An indefatigable hostess, Mum drew out my father's gracious Southern side when they entertained.
In the evening, President Obama gave an incredibly gracious speech, praising both sides equally, even the side driving that car towards the cliff.
In nearby Málaga, the city's grandest boulevard is named after him, because he built the gracious apartments on either side as housing for the English and Scottish technicians who kept the machinery running.
As for Hillary Clinton, Trump's biggest opponent, Baldwin said he hopes that if she wins, her side is "gracious". .
Holders of V.I.P. tickets were treated to a four-course gourmet luncheon prepared by Good Gracious catering on one side of the field, while other spectators lounged on blankets and nibbled on fare from a variety of Los Angeles food trucks.
And both sides were gracious not just after the match but in the middle of it: at one point a French player bent down and helped up an American who had fallen; at another it was the American who extended her hand to the enemy.
On one side, there are gracious officers' homes with porches.
The question then was how could individuals be sure that God would reveal his gracious, and not his wrathful, side?
The casinos also made for an incongruity to the drive along Highway 90, with gracious homes on the north side of the road and the likes of mammoth faux pirate ships parked to the south.
It predates by decades the surrounding brownstones, and with its gracious front porch and spacious side yard and backyard, it's about as close as Brooklyn gets to a pastoral idyll.
