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France versus Germany versus Italy
"En France, on étudie les hommes, en Allemagne, les livres."
-- Madame de STAËL, De l'Allemagne, chap. 13
I've always been attracted to French culture, much more so than to Italian, for instance. The same goes for the food. A statement which had some Italians I've known burst out in anger, LOL. So funny how they get so worked up over their food, even ( Read more... ) -
Venetian Pink
I came across this cute pink palace and just had to make a post. I wonder who lives there. It makes me want to write some fiction.
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Tricky Worldliness
Freemasons, Malay{sian} food, Angeleno bakeries, Existentialism, Chicago winds, bahing sheep, red poppies, blooming deserts, conspiracy theories, Debussy & dead Russians, Mexican textiles, Tiersen compositions, fighting Pepsi Max, more French film, Hitchcock classics, saffron yellow, fellow expats, Red versus Blue, virgins with tans, watchful eyes ( Read more... ) -
Strange Fruit
Tagging is off at the recipe community which is pretty annoying? I've tagged every single entry since I started the collection but it only shows up in half of the entries anymore - a problem I didn't have until recently. Do I have to *work* here too now to find the error? No thanks, LOL ( Read more... ) -
All about BLUE
It's no secret that I like BLUE! =) This is a little collection of statements I've seen here and there about the color. It may seem lame to ask this but I do think people's favorite colors do say a lot about them. If I had to pick 5 colors to surround myself with for the rest of my life, it'd be shades of blue, red, black, white and purple. How ( Read more... ) -
Not such a good one would be an understatement
LOL! What a day it's been already and it's only 10:30. Best for everyone to stay out of my way now.
*hums "... and you must remember... there'll be days like this"
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Culture
"In Europe we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also a great giver of happiness and well being and delight. Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary."
-- Ernest Hemingway, "A Movable Feast
I do miss this attitude.
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A Lesson in Everything
I came to play on LJ and the intrawebs today and none of it will be business-related. That's right, I'm giving myself the day off and letting staff do all the work. I do think I deserve it. Apart from being at the height of business with new projects, I've been travelling for it again as well. I still like staying at hotels and acting like I'm all ( Read more... ) -
Update in Rot-Weiß
„Ich hätte oftmals Gelegenheit gehabt, nach Amerika zu gehen. Ich habe es nicht getan, weil das Schönste an der amerikanischen Fahne die rotweißroten Streifen sind.“ - - Falco in der Dokumentation ‚‚Hoch wie nie‘‘
More bad news in the Shar Camp, aber wir sind zuversichtlich. Was kann man auch anderes tun? Ansonsten nicht viel zu berichten. Ich hab ( Read more... )