Traer's new Salt and Pepper Shaker Gallery grand opening Saturday
31.03.11
Move over Winding Staircase. There is a new attraction in Traer and it's home grown.
It's the Midwest's largest display of salt and pepper shakers - almost 16,000 shakers of all colors, shapes and construction.
And its all at 411 Second St. and is known as the Traer Salt & Pepper Shaker Gallery.
While the historic Winding Staircase downtown will always be a town icon, gallery volunteers are hoping the new kid on the block will make Traer a destination spot.
And at the Saturday's event the volunteers will be hard at work to make sure visitors will want to come back and importantly - tell their friends and neighbors.
The gallery's grand opening is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
According to promotional material issued by gallery volunteers, 14,500 sets of the salt and pepper shakers were once the personal collection of Traer resident Ruth Rasmussen, 87.
The bulk of the collection was purchased by Traer and soon others started donating their shakers bringing the total to 16,000 - and it's growing.
Source: Marshalltown Times Republican
No Clinking The Crystal: Etiquette Guidelines for Dining at The Royal Wedding ...
22.04.11
PALM BEACH, Fla./EWORLDWIRE/April 22, 2011 --- Etiquette expert Pat Stonehouse says that guests invited to the Royal Wedding Dinner on April 29 "need keep in mind that manners and protocol rule at Buckingham Palace." She points out that "even though many invited to the private dinner are younger friends of Prince William and Catherine, they will be expected to abide by Royal Protocol."
According to Stonehouse, even those well-versed in dining etiquette will find dining at Buckingham Palace daunting. "The way the Royal family dines is vastly different from what may be observed at a formal dinner in North America."
Stonehouse affirms the following Top 10 etiquette guidelines apply:
1. Stand behind one's chair and wait for the Queen to sit down before being seated.
2. Wait for the Queen to start eating. When the Queen stops eating, so does everyone else at the dinner.
3. The Royal family eats Continental style - not American style. The knife is held in the right hand and the
Source: Eworldwire (press release)