Category: Culture of Origin

Speaking Of Antique Ivory Mirrors

The mirror, on the right, was my grandmother’s. With her monogram before her marriage. SBB. After marriage she was SBC. And yes, I do have

In Response Redux

I return to the question, do we, the High WASPs, as a class, as one woman sitting on a Pottery Barn sofa in fact, have

In Response

Ashley asked me some very good questions the other day. “Are there really actually a group of people out there who associate themselves as “high

Thread Social

This is an example of High WASP-approved clothing. It’s from a line I had never heard of. Thread Social. We like brands no one has

What Brands Are High WASP-Approved?

Last week I was asked, “What brands ARE High WASP approved?” Hmm. We know which brands we don’t like right now. We don’t like Juicy

No Further Ado. Well, Maybe A Little.

I bought this. Otherwise known as this, “Hmm,” you might well say. “Hmm, LPC, is this, um, OK? Is this, um, actually a High WASP

Delayed Gratification And Marshmallows

Delayed gratification. Oooh. Tough. Generally I want it now. Me and billions of other people. In today’s world of increased access to pretty pictures, I

High WASP Entertaining, The Artifacts

The question is, when to bring out the artifacts? For example, Should we put guacamole in this? Too small. Camellias? Maybe. Nuts? Too big unless

Tag, 10 Previously Unknown Things

Muffy Martini tagged* me the other day. Muffy is, to my way of thinking, a slightly offbeat preppy blogger. Which to my way of thinking,