Living Artfully Quotes

“To accommodate her hats, the limousine roof was raised five inches over her passenger seat.”
― Estella M. Chung, Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post

“Post kept bound books with typed lists of gifts sent and received ... jeweler Harry Winston sent her a box of cheese”
― Estella M. Chung, Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post

“Other thoughtful year-round gestures to staff included silver picture frames for wedding anniversaries, flowers to ailing spouses, additional checks for medical bills and even a pet dog”
― Estella M. Chung, Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post

“On the morning of a formal dinner, they started marking off 8, 16, 18, or 20 inch spaces using measuring tapes or rulers and placing cards noting the perfectly symmetrical and equidistant locations for the plates, linens, and so forth”
― Estella M. Chung, Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post

“Luggage and guests did not travel together ... in fact, luggage went by a different route, so suitcases could be distributed to guest rooms before they arrived”
― Estella M. Chung, Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post

“Up to four chauffeurs, two secretaries, two personal maids, and a masseur traveled with her to each home”
― Estella M. Chung, Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post

“it was a genuine pleasure to research and write about a woman from whom, as Life magazine correspondent David Zeitlin put it, "there is no letting down”
― Estella M. Chung, Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post