THE JOURNAL
The phone-free dinner: the new luxury for couples who have it all.
Old money has always known it: at the table, you belong to your guests. What used to be etiquette has become the last true mark of distinction.
An old money code, revived
In established families, nothing goes on the table that doesn’t serve the meal. The phone next to the plate has become the faux pas of our time.
For two: the date night, restored
A table at a legendary restaurant, dinner on the terrace of the house, an evening by the fire in Aspen: create a room for two for the length of dinner, and let the conversation take over.
With friends: contagious elegance
At a dinner party, invite the whole table into a private room. Everyone commits, the phones go quiet together, and the evening finds the rhythm of the great dinners of the past.
The egOxa ritual
A name, a duration, a commitment. A thirty-second countdown, then silence from every screen. Not a constraint—a way of life.
The journal
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