Abbylovi Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Because of some holiday, the subway is very empty today. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lippy Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 I believe it's Mel Gibson Day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hollywood Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 I believe it's Mel Gibson Day. Roll away the stone Don't leave me here alone Resurrect me an' protect me Don't leave me layin' here What will they do in 2000 years? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cabrales Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 In this order today: Blue Hill at Stone Barns this coming Saturday My Dad called me today. He's having a great time on a trip, including in sampling soup dumplings at sidewalk stalls in Shanghai. He's got a private tour at the Shanghai museum's archives lined up. The museum is not bad, when I visited a few years ago. He seems happy; that makes me happy. I asked him whether he lugged some wine to Shanghai; he said it would have been a good idea, in hindsight. He has been drinking beer, which seems to be common in the area, and terrible wine. I happen to believe pairing beer with most things is a mistake. I ask Dad to write down the names of all the places he is visiting, for I plan to return to Shanghai again at some point. A letter from a friend, whom I had invited to share my El Bulli reservation of September 2004. PARIS ROUBAIX -- I'm interested in viewing Western European professional road racing, and today heralds an important race. Museew, a three-time former champion, is to retire this year -- he's a major Belgian cylist. I'm rooting for G Hincapie -- as he has been in good form and has finished fourth twice! (I also happen to root in general for USPS, although I was very sad to see R Heras leave for Liberty-Seguros). Cobblestones! I've been compiling reviews from the H-B website, R Parker's Bordeaux and Wine Buying Guide, Clive Coates, and Asa Briggs' book on that wine, on Haut-Brions I'm going to sample I can't wait. I got my Riedel carrying case for glasses in the mail today. This was free from Amazon with the purchase of 6 Vinum Bordeaux glasses, which, although not as fragile-seeming as the Sommelier, are nice. I also got some Latour Haut-Brion wines I ordered today. It will be the first time I have sampled this HB affiliate (not affiliated with Latour). The case should be a graphite grey, but the version I received was black. Imperfect, but not a problem. This carries 4 glasses, potentially, although I'm not sure my Sommelier Burgundy glasses fit readily. I recently secured an old Guy Savoy cookbook, in English. It's called Vegetable Magic and is dated 1986. It's a paperback, and has some interesting veggie presentations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slapsie Maxie Posted April 11, 2004 Author Share Posted April 11, 2004 watching my mum open her Christmas presents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
g.johnson Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 A moderator writes: oops, I accidentally wrote over g.j's message, and it was so jolly too. I shouldn't be allowed near these controls. Apologies. Feel free to repeat. Wasn't that jolly. Just puffing my pedagogical wit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Adam Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 Feet jokes? Nah, these I can live without. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dilettantepicure Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 Handing me his line-filled etcha-sketch, my little boy said, "Here's your Yew Nork Kitty, Mom" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slapsie Maxie Posted April 12, 2004 Author Share Posted April 12, 2004 Broadband and wireless It's a whole new world out there You really don't want to know where I am sitting as I type this S Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Adam Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Broadband and wireless It's a whole new world out there You really don't want to know where I am sitting as I type this S Don't care as long as you don't get broadband, wireless and webcam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vanessa Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Pottery. I was brought up on good pottery - a passion of my father's. My parents even met through a mutual potter/musician friend. My father has tons of great stuff gathering dust in his house, but somehow I never think about it. Today, on one of my usual, rather painful visits, he suddenly made me retrieve a large plastic container from the pantry that turned out to contain a treasure trove of tiny pottery items. And told me to take them if I so wished. By golly did I wish! So, with a little Internet research and peering at the marks, I identified two little David Leach pot-bellied vases - or perhaps you could call them 'bottles' very similar to this and this. One of these vases was used for burning incense on the livingroom mantel over the wood fire ever since I can remember. Then some gorgeous Harry Davis stuff from Crowan Pottery. My father has been eating off his plates for nigh on 45 years and I concur with his assessment that this was one of the greatest potters ever - nobody combined his technical skill and practicality. Yet not very known at all, partly because he decamped to NZ mid-career. This provides an idea of his style in part, although it is not all so decorative. My acquisition includes 6 tiny cups like egg cups, but perhaps smaller, and 6 tiny flattish dishes. A friend of my father's who worked with Harry, probably in the '50s, thought they might be saccharine dishes - in post war Britain sugar was scarce. Finally, 6 relatively less interesting, egg-cup-like pieces, cylindrical with a simply decorated dark glaze. The mark looks like an 'f' and makes me wonder if they are the early work of a British potter called Ray Finch. The test of good pottery is in the handling, and these feel inferior - a bit weighty and clumsy for their size. OK, this all probably bored the pants off you. Sorry. v Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lippy Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 OK, this all probably bored the pants off you. Sorry. v No way! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vanessa Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Forgot: I got so carried away researching Crowan Pottery on Google that I found a jug for sale on e-bay. I'd only ever used e-bay once before, for work purposes when I purchased a work-related print a few weeks ago. So this evening I was registering and placing a bid for the jug that is going ridiculously cheap so far I think I'm going to become a Crowan Pottery collector. So B'dog - keep an eye out at any carboot sales in your neck of the woods, please! v Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lippy Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Call from the store telling me that my bookcases will be delivered on Monday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vanessa Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 A perfect day - the best of the year so far and probably of the year to come as well. Sunshine, warm, leaves coming out, blossom everywhere, barely a breeze, and, par hazard, I'm at home. Bliss. v Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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