CHARM SCHOOL HELPFUL HINT FROM THE DESK OF MINXY POPPINS, CHARM SCHOOL FOUNDER AND HEADMISTRESS Here is a British tradition instilled in me since I was a Lil Minx. When you are finished eating, you place your knife and fork together, with the knife blade facing the fork. This is a non verbal signal that you are done, and the plate can be cleared. I hope to start a craze to sweep the Country,  have wait staff thanking me with free drinks...  Read More »

CHARM SCHOOL BULLETIN FROM THE DESK OF MINXY POPPINS MINX’S CHARM SCHOOL HEADMISTRESS AND FOUNDER. The humiliation of men continues…. I spotted men being dragged shopping, then made to carry purses ! Please don’t make your male companion carry any kind of purse or handbag, even if it is designer. It makes them look like a wee wee pad ( code term for walked all over ) Leave the men at home, and carry your own purse....  Read More »

Minx’s Charm School Bulletin If there is one thing Minxy detests is FLAKES ! FLAKE is not a word in the British dictionary, and Minx has never been called a FLAKE. I know we are all guilty of flaking to some degree. But some people take it to a whole new level. One where they think that you are psychic. Example – that them not answering their phone = not going. Case and point. I sat in my party dress recently, only to get...  Read More »

CHARM SCHOOL 101 – YOU MUST HAVE MASTERED THIS SOCIAL SKILL BEFORE BEING ADMITTED TO CHARM SCHOOL. Having a Posh British Mom/Mum, manners and etiquette have be instilled in me, since I was a mini-Minx saying “please may I leave the table” … It never ceases to amaze me how many people out there don’t say “PLEASE OR THANK YOU” ?!?  Read More »  Read More →

THE AWARD FOR THE BEST ETIQUETTE 2008 GOES TO FONSWORTH BENTLEY.   If there is one thing I LOVE is a man with good manners. Some of you may know Fonzworth Bentley as the former umbrella toting Butler of P Diddy/Puff Daddy/Sean Combs/stop changing you name already, pictured walking the beaches of the Worlds chic destinations such as St Tropez, the Hamptons, you feel me, right ? I always loved his flamboyant style, kind of like dapper English...  Read More »

I am 1/2 British, so you had better mind you manners, or I will spank you bottom.  Read More →