Sophisticate Gifts

"Every few years, a book comes along that’s so ahead of its time, so hauntingly beautiful, I’ll buy it and put it on my bookshelf."

"Your food didn't melt, young man... this is the soup course."

Wine Lady

"I feel I've outgrown this facility, Mrs. Thompson. Could we see what else is around?"

Bryan Ferry

"I detect a subtle bouquet of money."

"If I had known how adult her place was I would have brought nicer beer."

"As you can see from the books behind me, I pretend to read a lot of books."

"I think glamour is fine until it slips over into glitz."

Culinary Culture.

"I detect an accent – money?"

'Red or white wine with fish?' 'They're dead. They don't care.'

"Have we looked as though we know what it is, for long enough yet?"

Cocktails and Peacocks

'Just because I'm a doctor without borders doesn't mean I venture into menus without prices.'

'What part of 'nature' do you not get?'

Rape of the Lock- The Barge

A Louis Auchincloss-Type Law firm

Expert examining painting: "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid it's a fake."

'There's nothing wrong with being highbrow.'

'this sommelier is an insufferable snob! - I'm looking for a wine that screams 'discreet discernment'.'

"We were into things, but now we're into experiences."

"Their cave paintings are all landscapes and still lifes. That tells you all you need to know."

Vincenzo Bellini

'You're suppposed to put me on a pedestal!'

"He's so posh...!"

'This bedtime story is brought to you by your good friends at the toy shop.'

If you do not understand this, then you cannot be rich enough.

“But I’m one of the cool ones!”

The tentative professor in Ireland - Marjorie is stumped by the variety of shillelagh

Man with Watch as Eye-patch

'Come on in. The water's refined.'

"Oh I say...very swish"

For the cultured mouse trap

'They're nice, but do you really expect me to drink my imported Merlot from domestic Merlot glasses?'