Q. How does one discreetly establish status when outside home
territory and moving in a new milieu? I am going to stay in the south of France with some very new friends who are both famous and mega-rich but who have never been to stay with me. While I admit to being slightly star-struck by them I would like them to realise that I too live in a beautiful house and am already very wellconnected in my own right. I just want to set a level playing field but without having to resort to name-dropping. I would not wish to be patronised.
Name withheld, Dorset A. Load up your digital camera with a selection of prize establishing shots to show you in your most glamorous light. If necessary re-photograph from your own albums. Early on in the holiday ask one of your hosts to take a picture of you with your camera. Hardly anyone can resist the temptation to flick back to the stored images already in someone else’s digital camera and you will find that a discussion on the camera’s efficiency will ensue, preceding a request to view the images.
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