“The study of tavern history often brings to light much evidence of sad domestic changes. Many a cherished and beautiful home, rich in annals of family prosperity and private hospitality, ended its days as a tavern.” HomeLightBeautifulStudyRichEvidenceProsperityHospitalityTaverns Book:Stage-coach and Tavern Days Source: Stage-coach and Tavern Days
“Visiting is a pleasure; being visited is usually a mixed or ambivalent joy. ... The visitor can always go home; the visitee is already home, trapped like a rat in a drainpipe.” HomeJoyPleasureTrappedRatsHospitalityVisitingVisitorsSociabilityAmbivalent Author:Barbara Holland
“There is nothing wrong with not wanting to be a hospitable person and have groups of people in your home touching your personables.” PeoplePersonsHomeGroupsTouchingHospitality Author:Amy Sedaris
“To entertain at home is both a relief and a rediscovery - of rooms and settings, of your favorite things, and particularly of your own tastes and ideas.” IdeasHomeRoomsTasteSettingSettingsReliefHospitalityFavorites ThingsYour FavoriteRediscovery Book:Entertaining Source: Entertaining
“Never try to make Americans or foreigners feel at home - had they wished to feel at home, they would have remained in their own county.” FeelsTryingHomeHospitalityForeignersCounty Author:Rose Henniker Heaton