All right, I admit it -- the world has changed. I understand that almost nobody sits down and writes out traditional, formal invitations to parties, dinners, dances and the like -- the kind of ...

Your daughter’s engagement, hosting an important local personality or diplomat, or welcoming the CEO of your spouse’s company are all occasions that merit a formal dinner party. But instead of ...

Is it now considered "pretentious," as my 12-year-old son suspects, to respond to a formal party invitation with the traditional wording, "————— accepts with pleasure the kind invitation of ————— to — ...

If you’re kicking the holiday season off with Thanksgiving hosting duties, there’s something you need to know—invites are always appropriate and, according to Diane Gottsman, national etiquette expert ...