Saturday, November 13, 2010

The Rich Still Love a Good Game Party

by Jamie Johnson from Vanity Fair.

The author does us a great service by keeping us in touch with our fellow Americans. I'm sure we have much in common with them. So, let's take a peek into their lives today to see what they are up to.
At about this time each year, invitations begin to arrive in upper-class inboxes for what is perhaps the most enduring of all elite social traditions: the seasonal game dinner. In elegant town houses and on sprawling estates alike, grandees are hosting feasts to celebrate the long-standing relationship between the aristocracy and open land.