Accepted dubious offers can be redirected for family benefit

Evidence

Since I have family on the East Coast, I accepted his offer and cashed in the first class seat for two coach tickets so that my nine year old daughter, Viva and I could visit our friends and family in Jersey and Manhattan. Since the ticket was already mine, I didn’t even have to show up for the lunch date, but I was curious and kept my word. I had never been to The 21 Club, the once Prohibition-era speakeasy, and I was impressed with the décor of red and white tablecloths and toys hanging from the ceiling and there was still a lunchtime dress code: men had to wear jackets and neckties and no sneakers or jeans were allowed. It’s a good thing I wore a dress and boots that day. — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs, 35

Categorization

• CANDY: The 21 Club still enforced jacket-and-tie dress codes at lunch — a fun century-divided fact when the place dates to Prohibition speakeasy days.