So Miss Manners' ruling is: No, a phantom table setting in a lived-in house is not polite to those not invited to eat. Besides, it is ludicrous. Dear Miss Manners: ...

IKEA's smartphone holster placemats shame dinner guests into not texting through meals It's time to bring back some table manners, starting with those non-stop messaging lovers. By Jamie Harris ...

Dear Miss Manners: While touring real ... Although they are not having dinner guests (and seldom use their dining room), there are placemats or table settings left out at all times.

Table Manners. In a restaurant, it's the food that walks away with all the applause while the table, ... The restaurant lays out placemats with designs that invoke the Turkish culture.

Table manners. Five stylish women dress up their tables - and themselves - for Christmas. ... the glasses are from her parents and the Thai placemats from her friend, Gráinne.

Bob and Beth Bode, of East Greenbush, illustrated and wrote "Table Manners for Young Barbarians,” a guide on how to help young children eat nicely, based on their own experience with grandchildren.