Miss Manners: Condensation conundrum: how to sip without making a mess

Miss Manners: My cocktail is sweating all over me at a restaurant

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Can you please advise me on how to politely deal with heavy condensation dripping from water glasses, wine goblets, cocktail glasses, etc., at outdoor restaurants when coasters are not provided?

Miss Manners: How does one politely deal with condensation dripping from glasses?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Can you please advise me on how to politely deal with heavy condensation dripping from water glasses, wine goblets, cocktail glasses, etc., at outdoor restaurants when coasters are not provided?

Miss Manners: Condensation conundrum: how to sip without making a mess

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Can you please advise me on how to politely deal with heavy condensation dripping from water glasses, wine goblets, cocktail glasses, etc., at outdoor restaurants when coasters are not provided? Does one hold one’s napkin under the goblet while sipping? Let it drip to the floor before drinking? Drip on your attire? Or (shudder) decant the julep into a portable container? Nothing seems correct.