My Unlikely Path to Etiquette Expert

Hi. I'm Julie Rottenberg, Real Simple's Modern Manners columnist and now, to my amazement, blogger. You can check out my etiquette column in the magazine, which covers questions ranging from the logistical to the embarrassing, the mundane to the bizarre. As I've learned, no matter how seemingly innocuous the question, finding the "right" solution brings out people's most primal, emotional selves. In fact, I've gotten such passionate responses to my column, I've decided to start a blog so I...