Comments on: Tis the season to be girly

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:08:35 +0000

I’m a manly man (check out my beard!) and I enjoyed stopping in Bon Marche while in Paris with my wife (who’s pregnant now, as if you needed more evidence of my manliness). Thanks for the trip down memory lane. On the issue of the MMR-Autism debate and the crisis in the UK, I’ve blogged the daylights out of the issue over at my place.

By: ahem

ahem — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:56:27 +0000

I’ve a lot less time for her after hearing via Ophelia of Nigella’s contribution to the MMR debate I started having less time for her when I heard that she was shtupping Charles Saatchi even before John Diamond had shuffled off. (With his blessing, apparently, but still.) And cooking at No. 10 for Dubya sealed it.

By: Jane Finch

Jane Finch — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:40:26 +0000

I’m deep pink….that’s close enough, no? Well maybe not for Bon Marché…one of my fondest memories of Paris was walking into the accessories department and discovering that handbags came in 5 or 6 different shades of pink…and then there were the other 328947 colours. Fab.

By: agitpropre

agitpropre — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:31:39 +0000

Ted Barlow – add Ludwig von Beethoven to the birthday list.

By: Ted Barlow

Ted Barlow — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:18:21 +0000

Today is Jane Austen’s birthday? It’s also my fiancee’s birthday. It’s also my co-worker’s wife’s birthday. It’s also Atrios’s wife’s birthday. No joke. This means something.

By: laura

laura — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:34:38 +0000

I did that color quiz. I’m extremely unsaturated apparently. I wish my cholesterol levels reflected that.

By: Chris Bertram

Chris Bertram — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:04:19 +0000

Thanks Maria, I needed cheering up! (On Nigella: when she dyed her hair a rather awful shade of blonde, a colleague sent me an email with the subject line “custard tart”.)

By: Ophelia Benson

Ophelia Benson — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:45:11 +0000

“Perhaps, as retaliation, those of us who know nothing about cooking should wax outraged about how the tv chef business is driven by uncaring, orthodox, control freaks who are in hock to Sainsburys and don’t care a damn if our children get, um, fat?” I’ve been daydreaming of a lot of items along these lines. The world is so full of rich possibilities for tv movies featuring feisty single mothers taking on brutal establishments, isn’t it? Why, it may even be infinite. “Socks! Wool-cotton blend socks! He was fine, then I bought him this pair of socks – and now look at him! Something happened to him!” Heartless sock-manufacturers slink away in shame as tv audience cheers. “Squashed-fly biscuits! She was reading Heidegger – in German, mind you – then I gave her a squashed-fly biscuit for tea – only one! – and within seconds she started dribbling and now she can barely read Alain de Botton. Something happened to her!” Heartless squashed flies drag themselves away in shame while tv audience munches on ginger creams.

By: John isbell

John isbell — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:39:14 +0000

Lovely girly post. I for my part am a girly man. I had a dear friend who lived around the back of the Bon Marche, Simone, who recently died. it’s where I used to stay. I’ve always liked that pretty much the most expensive department store in Paris has a name meaning “The Cheap Place.” It’s like New College, Oxford.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:36:49 +0000

Pure serendipity! I had no idea today was Jane Austen’s birthday (poor thing, she must have endured a lifetime of all in one christmas and birthday presents.) Extra cause for celebration then. Cheers Kieran & Laurie. Throw another shrimp on the barbie for me. Daniel – you must be thinking of her infamous recipe for ham and coke. Surely coke’s not kosher?

By: dsquared

dsquared — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:21:19 +0000

I didn’t know Nigella was orthodox; I could have sworn I’d seen a recipe for bacon or pork or something.

By: a Canadian

a Canadian — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:17:53 +0000

Perhaps, as retaliation, those of us who know nothing about cooking should wax outraged about how the tv chef business is driven by uncaring, orthodox, control freaks who are in hock to Sainsburys and don’t care a damn if our children get, um, fat? Thanks for that great start to my day. Too funny. And the Persuasion is an apt refrence on this, Jane Austen’s birthday. Did you know or was it simply serendipitous?

By: Kieran Healy

Kieran Healy — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:33:49 +0000

You're invited to our house for next Christmas. Laurie was sold once you mentioned Persuasion. Just be sure to bring the mince pies.