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		<title>How Not to Go Mad as a Host or Guest</title>
		<link>http://www.cliseetiquette.com/2010/09/02/how-not-to-go-mad-as-a-host-or-guest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arden Clise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[courtesy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been consumed by Mad Men madness. I think what’s so compelling about the show is witnessing a way of life that is so foreign from our lives today. A way of life that included a three martini lunch followed by a scotch on the rocks afternoon meeting; cigarettes being smoked everywhere including the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why a Thank You Note?</title>
		<link>http://www.cliseetiquette.com/2010/07/12/why-a-thank-you-note/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arden Clise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children's etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courtesy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a member of Women Business Owners and am on the Ambassador Committee, which is essentially the committee that greets and orients new members. We had a committee meeting last week and the topic of thank you notes came up.  One member mentioned she had sent her nephews on both sides of the family high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Helping Your Child To Succeed?</title>
		<link>http://www.cliseetiquette.com/2010/06/16/are-you-helping-your-child-to-succeed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cliseetiquette.com/2010/06/16/are-you-helping-your-child-to-succeed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arden Clise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children's etiquette]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[children's etiquette class]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fork and knife]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day my husband, Eric, and I grabbed a fast dinner at Whole Foods Market. We love the variety of options and how easy it is to get a quick meal. As I was enjoying my chicken mole I noticed a very nicely dressed family sit down near us with their dinner. They must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;d Like To Announce You&#8217;re Not Invited</title>
		<link>http://www.cliseetiquette.com/2010/06/03/id-like-to-announce-youre-not-invited/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cliseetiquette.com/2010/06/03/id-like-to-announce-youre-not-invited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arden Clise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[etiquette consultant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduation announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduation invitations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband Eric and I received a high school graduation announcement for our neighbor Catherine, who lives across the street. It’s hard to believe this young woman will soon be leaving home and heading to college. It seems like just yesterday she was a little girl playing with dolls. When I opened the announcement I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dance With Who Brung You</title>
		<link>http://www.cliseetiquette.com/2010/04/19/389/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arden Clise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cell phone etiquette]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you may have read in a post or two that I don’t like to cook. Thankfully my husband Eric doesn’t mind too much being the house chef. However, we agreed Sunday dinner is my one night to cook. To make cooking my Sunday meal more fun, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you Polly Poise or Freak-Out Fred?</title>
		<link>http://www.cliseetiquette.com/2010/03/04/are-you-polly-poise-or-freak-out-fred/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arden Clise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children's etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courtesy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult situations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meltdowns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently taught a social skills etiquette class to some high school students from Puget Sound Community School. One of the topics I covered was poise. I asked my students what poise meant to them. They replied “good posture”, “being confident” and “grace”. While those are part of poise there is more to it. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be Nosy</title>
		<link>http://www.cliseetiquette.com/2010/01/25/dont-be-nosy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cliseetiquette.com/2010/01/25/dont-be-nosy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arden Clise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social etiquette]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stopped in the grocery store the other day, looking for a special item in addition to the ginger snap cookies my husband had requested. I didn’t find what I wanted but in addition to the ginger snaps I grabbed a bag of potato chips that were calling to me and some jelly beans for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Special Tea</title>
		<link>http://www.cliseetiquette.com/2010/01/12/a-special-tea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arden Clise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afternoon tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cucumber mint sandwiches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petit fours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[serving tea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A second cousin of mine, who I have been corresponding with via email and through letters, mentioned she was coming to Seattle for her grandnephew’s baptism. I was excited to see her as it had been probably 30 years since I’d seen her last. I invited her over for afternoon tea. I have a cute [...]]]></description>
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