“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
Been there. Done this. Walked from the Louvre to Arc de Triomphe/Champs-Élysées. And because we had such a hard time driving into Paris (because all flights had been cancelled. Something to do with an Icelandic Volcano) we were smart enough to ask for the quickest route out. Via l’Étoile aka STAR. Yay. Not yay. I […]
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The Flying Chair Jean-Jacques Renouard, Count of Villayer (1605-1691), is reported to have invented this mechanism. He perfected this system in Paris and, thanks to his ties with the House of Condé, installed it at Chantilly and at Versailles, in the prince’s own mansion. Saint-Simon comments on the invention of these flying chairs, “which by […]
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Getting up at 4am to drive someone to work does strange things with one’s mind. I’ve always liked Bros of Decay but this one is slightly jarring. Too many things are “off” – as in – they make no sense. Absolute Truth – my home collects more dust and spiders and such-like in ONE WEEK […]
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I’m inundated with onions. Enter our fave soup. The worst part is cutting the onions. I cry and SNEEZE. Lots :o) P.S. The best way to serve this is in a small cottage loaf.
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There are a VERY few people that I Truly Envy. In the true meaning of the word ENVY : a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck. Maybe just two. This feeling has nothing to do with jealousy or hatred or anything negative. It’s more of a wistful […]
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Apparently, the Old Testament book of the Prophet Micah is the most ancient of the prophecies of Michael Nostradamus that have come down to us. Other books attributed to Nostradamus today are most likely written or edited later, in the 17th and 18th centuries. And attributed to the prophet Micah retroactively. Not my words. Micah. Michel. Mothman. […]
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O Giddy Aunt. This is my favourite love to hate story. If you read the original by Dumas or the multiple “mystery solved” books or even watch the film below ….. ….No. I retract watch the film below. Apart from watching the brilliant comedies of Irons, Malkovich, Depardieu, Byrne and Hugh Laurie, this film is […]
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Been there. Done that. Several times. And I’m NOT trying to make myself out to be something special. A few of our employees and some of our clients (AirFrance) were based in France and Paris was just a 10 hour drive away for us. Anyhoo. Who wrote For Whom The Bell Tolls? The waiters/bartenders were […]
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MY fave restaurant in Paris. Right round the corner and about a minutes walk from the Place Vendôme, Been there several times. When you treat them with courtesy and respect, the waiters are wonderful. One night the place was full, so me and my partner-in-crime sat outside at a table on the pavement. Being chatted […]
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…Much as I love you. Please……Puhleasies…stopping playing French men in movies. Especially Charles VII who betrayed Jehanne d’Arc. Or Johnny English’s arch enemy? Please? P.S. A THREEFER. Natalie Imbruglia (Johnny English’s Saviour) – TORN? I LOVELOVELOVE this song. As if y’all didn’t guess :o)
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I first came across this proverb about Sejanus whilst researching the 17th century. The name was applied to both the Duke of Buckingham and Cardinal Mazarin to denote Extremely Powerful Men who obtained their fame and fortune through dubious means. There seems to be some confusion over the name though. Does it refer to the […]
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I started watching this TV prog from the very beginning. Side Note : Cross my heart. I SWEAR, when we lived in Ulster I used to watch a programme hosted by Dick Strawbridge (long before this) where he was doing DIY. It seems to’ve been scratched from his history. Or I could be wrong. But…BUT…THAT […]
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