Anonymous
Post 06/30/2014 19:58     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Single Malt Scotch Whisky like Highland Park 18 year (about $100/bottle) or a 10 year-old scotch like Balvenie Doublewood ($50) or Oban ($50) or Macallan. Go to Calvert-Woodley they'll have some great suggestions.



If anyone brought this as a gift for me it would sit in a corner and collect dust. Don't assume that others drink or want hard booze.


If this family is a super fancy WASP family it would be welcome. Seems like you are making assumptions yourself. It would be a good addition to the bar of any wealthy family to offer other guests if nothing else.
Anonymous
Post 06/29/2014 03:11     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
Anonymous wrote:I have a beach house in New England, and I agree with the nice towels or hand towels suggestion.

Once, my DH and I were invited to visit someone's mountain home. We brought wine, but we noticed while there that the owner had a collection of oil lamps, not grouped together but spread around the rooms. So after we left, we sought out an antique oil lamp, which we sent with a note about how much we had appreciated the hospitality. The owner loved it and said that no one else had eve noticed that collection. So something like that, where you really pay attention to the owner's tastes, can also work.


The antique oil lamps were a nice idea. I have found that collectibles, in general, are tricky to gift. For an long-time collector, it is the hunt for a particular item that brings the collector the most enjoyment. Being given a random piece--not so much.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2014 21:09     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
I have a beach house in New England, and I agree with the nice towels or hand towels suggestion.

Once, my DH and I were invited to visit someone's mountain home. We brought wine, but we noticed while there that the owner had a collection of oil lamps, not grouped together but spread around the rooms. So after we left, we sought out an antique oil lamp, which we sent with a note about how much we had appreciated the hospitality. The owner loved it and said that no one else had eve noticed that collection. So something like that, where you really pay attention to the owner's tastes, can also work.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2014 19:57     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine from law school invited me to her family's Nantucket summer home for a weekend three weeks from now. She's a New England WASP and her family has lots of old money. I'm from a very un-fancy middle-class background and I'm not sure what to bring as a gift. Usually when I'm called for dinner I bring a bottle of wine, but I don't know what WASPs bring when they visit each other for the weekend? Should I bring anything at all? I want to take something, to show that I have manners.

I was thinking of taking a very high-end rye or bourbon, perhaps. Any suggestions? What is appropriate?


Take them to dinner. We aren't rich but rent a house in MV yearly. When we invite friends over, I would appreciate being taken out for breakfast, lunch or dinner.


+1 or order dinner in. Doesn't have to be fancy. Just something that takes a little bit of the load off.


Arrange a lobster and clam bake. Places will bring it to you with corn etc. Lobster is relatively inexpensive there and oh so fresh and yummy.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2014 18:22     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine from law school invited me to her family's Nantucket summer home for a weekend three weeks from now. She's a New England WASP and her family has lots of old money. I'm from a very un-fancy middle-class background and I'm not sure what to bring as a gift. Usually when I'm called for dinner I bring a bottle of wine, but I don't know what WASPs bring when they visit each other for the weekend? Should I bring anything at all? I want to take something, to show that I have manners.

I was thinking of taking a very high-end rye or bourbon, perhaps. Any suggestions? What is appropriate?


Take them to dinner. We aren't rich but rent a house in MV yearly. When we invite friends over, I would appreciate being taken out for breakfast, lunch or dinner.


+1 or order dinner in. Doesn't have to be fancy. Just something that takes a little bit of the load off.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2014 18:20     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
If you are near Potomac go to the gift shop Occasions in Cabin John mall. I would do a nice set of embroidered hand towels. Maybe with a nice candle or a nice mix of chocolates from a good chocolate shop. When we spend weekends with other families I usually spend about $100... Don't know if this is the range you were thinking. Have a great trip!
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2014 16:44     Subject: Re:Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
Bouquet of flowers
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2014 14:03     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
Champagne!
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2014 11:00     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine from law school invited me to her family's Nantucket summer home for a weekend three weeks from now. She's a New England WASP and her family has lots of old money. I'm from a very un-fancy middle-class background and I'm not sure what to bring as a gift. Usually when I'm called for dinner I bring a bottle of wine, but I don't know what WASPs bring when they visit each other for the weekend? Should I bring anything at all? I want to take something, to show that I have manners.

I was thinking of taking a very high-end rye or bourbon, perhaps. Any suggestions? What is appropriate?


Take them to dinner. We aren't rich but rent a house in MV yearly. When we invite friends over, I would appreciate being taken out for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2014 10:58     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
Anonymous wrote:Single Malt Scotch Whisky like Highland Park 18 year (about $100/bottle) or a 10 year-old scotch like Balvenie Doublewood ($50) or Oban ($50) or Macallan. Go to Calvert-Woodley they'll have some great suggestions.



If anyone brought this as a gift for me it would sit in a corner and collect dust. Don't assume that others drink or want hard booze.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2014 10:56     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Maccarons.


Not sure I would go for that - it's so humid up here they would get soggy quite quickly. I had some soggy macarons at Central recently and they were not very good.


Non wasp here. Humidity is low in Nantucket and Matha's Vineyard. Stop making up stuff.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2014 22:11     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
I'm a WASP with a beach home, though not super rich a la Nantucket-class! Often guests bring wine to the beach house, however I'd really prefer something that I could use at the beach. For example, really nice plush beach towels, or adorable guest towels with a beachy or local theme would be nice, or as others suggested, a gift basket from a terrific local shop. Have fun! Don't worry too much about the gift. You must be a very dear friend or you wouldn't have been invited. So whatever you choose to do will be appreciated by your friend.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2014 21:30     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
Single Malt Scotch Whisky like Highland Park 18 year (about $100/bottle) or a 10 year-old scotch like Balvenie Doublewood ($50) or Oban ($50) or Macallan. Go to Calvert-Woodley they'll have some great suggestions.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 19:51     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
Midori. LOL! I can't convince my cousin that is isn't the classiest thing for a hostess gift. She must buy it by the case because it appears on the table at every food related event we attend together.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 19:43     Subject: Dinner gift for super fancy WASP family
what about blue label Johnny Walker? or Black label, not as fancy.