My main takeaway from a tour

EmmaZahn — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:36:48 +0000

My main takeaway from a tour of the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC was that the fireplace in the library is larger than the servant rooms in the basement. How anyone could build a house like that for themselves and not build decent above ground housing for the people they depended to maintain that lifestyle still baffles me.

I enjoyed listening to the link about domestic service past so I thought I would share one about domestic service present.

Domestic Estate Managers Association

and here's a write up about them in Forbes

Modern-Day Downton Abbey: Inside The Super-Secret World Of Estate Management - Forbes

Experienced estate managers typically fetch six-figure salaries in return for a

substantial skill set that spans everything from knowledge of fine food and

wine to an understanding of art and architecture to skills in household

accounting, personnel management, first aid, computers, high-tech security

and HVAC systems.

The upstairs servants were and still are the D's in the strange D/s world of service. And now they have their own guild.

I learned a lot more than I

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:21:01 +0000

In reply to Life Below Stairs

I learned a lot more than I expected to want to know about the social workings of the Victorian and Edwardian era. Now I look forward to watching the series.
Another excellent interview is with George Packer and about his book, The Unwinding.

http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/inner-history-new-america-1

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My main takeaway from a tour

I learned a lot more than I