My vote is the grande dame of Nantucket, Nina Chandler Murray, who comes from an old family and misses the days when blue-bloodedness and calculated understatedness, not hard work and intelligence, were what that island was all about. In Bobos in Paradise, David Brooks talks about the transition of the NYT Vows page from WASP to just plain wealthy, and sees progress. Frankly, so do I, and Murray's nostalgia for the "genteel" days, when ostentatiousness wasn't needed because blood was all that mattered... who needs that?
Sunday, June 05, 2005
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dear phoebe,
since you are a fan of both france and the jews, you may find this interesting. or you may have already read it linked from gawker. but hopefully you are out enjoying the day while i slave away in the reg.
lauren
http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/Silence_on_French_Court_Ruling.asp
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