Maybe you can’t spend the weekend at Downton Abbey, but you can spend it in a stately mansion with a marble vestibule and fireplaces in the bedrooms. Attend a comfortable dinner with a detailed explanation of table settings, etiquette history, and properly managing everything from unfolding a napkin to holding your coffee cup. Gain new […]
A weekend of Jane Austen-inspired activities with the Friday evening talk: Cents and Other Things that Matter in Jane Austen’s Novels (explaining money, travel, the postal system and other things important in Sense and Sensibility), a Regency-style dinner party with English country dancing (which comes with all the instruction anyone might need), English afternoon tea […]
A weekend of literary-inspired activities begins with a talk on a Friday evening on Regency fashion by Hope Greenberg who has lots of beautiful of pictures and some hand-on clothing to share. On Saturday there is an optional sleigh ride, afternoon tea, and a Regency dinner party with a book discussion of Emma as well […]