The week of Thanksgiving, as I asked my waiter at Knight & Day Diner for my check, he informed me my dinner bill already had been paid. What a pleasant surprise! Thank you very much to the person ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A pair of neighbors hosted my wife and me for an impromptu dinner, to which we contributed a nice salad. The food was fine, the apartment lovely. We have sent them a thank-you note.