Everything in this article was pretty spot on except two things: A bocce set is actually a great example of something being pretentious, and evelyn and olive is just not the gem that people want to make it out to be. How many times can one visit a restaurant and have the food be just 'okay'.
Re: “Simplified, Exemplified”
Most if not all the CK's took cards, it's just that you had to pay a fee for it.