What studio work do you do there ?@PlinyinTorquay to add briefly to your story, the same Melbourne academic has written a history of the founders of The Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne, the sisters of the Good Shepherd. Not a pretty story of happy times by any means, however now the convent, a stunning property, is a multi arts precinct and where you will find me working away a couple of days a week! I know I am very new to this group but this made me feel a little bit connected
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A further digression ... with a slight link to Kylie and her activity as a drone pilot. My former supervisor's son, who works as a Journalist for a French Press Agency, made this, IMO, delightful, drone video of a rhino in Nepal; he was visiting because his sister works in a Sanskrit school in Kathmandu.
I love the Esther Phillips cover of the Lennon-McCartney song.
I love the Esther Phillips cover of the Lennon-McCartney song.
Smaller and smaller I have been a 10 + year member of the C3 Gallery ( now COVID closed 🥲)at Abbotsford Convent. I’ve had three painting shows there and been a part of several group shows … and often served drinks on opening nights for kicks lol …@PlinyinTorquay to add briefly to your story, the same Melbourne academic has written a history of the founders of The Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne, the sisters of the Good Shepherd. Not a pretty story of happy times by any means, however now the convent, a stunning property, is a multi arts precinct and where you will find me working away a couple of days a week! I know I am very new to this group but this made me feel a little bit connected
exactly, so bizarre. I thought the meal looked quite bland tbh, if your chicken is so dry you need mayonnaise you should be cooking it differently. i also thought the potatoes looked badly cooked@Spirit of place Yeah Kylie said something like she left her garlic press at the farmhouse so....no garlic for the aioli!Not sure why she didn't just call it mayonnaise for the rest of it, then.
I second this notion @Antonio. I’m piping up here from distance… you guys can organise a Symposium on a a topic TBAbeen a great pleasure to meet up for a pilchard or two in the Marais or a caramel eclair at Café de Flore
https://abbotsfordconvent.com.au/
Thanks for asking @Jerry. I have been known to dabble in alchemy
Well then, @nostoneunturned I believe that there is a very good chance that our paths may have already crossed
Also mind slightly blown!
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Sounds like foundry/kiln work to me; sculpture, glass, pottery, jewelry. Or have you found a way to turn lead into gold ?Thanks for asking @Jerry. I have been known to dabble in alchemy
What a great story @PlinyinTorquay love those synchronicities, I can imagine all of that especially in Venice and those black brocade gondolier slippers - wonderful how you eventually met the owner of them and it was the woman in the photograph. And it was all through Clara the rhinoceros too@Antonio. I'm sorry you didn't make it to Paris, but maybe it was a mixed blessing. Certainly, when it comes to bureaucracy, the French can be very awkward at times. Perhaps the English can be too but as I am used to 'our ways' I don't notice it. Marilisa, my Italian friend, who I studied with at University in the UK, and who now lives in the UK and works as a Civil Servant (the perfect outlet for her doctorate on Italian Fascist art), assures me that for foreigners the English are just as bureaucratic. I was so lucky I could afford to calm down, but it came at a price. My heart goes out to families with children &c who would have just had to hang around and put up with the abuse because that extra money would have blown their budget. Based on this experience, while the pandemic is ongoing, I would recommend that people travel with an emergency/contingency fund of at least EU.500, just in case.
I did wonder if you were in Paris, especially when I visited Rodin's house and garden with the Dior Marquee set up in the grounds. It is amazing how we can connect in the world isn't it. I will tell you a funny story, that I have told @nostoneunteruned. Forgive me everyone as I go off topic again!
A few years back, I was in Venice, and was looking in the window of the boutique of an artisan glass jewellry maker whose work was very nice. There was a black and white photograph of an elegant woman wearing a pair of black brocade gondolier slippers ... embellished with coral beads and seed pearls. As a shoe-lover I was drawn to these and found that I could buy a pair of the gondoliers' slippers in a boutique by the Rialto and the lady in the glass bead atelier would customise them with her beads. So I asked her to copy the slippers she had made for the lady in the photograph. Fast forward a few years, and I made a late application to speak at the Rhinoceros Symposium at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice which had been initiated by an Academic based in Melbourne. When I googled the lady and saw her photograph on line I had the sense that I met her before. Suddenly it occurred to me that she looked like the lady in the photograph with the brocade slippers I shamelessly copied! In our emails, I asked if she had been to a boutique in Venice and had some gondoliers' slippers customised. It was her! I spoke at the conference on Clara in Qatar and a year later we met up for dinner in Venice ... and she introduced me to the (dubious) delights of Amaro in a little bar near the Rialto Bridge. So, you see, Antonio, maybe a chance meeting in Paris and a chocolate eclair isn't beyond the realms of possibility!
@VeeJayBee ... Oh my giddy aunt .... that is so funny!!! BM is completely right of course. If Kylie is reading this, she might think I have abandoned my Classical roots and I am B M in disguise. What a hoot. But if you're on a budget nothing can beat a tin of sardines on a nice slice of toasted sourdough with a little salad of spinach leaves and cherry tomatoes!
Which Palazzo Contarini was the symposium held in - Palazzo Contarini Polignac on Dorsoduro?Marilisa your Italian friend with her doctorate in Fascist Art, how extraordinary that she is now a Civil Servant, I hope it serves her well
Again your experience at CDG airport sounds awful and let’s hope it is not repeated on your travels again. Are you back home now safe and sound?How funny @VeeJayBee and glad you have not forgotten your roots and the delight of a tin of sardines on toast @PlinyinTorquay
Where does the phrase “my giddy aunt” come from - is it English? It reminds me of the scene in Notting Hill where Hugh Grant falls back off the fence after trying to climb into the square’s private garden and he says “Whoops-a-daisy!” and Julia Roberts says “Only little girls with blond ringlets say that.” @Antonio. it was indeed the Pal. Contarini Polignac on Dorsoduro. I love the Dorsoduro, of course the Ca' Rezzonico is there with the wonderful Tiepolo frescoes especially the Pulcinelli. Do you know that bittersweet movie starring Katherine Hepburn called Summertime, where Hepburn falls into the canal off Campo St. Barnaba on the Dorsoduro?What a great story @PlinyinTorquay love those synchronicities, I can imagine all of that especially in Venice and those black brocade gondolier slippers - wonderful how you eventually met the owner of them and it was the woman in the photograph. And it was all through Clara the rhinoceros too
Marilisa your Italian friend with her doctorate in Fascist Art, how extraordinary that she is now a Civil Servant, I hope it serves her well
How funny @VeeJayBee and glad you have not forgotten your roots and the delight of a tin of sardines on toast @PlinyinTorquay
Yes, 'Oh my giddy aunt' is an English expression and yes, of a similar ilk to the 'Whoops-a-daisy' in Notting Hill. Another sweet movie!
Why is "my giddy aunt" an exclamation of surprise
The mental picture that forms in my mind is of fancy English ballrooms, a fainting lady and smelling salts. So someone shouting "My giddy aunt" would rather be an expression of concern. Does anyone
I am back safe and sound in Qatar now ... am hoping to get to Venice for at least two weeks in October! Among other things I want to start thinking about a book project that I have in mind on Orientals in the work of the Tiepolo.
watched all 28 minutes of it and these are the responses along the way;
€0.01 for salt ?!!
How much was the dirt for growing the zucchini ?
Cucina Povera
Tells us to drive farther out of town to get better chicken prices; in a Panda you can’t drive ?!
she can’t break an egg after 15 tries !! 15 !
she only cooks for the videos
how many kitchens does she have ?
full leg, full midriff shot
takes her longer to make mayonnaise than the chicken and only used one egg !
she counts the pepper price and goes to Portofino !
she goes “mmm mmm” as she tastes the aioli, but it’s missing the garlic, has no press; can’t she smash it with a knife ?
was up to 4 am the night before, must have been doing her censoring
glasses are filthy
lots of mayonnaise in the final result
with only one egg !!
“normal” life but Guido is surprised, says he isn’t dressed for it; video cook
€0.01 for salt ?!!
How much was the dirt for growing the zucchini ?
Cucina Povera
Tells us to drive farther out of town to get better chicken prices; in a Panda you can’t drive ?!
she can’t break an egg after 15 tries !! 15 !
she only cooks for the videos
how many kitchens does she have ?
full leg, full midriff shot
takes her longer to make mayonnaise than the chicken and only used one egg !
she counts the pepper price and goes to Portofino !
she goes “mmm mmm” as she tastes the aioli, but it’s missing the garlic, has no press; can’t she smash it with a knife ?
was up to 4 am the night before, must have been doing her censoring
glasses are filthy
lots of mayonnaise in the final result
with only one egg !!
“normal” life but Guido is surprised, says he isn’t dressed for it; video cook
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I noticed the dirty glasses too! @Jerry How uncouth. A good casalinga would have them shined and ready.
@Jerry How uncouth. A good casalinga would have them shined and ready. The Ca‘ Rezzonico is one of my favourite palazzi especially with the Tiepolo frescoes of the Pulcinelli @PlinyinTorquay (which I appreciate much more after your essays)@Antonio. it was indeed the Pal. Contarini Polignac on Dorsoduro. I love the Dorsoduro, of course the Ca' Rezzonico is there with the wonderful Tiepolo frescoes especially the Pulcinelli. Do you know that bittersweet movie starring Katherine Hepburn called Summertime, where Hepburn falls into the canal off Campo St. Barnaba on the Dorsoduro?
Yes, 'Oh my giddy aunt' is an English expression and yes, of a similar ilk to the 'Whoops-a-daisy' in Notting Hill. Another sweet movie!
Why is "my giddy aunt" an exclamation of surprise
The mental picture that forms in my mind is of fancy English ballrooms, a fainting lady and smelling salts. So someone shouting "My giddy aunt" would rather be an expression of concern. Does anyoneenglish.stackexchange.com
I am back safe and sound in Qatar now ... am hoping to get to Venice for at least two weeks in October! Among other things I want to start thinking about a book project that I have in mind on Orientals in the work of the Tiepolo.
I don’t know ’Summertime’ but will now track it down to watch and Campo San Barnaba is one of the prettiest squares in Venezia. Notting Hill is very charming, the script is so good and Hugh Grant and Julia have great chemistry.Grazie for the references for “my giddy aunt” - there are a lot of potential original sources...The book project sounds interesting and October is a lovely time to be in Venice. Have you read any of the Donna Leon novels with Commissario Guido Brunetti set in La Serenissima? Leon creates a great sense of place and feeling of the city’s rhythms...
Good morning from sunny Qatar,
I feel somewhat guilty for digressing from the topic, which we’re all here to discuss. Some weeks ago, after mentioning the Australian academic I alluded to yesterday whose Insta handle is a_bridge_of_sighs, @nostoneunturned found me on Insta. and we’ve shared some interesting exchanges. I shared the Clara article for some of you intrigued by her story, which also gives my proper name, albeit not as auspicious as Pliny in Torquay. The off-topic conversations here with such a lively and interesting group of people have been so much fun that you are most welcome to find me if anyone wants to share an off-topic exchange. I’m usually happy to enjoy a conversation about matters cultural. There are a couple of ladies are out there with the same name as me (one of them an MD and sleep specialist), but if you add art historian or Tiepolo, I can be identified.
Campo Sta. Margherita, the next square across from San Barnaba, is also charming and lively in the evenings. I sense that more Italian families hang out there, and the ambience is joyful. I am aware of the Donna Leon novels but have not read any. Something I will rectify, possibly when I am next in La Serenissima.
I feel somewhat guilty for digressing from the topic, which we’re all here to discuss. Some weeks ago, after mentioning the Australian academic I alluded to yesterday whose Insta handle is a_bridge_of_sighs, @nostoneunturned found me on Insta. and we’ve shared some interesting exchanges. I shared the Clara article for some of you intrigued by her story, which also gives my proper name, albeit not as auspicious as Pliny in Torquay.
The off-topic conversations here with such a lively and interesting group of people have been so much fun that you are most welcome to find me if anyone wants to share an off-topic exchange. I’m usually happy to enjoy a conversation about matters cultural. There are a couple of ladies are out there with the same name as me (one of them an MD and sleep specialist), but if you add art historian or Tiepolo, I can be identified.@Antonio, Summertime is a David Lean film, made in 1955. I don't know how easy it is to track down these days. I have the DVD, which I can no longer play on my Mac. In Warwick University Art History department, there was a very popular third-year undergrad course on films set in Venice which included Summertime, Don't Look Now, Wings of a Dove, The Comfort of Strangers.Antonio said:
The Ca‘ Rezzonico is one of my favourite palazzi especially with the Tiepolo frescoes of the Pulcinelli @PlinyinTorquay (which I appreciate much more after your essays)
Grazie for the references for “my giddy aunt” - there are a lot of potential original sources...The book project sounds interesting, and October is a lovely time to be in Venice. Have you read any of the Donna Leon novels with Commissario Guido Brunetti set in La Serenissima? Leon creates a great sense of place and feeling of the city’s rhythms...
Campo Sta. Margherita, the next square across from San Barnaba, is also charming and lively in the evenings. I sense that more Italian families hang out there, and the ambience is joyful. I am aware of the Donna Leon novels but have not read any. Something I will rectify, possibly when I am next in La Serenissima.
@PlinyinTorquay I imagine 'sunny' is an understatement for Qatar but probably life is lived there in an air con bubble - I must say it's hot enough here in Salento. So interesting the discussions about art & especially Venice but I'll keep them to read when I have some time to myself & out of the madding crowd outside. Holiday time has come with a vengeance !
By coincidence I was reading about the Napoleonic plunder of Venice & especially Veronese's 'Wedding Feast at Cana, stripped brutally off the walls & shipped with the lions and the rest on an 8 month voyage to Paris. It's the only one of the spoils still there & positioned opposite the Mona Lisa.. Pity I turned my back on it like most people to view Leonardo's work and how did I miss it? - 130 figures on an enormous canvas. Note to self to see it when I can go again. There was a big outcry at the time to repatriate the trophies esp. by Wellington but less than a year later the Elgin Marbles were brought to Britain. Plus ca change.....
By coincidence I was reading about the Napoleonic plunder of Venice & especially Veronese's 'Wedding Feast at Cana, stripped brutally off the walls & shipped with the lions and the rest on an 8 month voyage to Paris. It's the only one of the spoils still there & positioned opposite the Mona Lisa.. Pity I turned my back on it like most people to view Leonardo's work and how did I miss it? - 130 figures on an enormous canvas. Note to self to see it when I can go again. There was a big outcry at the time to repatriate the trophies esp. by Wellington but less than a year later the Elgin Marbles were brought to Britain. Plus ca change.....
Is it sacrilege to say that I prefer the Louvre Veronese to the Leonardo? I attach for your delectation a detail of Veronese’s Mystic Marriage of St Catherine from the Accademia. I adore Veronese, as did GB Tiepolo who is known to have emulated him and was known in his day as Veronese Redivivus. Have you seen his work on the ceiling in San Sebastiano?
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Sounds like you are in Basilicata; one of my favourite places is Maratea to the south and Sapri (for the coastal cafe, optician and laundromat !) and Acquafredda (for the spas) along the coast. I usually go in the shoulder months of May and October, when it isn’t so hot and crowded. Paestum is also site of largely standing and huge Greek temples, a good reminder of the cross cultural heritage that is Italy.
Hello Jerry, Paestum is wonderful. Again, Charles, who I linked above with the rhino video, made a lovely drone film of Paestum too
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So she does have female friends...
Do you think they are vloggers as well ? For sure they are sycophants, a friend might suggest not to rip off students in exchange for a couple o recipes on video
“Planning an Italian summer ?”
I think it’s coming, or is already HERE, regardless of what KyLIE does or thinks !
As she’s “crouching” and “gazing”.
Nothing like a thick, heavy cheesecake to lighten up a mid summer’s fare !