ChrisOct 26, 20183 minBuffing Up The ButlerCan housework help you live longer? A New York Times blog post by Gretchen Reynolds last month cited research linking vigorous activity,...
ChrisJun 14, 20114 minMaking a Modern Butler, A professional reveals his trade secrets for running a very grand householdLike many busy professional women, Dorothy Cann Hamilton, founder of the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan, owns a place in the city...
ChrisMay 2, 20115 minRoyal wedding: what the butler sawTelegraph Expat talks to a former Royal footman, now running a ‘school for butlers’ in New York, to get his opinion on the royal wedding....
ChrisMay 1, 20114 minButler School: In Service of Those Who ServeChristopher Ely is prone to philosophizing about his life's work. "You should be invisible, to a certain point," he explains carefully,...
ChrisApr 28, 20114 minButler Who Served British Royals Opens Manhattan SchoolClasses focus on culinary, laundry and household cleaning essentials. Butler Christopher Ely has done it all: served dinner to the queen...
ChrisMar 29, 20112 minA household fit for a queen: Princess Diana butler launches classes on how to keep a houseA butler who once served the Royal family has started up a course on how to run a household fit for a queen. Christopher Ely will teach...
ChrisMar 28, 20115 minA bed should not be made immediately after one wakes,but rather, left alone, preferably near an open window, to allow the sleeper’s perspiration to evaporate. In Mr. Ely’s Laundry Essentials...
ChrisJan 21, 20114 minAs anyone who has a huge estate knows, it’s hard enough acquiring it, but even harder keeping it up.I’m not talking about estates of the net-worth variety that you’d prefer to keep out of the hands of the I.R.S. and leave to your kids,...