[FairfieldLife] Re: A cafe in the rain, redux
Correction below: --- turquoiseb turquoiseb wrote: Had an interesting sensation tonight, real déja vu all over again stuff. I'm living this week near where I was staying when I first started coming to Paris for this gig. While here, I developed an affection for a certain writing café/restaurant in this 'hood, so tonight I decided to have dinner there again. When I first arrived in Paris back in March, it was rainy. So I'd sit on the patio of that café, which was outdoors but covered by an awning, and listen to the music of the rain on the canvas. I always found that sound soothing, and felt that it provided a cool background drone to the music of café conversation, and served as an admirable source of inspiration for writing. Tonight it wasn't raining when I walked over, but then it started, in earnest. That same rain-drone was back, as if it had reappeared to welcome me back. Cool. Dinner was great, too. Chèvre chaud (warm goat cheese) on toast with honey, served on a bed of Caesar salad. With a nice glass of wine. I ate it and chatted with some people at the café, and then I wrote a few pages I actually liked for a piece I've been working on, suitably inspired to do so by the sound of the rain on the canvas. Then I walked home in the rain, doing my best Fred Astaire imitation all the way. All of this adds up to an excellent night out in my book. How was yours? --- awoelflebater awoelflebater@... wrote: Not bad, thanks for asking. I returned to my place of residence after an extremely satisfying day at my business that I own and run and which the local community loves. I handle fragrant leather, fit gorgeous equestrian-inspired fashion on women who are having the time of their lives visiting one of their favourite places on the planet - their local tack store. I drive a mere 12 minutes back to my home on five gorgeous acres that comprise a wild fruit orchard - figs, peaches, blackberries, apples (including many heritage varieties), pears and cherries - and is home to six gorgeous horses, three dogs and my husband. The brick house and barn that we designed and built is homey and attractive and we live in one of the most beautiful places on the planet where I can hear barred owls, doves and tree frogs from my bedroom window as I lay in the quiet of the night. My dog Jesse lies directly beneath my body underneath the bed all night and the border collie pads restlessly from the warmth of her bed to the cool of the marble bathroom floor; she is the fidgety one. My other SPCA rescue loves to lie on her sheepskin bed with her head hanging over the edge all night long. She is the first to jump on the bed at 6am each morning. She is he snuggler. Then there is that wonderful feeling, after you hay and grain the horses and make sure their blankets are straight and their beds picked, that all is well in the world because these few creatures that are in your care are feeling safe and content and you have contributed to that in some small way. When I leave the barn and walk toward the house where my husband is already preparing dinner, which he does every night, I know that I have made sure the animals have been looked after first. This is important. I could go on and on about the wonderfulness of my life and I am sure each and every one of those who post here have greater or smaller miracles that they live with. It is great that you love what you do Barry. But why is your pleasure always salted with the hope, the false assertion, that others live a more diminished, poorer life than you claim you do? --- bobpriced bobpriced@... wrote: Ann, thank you for this, I'm always moved when you speak of your obvious love of animals. I bet your husband is a wonderful cook, myself I'm limited to a mean stir fry the Wife and Daughter (and Jack Russell) can't seem to get enough of. I think Barry is one of those unusual people with a talent for looking down on others from the gutter. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x301yx_dylan-all-the-tired- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x301yx_dylan-all-the-tired- horses-in-the-s_videogames horses-in-the-s_videogames http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x301yx_dylan-all-the-tired- horses-in-the-s_videogames Some people use the public forum as their personal blog. In that sense he is a prima donna. I think he just can't stand the fact that a lot of people in the TM-mov't are quite happy with their lives. If Judy ever moves to Fairfield, or to some community in the country-side, he is sure to throw a hissy fit. These kind of posts are basicaly a taunt to Judy. Some people are rolling stones. But to crow about it over and over again is funny.
[FairfieldLife] RE: A cafe in the rain, redux
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A cafe in the rain, redux
Welcome back, iranitea. When turq mentions walking home in the rain, etc. he is alluding to a famous movie scene in which another famous dancer/actor, Gene Kelly dances in the rain. In fact the movie is called Singing In the Rain. Fred Astaire is also a famous dancer/actor of approximately the same era. He often appeared in movies with a partner, Ginger Rogers who did what he did, only moving backwards and wearing high heeled shoes! From: iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 5:46 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: A cafe in the rain, redux Where in the world does he talk about film? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: Barry wrote: (snip) Then I walked home in the rain, doing my best Fred Astaire imitation all the way. Dear heaven, that's funny. Our resident film expert. Please, nobody tell him.
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Ha! regarding that quote about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels, I bet it has mostly to do with her not getting paid as much as he did! From: authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 7:00 AM Subject: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A cafe in the rain, redux Ooops.. doesn't want to make a clickable link. He often appeared in movies with a partner, Ginger Rogers who did what he did, only moving backwards and wearing high heeled shoes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxPgplMujzQ http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8amp;page=1amp;rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3ABackwards%20In%20High%20Heels Try this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_gnr_spell?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Abackwards+and+in+high+heelsamp;amp;keywords=backwards+and+in+high+heelsamp;amp;ie=UTF8amp;amp;qid=1380887795
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A cafe in the rain, redux
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Ha! regarding that quote about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels, I bet it has mostly to do with her not getting paid as much as he did! As for their characteristic at-arms-length dancing style, a common tale told in Hollywood has it that Astaire said he came up with the style because she had such intense B.O. that he couldn't stand to dance closer to her. :-)
[FairfieldLife] RE: A cafe in the rain, redux
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Iranitea, it's not just that turq was walking in the rain, it's that he said he was doing a Fred Astaire imitation. The movie isa classic so I'm sure everyone knew which movie and scene and dancer he meant. BTW, the scenery in that clip is beautiful. From: iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 7:50 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: A cafe in the rain, redux Thank's Share. It still escapes me that narrating a story of him walking in the rain has to be automatically a reference to a movie. How conditioned is that? Have you never walked in the rain? My guess is that somebody wanted to dis Barry for a reference he didn't make. Very low indeed. Btw. this would be my reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy-pnpZfRZg ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Welcome back, iranitea. When turq mentions walking home in the rain, etc. he is alluding to a famous movie scene in which another famous dancer/actor, Gene Kelly dances in the rain. In fact the movie is called Singing In the Rain. Fred Astaire is also a famous dancer/actor of approximately the same era. He often appeared in movies with a partner, Ginger Rogers who did what he did, only moving backwards and wearing high heeled shoes! From: iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 5:46 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: A cafe in the rain, redux Where in the world does he talk about film? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: Barry wrote: (snip) Then I walked home in the rain, doing my best Fred Astaire imitation all the way. Dear heaven, that's funny. Our resident film expert. Please, nobody tell him.
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Heck if Fred had to wear all that makeup and synthetic clothing, including (gasp) nylon stockings, he'd stink too! From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 7:17 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A cafe in the rain, redux --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Ha! regarding that quote about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels, I bet it has mostly to do with her not getting paid as much as he did! As for their characteristic at-arms-length dancing style, a common tale told in Hollywood has it that Astaire said he came up with the style because she had such intense B.O. that he couldn't stand to dance closer to her. :-)
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Ha! regarding that quote about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels, I bet it has mostly to do with her not getting paid as much as he did! As for their characteristic at-arms-length dancing style, a common tale told in Hollywood has it that Astaire said he came up with the style because she had such intense B.O. that he couldn't stand to dance closer to her. :-) Just to follow up (and as should have been obvious to anyone with half a brain), I threw this out as fodder for the Mean Girls Clique, to further fuel their get Barry sessions so that they'd reveal to lurkers who and what they are. And they fell for it, as I expected them to. :-) But to forestall any of their attempts to portray this as misogyny, this is a story told to me by a former girlfriend, in a conversation with others about a subject that few grasp. She used to be a ballet dancer, and was trying to convey to us what it *smelled like* onstage and backstage at the Joffrey Ballet. She made the point of saying she had never been in any locker room in any gym or exercise parlor since that smelled as bad. Dancers sweat. Furthermore, they sweat all over their bodies, and nobody yet has invented a deodorant that is easy to apply all over one's body. Onstage during a live performance, the dancers are out there sweating like pigs, but this is hidden from the audiences by makeup that is designed to absorb the sweat so they don't look all shiny and glisteny and...uh...sweaty. In films, what you in the audience never see is that they stop shooting after every take and then go and mop the sweat from the dancers so that it will look on film as if what they are doing is all graceful and effortless. Fred's comment was to indicate that this may have worked for the camera, but it didn't do shit for the dancers themselves. Now you know. Now the Mean Girls can go back to their get Barry and get Share sessions, and acting as if they're still in Junior High School. But let's hope for purposes of hygiene that they don't work up too much of a sweat while doing it. :-)
