Dear Readers,

EGL here… I wanted to let everyone know that I have a beautiful baby girl named Claudia who was born last February 18. Unfortunately, though (as I'm sure anyone else with kids can confirm!) taking care of her in addition to holding down a full-time Real Job takes up virtually all of my time. I'm still hoping to resume the weekly Q&A one day, but I hope you'll understand that I need to take a break from this for now. If you'd like to be informed when the Q&A returns, please e-mail .

To anyone who has arrived at this page for the first time and is looking for Etiquette Advice: this site has Extensive Archives and a Search Function, and if your question is about a common subject like weddings, showers, etc., it's worth a search to see if it's been covered already. I would be remiss if I didn't refer you to Things You Need to Be Told and More Things You Need to Be Told, the EGs' books. They're available on Amazon.com and in bookstores; if you want to get more information, including the tables of contents, it's available here.

Again, I apologize. Thank you so much for visiting EGs.com and for your understanding!

Sincerely yours,
Lesley

P.S. Several people have asked for a picture...

Claudia thinks her swim raft is yummy.