And along with drinking copious amounts of rosé and pretending not to look at the topless women scampering along the beaches of the cote d' Azur (which may put some of the less gracious in mind of ogling a variety of speckled meats swaying in a delicatessen window) it's also an occasion to observe the country of my birth from an edifying distance.
For decades, Mr. Foy was a quiet if supremely capable avatar of the city's gracious, aesthetically minded, boldface-named social milieu, a latter-day Gilded Age that flourished in New York in the years before the Stonewall uprising and for some time after, of which Truman Capote was perhaps the best-known embodiment.
Their many wise words and gracious actions encircle my mind on a daily basis.
It is the action of remembrance for something greater, the gracious gratitude for having a mind to question reality and the gift of conscious awareness to make the journey ever sweeter-with you, your significant relationship and all the greatness you bring everywhere, for "How Long, to sing this song?" Happy New Year.
When your friends and family have a great time at your home and thank you for being a gracious host, you won't even mind cleaning up afterwards.
Another great 18th-century hymnwriter was Philip Doddridge, and he might prophetically have had Mrs T in mind when he wrote My Gracious Lord, I Own thy Right.
Attenborough said: "Natasha was a beautiful human in every conceivable way; gracious of manner, witty and sharp of mind, sunny in disposition and stunning in appearance.
Gracious Evans Chris Evans said he wouldn't have minded had he not won, but when he won two he was delighted.
We honor her accomplishments on our behalf and will always remember Carley's brilliant mind, wonderful sense of humor and gracious spirit.
Ms. Futral is the most gracious of magnolias, with just enough steel in mind, will and spirit to have propelled her to the top of her profession and kept her there for some two decades.
