Does It Pass Down To The Children? The WASP Part.
I’ve been asked did I pass my High WASP core down to my children. Complex question. I have been wondering that myself, since this blog
April 20, 2009
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Month: April 2009
Sunday at Dad’s
It’s Sunday. Temperatures are predicted to reach 90 degrees. The siblings, those of us in Northern California, are going to Dad’s house for lunch. Where
April 19, 2009
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Saturday Morning at 10:06am
My daughter has been in a dance group at Princeton for several years. This semester, given the demands of her senior thesis, she decided not
April 18, 2009
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High WASP Wedding – Country Club
Bride: Brideshead Revisited. Accoutrements from upper left: Sugar Plum, Flickr, Wedding Graffiti, Style Me Pretty, Artfool, Flickr, Menlo Circus Club, Lynn Lugo, Lemontree, Weddings Unveiled
April 16, 2009
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Fierce at 50
Fierce at 50, When You Are 20 Or 30
Once you hit 50 there’s only so much you have to work with in the fierce department. Those with inordinate style can just push forward
April 16, 2009
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The Knife of Covetousness
I would not want to return to the days of my grandparents. But unfortunately, I am not a simple soul content with the good earth.
April 15, 2009
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Culture of Origin
My Family’s Houses
My several grandparents lived in several places. In a 12-room apartment in a Park Avenue building that’s oddly famous for having had an actual book
April 14, 2009
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Cozies Redeemed. Barely.
I have trouble with cozies, crocheted and knitted covers for things that have no need of warmth. I saw this here. I felt my blood
April 12, 2009
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Saturday Morning at 11:10am
It’s Easter tomorrow. As an atheist, my relationship to Easter is governed by the memories I have of my young children, baskets in hand. And
April 11, 2009
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Food Continued
For my generation there is no longer any such thing as High WASP food per se. The dispersion of the original New England, New York,
April 10, 2009
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High WASPs And Food, Continued
In the my mother’s generation, servants became widely impossible except for the super-rich. And High WASPs were no longer exclusively super-rich, nor were the super-rich
April 9, 2009
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High WASPs And Food
In the olden days High WASPs had servants. My mother’s family’s cook was named Willie Mae. She was from the South. As a result, at
April 8, 2009
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