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3895. wonkers2 - 11/1/2006 3:06:03 PM Ha! I've actually been to Frankenmuth. It beats the hell out of Germany or Switzerland. 3896. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/1/2006 3:53:39 PM 3897. PelleNilsson - 11/1/2006 8:26:56 PM It beats the hell out of Germany or Switzerland.
So the copy is better than the original? A very American thought, I would say.
3898. judithathome - 11/1/2006 9:24:26 PM Thanks, Wiz...this is the first day I can eat solid food and now I seem to have lost my appetite. ;-) 3899. wonkers2 - 11/1/2006 11:30:31 PM Pelle, I was being sarcastic. It's a cheap tourist trap on Interstate 75. 3900. jexster - 11/2/2006 12:19:46 AM Best sausages this side of Dusseldorff! 3901. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/2/2006 2:38:44 AM Sorry, Judith; how was I to Know? 3902. judithathome - 11/2/2006 5:44:34 AM Didn't you see my irritating smiley? 3903. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/2/2006 6:24:30 AM Yes, but what's this about "solid food?" Are you okay? 3904. Ronski - 11/17/2006 11:16:45 PM This year's Leonid shower is supposed to have a rare peak at about 11:15 PM, Eastern time, Saturday.
Keep watching the skies. 3905. wabbit - 11/17/2006 11:46:40 PM Thanks for the heads-up, ronski, maybe I'll take a drive to a less light-polluted area if the skies are clear. 3906. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/18/2006 12:29:30 AM I love to go up on my roof with binocs and a sleeping bag when they come around. 3907. judithathome - 11/18/2006 1:23:52 AM Yes, but what's this about "solid food?" Are you okay?
Better to answer late than never, I guess...I had just had a colonsocopy...had to be on liquids for a few days.
3908. robertjayb - 11/18/2006 3:27:44 AM Oh dear. Spouse had one today and I brewed up a wicked pot of mixed bean soup with Italian sausage. She had two bowls.
Now I'm curious about the outcome... 3909. Ronski - 11/18/2006 5:28:43 PM judith,
They must have done some snips-snips on benign polyps or something. I've had three of those procedures and don't ever remember being told to be on liquids for days. (And benign things don't mean anything fortunately.) 3910. judithathome - 11/18/2006 5:46:18 PM Yes, Ronski, that was indeed the case. On both counts...they were benign. 3911. jexster - 11/18/2006 8:02:49 PM Just in time for Crimmus!
Angèle an old family friend from the Old Country..
Today's Houston Chron
Turning something old to new around the house
By MAGGIE GALEHOUSE
Wise and witty words from interior designer Angèle Parlange: "Everyone looks good in sepia tones — even a snaggletooth relative."
Parlange's new book, Creole Thrift, bolsters her rreverent quip.
Through pictures, recipes and how-tos, the book explores ways to integrate family heirlooms and photographs into expressive, inexpensive interiors.
Granted, Parlange has more inspiration than some people. She grew up near New Orleans on her family's circa-1750 plantation, Parlange. (Said to be Louisiana's oldest plantation, it's now a national historic landmark. Last year's hurricanes took several large trees, but the
house is intact.)
Parlange, a former shop owner who lives in New York part-time, is now a lifestyle and design consultant. She has made a name for herself with her theatrical mix of antiques, crafts and thrift-shop treasures.
"Everything is so homogenized today," says Parlange. "It's nice to come home to a place with personal memories. And when you amass anything together — for a while I was keen on family trophies — it ends up being a little vignette on its own."
Personalized home displays are a great way to give guests a peek at your hobbies and interests, she says.
"I have a friend who collects old watering cans, and they all look great grouped together, even though lots of them are rusty," Parlange explains. "You can tell just by looking at them that my friend is interested in gardening."
Parlange's most inventive way to display funky old photographs is through an unlikely medium: a shower curtain.
The designer found a football program from the 1930s with fun photographs and compelling nicknames. (Big Hogg was one guy's unfortunate moniker.) She brought the program and a piece of white cotton sateen to a silk screener who transferred the images onto the fabric. The results were even better than she expected. Cost for this one-of-kind item: about $60.
Using the same idea, Parlange says, one could easily create a curtain panel or a tablecloth.
Her advice for this type of project: keep your sense of humor.
"I always look to make things less serious," she says. "I look for some element of surprise — something comical — to keep a thing from being
too precious."
Wonk didn't you know the Parlanges?
PS they don't need the money. In addition to the Plantation home, Chevron pumps over $1,000,000 a month in natural gas royalties into the family cofers
3912. jexster - 11/18/2006 8:11:32 PM A GREAT place for a little Jexie to play! An old graveyard off to the right behind the trees
The Parlange Plantation House, built about 1750, is a classic example of a large French colonial plantation house in the United States. Exemplifying the style of the semitropical Louisiana country house, the Parlange Plantation House is a two-story raised cottage. The main floor is set on a brick basement with brick pillars to support the veranda of the second story. The raised basement is of brick, manufactured by slaves on the plantation. These walls, both inside and out, were plastered with a native mixture of mud, sand, Spanish moss and animal hair, then painted. The ground story and second floor contain seven service rooms, arranged in a double line. The walls and ceiling throughout the house were constructed of close fitting cypress planks. The house was once surrounded by a formal garden that was destroyed during the Civil War. During this conflict, Parlange alternatively served as Union headquarters for General Nathaniel Banks and his army as well as Confederate headquarters for General Dick Taylor. Built by Vincent de Ternant, Marquis of Dansville-sur-Meuse, the Parlange Plantation House remains largely intact.
Parlange 3913. judithathome - 11/20/2006 11:22:02 PM That lady sounds like a decorator after my own heart...our house is done in a "surprising" way. Everyone who comes here says they love finding something they missed the time before.
It's like a museum of fun stuff around here. 3914. thoughtful - 11/22/2006 5:48:18 PM How to make Chai
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