Colorado kitchens in the 1960s were full of quirky foods and odd combinations that might make today’s parents pause at the ...

It's one of the most basic rules of being a good guest, isn't it? When someone is kind enough to invite you into their home ...

Retail workers are bracing for the holiday shopping season and its stressed-out customers. Most interactions are pleasant, retail industry leaders say. But ...

Apologies, or the lack of them, are another baffling aspect of office manners. How is it that outwardly sensible adults can ...

Rude colleagues hurt themselves as much as those condemned to work with them. Gratitude remains an inexpensive, high-yield investment in your career.

Irked by his society’s rudeness, man stares daggers at people after they cut in line, use devices loudly around others, etc.

They were “famously good”, said fellow dramatist, Patrick Marber, and “even courtly”, added theatre critic, Nick Curtis.

Her mother (married to my 42-year-old stepson, who has been in my life for 23 years) wants us to buy Jenny a smartwatch for her birthday. My stepson is disengaged and goes along with whatever his wife ...

Tickets will go on sale Saturday, Dec. 6, for the Stanford Theatre’s Christmas Eve screenings of “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The box office at the theater, 221 University Ave. in Palo Alto, will open at ...

Old-school etiquette may feel out of step with modern life, but it is rooted in timeless principles: respect, thoughtfulness, ...

When the phone rings and I begin talking, my co-workers do not decrease the volume of their own conversations and do not ...