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Comment on Joséphine's Wine Cellar at Malmaison

Catherine Delors — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:06:43 GMT

Richard, Tristan, I am sorry to be a wet blanket, but 200 year old wine might not be very good - except as a collector's item, of course. In fact, if I were to swipe anything there, it might be that beautiful carafe with Josephine's monogram on it. Now they will never let me in...

Comment on Joséphine's Wine Cellar at Malmaison

Tristan Robin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:44:25 GMT

I'm afraid Richard, above, already voiced my immediate reaction!

Sounds like a wonderful time.

Comment on Joséphine's Wine Cellar at Malmaison

Catherine Delors — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:58:09 GMT

Good idea, Richard! But will they let me?

Comment on Joséphine's Wine Cellar at Malmaison

Richard — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:19:39 GMT

Bring a bottle back! Richard

Comment on Marie-Antoinette's Wedding

Yacht Charter Greece — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:47:21 GMT

Good post, but have you thought about Marie-Antoinette's Wedding before?

Comment on The last days of Jane Austen...

Elizabeth — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:56:53 GMT

I wish I lived closer to NY because I would definitely love to see the exhibit! I think Jane Austen would be highly amused at the level of fame she is enjoying currently and the way in which her fans are showing their appreciation for her work. From what remains of her letters and the glimpses of her we get through her writing leads me to believe she had a quirky sense of humor that would allow her to enjoy it immensely. Well, that is what I like to think!

Comment on The last days of Jane Austen...

Tristan Robin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:50:05 GMT

Thanks for this wonderful tour through the exhibit. I'm not going to be able to make it, though I wanted to view it. She is - of course! LOL - one of my absolute favorites. Can a summer pass without reading at least one Austin?!

Now I'm off to follow the links to read more about the exhibit.

Comment on Blog redesign, and a note to email subscribers

Penny Klein — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:33:48 GMT

I like the new design especially if it is going to load faster. And I agree with everything Helena said. I just wish my first attempt to post it here had not been disregarded by your software.

Comment on Blog redesign, and a note to email subscribers

Catherine Delors — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:21:27 GMT

Many thanks! And not only does the layout look better, but it is much faster for me to use. It should also load much faster.

Helena, I too will be sorry to see La Conciergerie go, but we had to reduce the height of the header to a minimum to accommodate 7 posts. You may not see it on the reduced image I posted, but the header and footer will feature the same damask pattern as the blue background. It is very discrete and thus doesn't compete with the post images, as La Conciergerie would have done.

Tristan, I made this birdie with my own hands from an 18th century print! Delighted to hear it meets with your approval.
As for the switch to WordPress, it sounded like a huge hurdle, but the old template had become a straightjacket. I felt I needed more freedom if I wanted to take the blog to the next level. Now I realize I have also have a much better productivity with WordPress.

Comment on Blog redesign, and a note to email subscribers

Tristan Robin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:38:45 GMT

Your new design looks wonderful! - very accessible and attractive. I really like the magazine format. It've very inviting. I wish MY blog server would provide that format!

... and your twitter bird is adorable!