt

A cruise can be the perfect way to get away from the hustle and bustle of regular living and just enjoy a week or two without responsibilities. Many people are a bit nervous about how they should act on a cruise ship though and are not sure exactly what is acceptable behavior. With that in mind, here are a few dos and don`ts to help you out.

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Bradlley Mckoy

Opening your wedding gifts is probably one of the highlights of your wedding - well, aside from the ceremony itself, which forever binds you to the love of your life, and the reception, where you get to grappling your guests as newlyweds and celebrate the joyous moment. The wedding gifts that you will receive on your big day will be the cherry on your cover cream.

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A Nutt

Father’s Day is a great time of year to celebrate how wonderful papa has been for all of these years. Mom gets her day, so it is only clean that papa gets his. The only dilemma is what to get papa for Father’s Day. Mom gets candies, flowers, and other gifts and papa is usually the recipient of his one hundredth baseball cap or necktie. It is only clean to break the Father’s Day gift monotony by doing something a little different that makes him feel as special as mom does on her special day.

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Bradlley Mckoy

Smoking cigars require a hint of attitude, a dash of poise, and a spoonful of consideration. If you are a cigar lover, make sure you follow the etiquette that comes with your passion.

You might have never thought about smoking as something that could be done properly, but believe it or not, there is a right way to smoking a cigar. There are do’s and don’ts to cigar smoking, as well as a proper way to handle a cigar and a right way to light it. This article will serve as a primer to cigar smoking.

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