Curtain call Faust ROH 01/10/2011

Secrets of the Manor House - Part 1/4

FALL FOR PAURIC SWEENEY

American Psycho - Intro Scene

Daily Routine

I live in the American Gardens Building on W. 81st Street on the 11th floor. My name is Patrick Bateman. I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho

Politicieni de altadata : P. P. Carp

Un exemplu de ţinută : Petre P. Carp, prim-ministru şi ministru de Finanţe, a redus tarifele vamale excesiv de protecţioniste, a primit vizita lui von Bűlow, ministrul Germaniei la Bucureşti, care a făcut o introducere spre a pregăti terenul în vederea expunerii obiectului vizitei, cu o serie de consideraţii de economie politică, invocând autoritatea lui Friedrich List şi cu observaţii privind avantagiile unui regim vamal protecţionist, precum şi eroarea de a reduce tarifele vamale atunci când o ţară, cum era România, avea o industrie abia înmugurită. Petre Carp şi-a fixat monoclul şi a întrebat tăios : „Nu crede Excelenţa voastră că depăşeşte misiunea pentru care este acreditat în România, dând lecţii unui ministru român cum să privegheze interesele româneşti ?”
Von Bűlow, intimidat - şi era unul din cei mai străluciţi diplomaţi – a bâlbâit : „Vedeţi, Domnule prim-ministru, capitalurile germane investite în România suferă consecinţele”. Răspunsul lui Petre Carp a venit nemilos . „Cu aceasta trebuia să înceapă Excelenţa voastră. Audienţa e terminată”. Şi Petre Carp a fost şi-a rămas până la sfârşitul Vieţii partizan al alianţei cu Germania, singura politică – în concepţia lui – impusă poporului român de situaţia lui geografică.

Pamfil Şeicaru, Scrieri din exil: II : Portrete politice, Bucureşti, 2002, p. 63-64.

Toamna / Fall

De citit neaparat (8)- Nancy Mitford

GORE VIDAL

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn.
Gore Vidal

photo : ISTANCOOL

Marie Antoinette: "I Want Candy"

Debutantes

Zile si nopti - martie

Afternoon Tea at Chatsworth

Manhattan Apartment - Nina Griscom

Sursa : Architectural Digest - Feb. 2012

Wish list

André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) Bureau plat, 1715 Marqueterie Boulle - 198 x 93 cm Jean-Baptiste Limonne Table de bibliothèque, 1786 Acajou, bronze doré - 390 x 185 cm

Zile si nopti - februarie

Downton Abbey

Mda, cina la Chatsworth

I wish to be Queen 's guest

Each couple arrives between six and seven o’clock, to be greeted by an equerry and lady-in-waiting and escorted to their suite in the Lancaster, York, or King Edward III tower. The customary accommodation includes two large bedrooms and bathrooms, a ladies’ dressing room and commodious sitting room furnished with desks equipped with writing paper and pens, tables laden with mineral water, decanters of whisky, sherry, and gin, cornucopias of fruit, bowls of peppermint candies, jars of biscuits, and vases of fresh flowers. ... She assigns a footman and housemaid to serve as each guest’s valet or ladies’ maid Their job is to unpack the suitcases, fold underwear in gauzy organza bags, line up cosmetics and perfume bottles in perfect order, whisk away clothing for washing and ironing (“better than any dry cleaner in London,” said the wife of a Commonwealth diplomat), draw the bath at the guest’s requested temperature, drape a large a towel over a nearby chair, lay out clothes, and before departure time repack everything with tissue paper. Sally Bedell Smith "Elizabeth the Queen; The Life of a Modern Monarch ".

Chatsworth in Winter

De citit neaparat (7): Christine Gräfin von Brühl

Blithe Spirit

Nostalgie