Rest In Peace, Zsa Zsa Gabor, who passed away today at age 99. Here’s a song from a film you starred in – John Huston’s “Moulin Rouge.” The song is not quite as catchy as your sister’s themesong from Green Acres, but considerably more highbrow.
You had more marriages than sister Eva (nine to Eva’s five). If there is a Heaven, I hope They allow you eleven.
Rick Steves’ 12/17/2016 radio show left me in desperate need of a chocolate fix. Our upcoming summer trip to Brussels cannot come soon enough!
“Writers Jane and Michael Stern discuss wintertime comfort food served in America’s roadside restaurants, then food and culture expert Fred Plotkin explores the various kinds of chocolate available across Europe. And listeners share the experiences that made their Christmas vacations in Europe really special — plus we’ll hear how locals get into the Christmas spirit in Prague.”
Chanson Du Jour 12/17/2016: “Moïra Gynt”by Tim Dup
An eight-year-old girl who sent a letter addressed simply to “somewhere in Paris, any house” has received a reply from the Louvre Museum.
Iris Corbett, from West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, wrote the note as she wanted to find out about the French capital.
She asked about about food, the Eiffel Tower and what the city was like after France’s Euro 2016 final loss.
The Louvre responded with answers to all her questions.
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The letter comes in a week when a similarly vaguely-addressed Christmas card found its way to the intended recipient in Suffolk.
Iris got the idea for her letter having seen her brother let go of a balloon and thinking it might end up in China.
Iris’s mother, Helena Tyce, said she was really pleased her daughter’s note received a reply.
She said: “Kids have these fantastic, creative ideas; you follow them through and nothing happens.
“I didn’t expect anything back, I really didn’t, we were so surprised and thrilled.”
The family are now planning “an adventure” on the Eurostar to visit Paris during the next school holidays.
Source: West Bridgford girl’s Paris note gets reply from Louvre – BBC News
Chanson Du Jour 12/16/2016: es Quatre Barbus chantent l’Ouverture du Barbier de Séville 1954
Les Quatre Barbus, founded in 1938 recorded thirty albums including sea chanties, children’s songs, popular songs, bawdy songs and even an album of anarchist songs in 1969.
Among the members was the photographer Pierre Jamet, who sang tenor. Jamet was the son of a butcher, born on rue Mouffetard in Paris in 1910. Jamet’s daughter has written that her father had two passions: singing and photography.
Jamet’s brilliant photographs are featured at the top of the pages of my blog.
Rossini’s Barber of Seville has proven to be one of the greatest masterpieces of comedy within music. Below is a cartoon treatment by Woody Woodpecker.
A court in France is set to rule on whether 20 frogs in the Dordogne region should have their pond filled in. The pond-owners hope the court will overturn the judgment of the regional appeal court, which followed a complaint from their neighbor that the frogs mate too loudly. The case highlights a common clash that occurs when city folk move to the countryside in search of a quiet life.
Listen to these noisy frogs at: Living Planet: French furor over frog romance | All media content | DW.COM | 08.12.2016
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