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Photographs of several events in North Carolina including the ladies of Alpha Kappa striking a pose on cameras, gathering of various business executives at the Teal Tea Party fundraiser for Lydra's Legac, and global care men showing their presence on at West Fest are presented.

The author reflects on the loss of men and women acting as gentlemen and ladies in society with women refraining from acting demure and dainty, and with current action heroes as poor examples of gentlemen.

THE connection between travel and a Coco Chanel dictum may not be that obvious. The French designer once purportedly said that a woman should stop before leaving the house, gaze in the mirror and then remove one piece of jewelry. The operative principle was to simplify. In travel it is seldom acknowledged how routinely people pile on excess. And while this may not hold true on cruises or Club Med, where the biggest daily challenge is finding the proper level of SPF, among independent travelers the tendency is to take on countries, regions, continents, galaxies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that Cécilia Sarkozy, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has violated spousal etiquette by skipping a lunch with the family of U.S. President George W. Bush in Kennebunkport, Maine on August 11, 2007. Nicolas Sarkozy explained at a news conference that his wife had a severe sore throat. The French newspaper "Le Parisien" pointed out that Cécilia Sarkozy was seen shopping with two friends in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire on August 11, 2007.