The Chateau Diaries #203 I'm dreaming of a Emmaüs Christmas...🎶

[Phoenix Richards-Bingham]

Curious...waiting for final pill round of the day (my hospital day is defined by pill round timetable!) thought I'd watch Chateau Advomitous. Clicked to open it and....

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It was restricted before I could look at it...who or what, exactly, is Chateau Advomitous? I'll try to look them up.

 

[thatsrich]

Yes… in the barn!

Can we talk about Dan the Abandoned Chateau Man…..? I get the impression he’s living at the Chateau again As he keeps popping up in videos, like the proverbial pizza delivery man in porn.
i also haven’t seen any new videos lately for his Derelict Chateau sans roof.
has he been the mystery handyman this whole time? Speaking of which, handy work and repairs have come to a standstill after the gate was repaired and painted. Stop and start a project is so Dan.

i think Clara is 100% on the money…..all but a few MUST vacate the heap for urgent heating work to begin. Sounds like Stephon’s grand tour is coming soon. Dan gets to play property caretaker again, perhaps this time will transform another small cupboard into a grand room to hold the house honey.
Is anyone else wondering what work is planned for the barn? I feel Like it’s been mentioned but not explained.

BTW, Steph’s sponsorships so far are very basic, just ads basically but no real brand collabs. Bottom of the barrel influencer stuff. Christies hasn’t come back for anything p, so the tastemaker campaign flopped on their end, at least.

 

[Gertrude Maud]

Of course she's sick! All that running around, travelling, etc. My curse worked somewhat but I have to share it with her as I've got COVID along with my husband and brother. Not bad symptoms more like a cold. We are going ahead with our plans because this year it's just the three of us and we're all in the same boat. We all just had our boosters a few weeks ago but we did do some travelling locally and have not been wearing our masks. I'll start wearing a mask again, damn I hate those things! This is my first bout with COVID and my husband's. My brother had it once before. As a kid, I was almost always sick at Christmas. Whoever came up with the idea of Christmas being in the winter, at least in the northern hemisphere, was an idiot! Terrible weather. Flu and cold season. Bah humbug! But it makes me a little happy to know that Fanny is under the weather too. Hasn't Fanny pulled this "I'm sick" thing before when all the attention may not be on her? She also gets out of any work she signed up and lots of sympathy. We'll see how many others get sick or if she's just faking it. Like Clara said it's probably just another hangover.

She may have caught her illness from Amaury.
I believe he was MIA for two days with 'something'.

You're right about the masks.
They are a pain but we think they make a big difference.

Why do you think all of them are getting sick one by one?
Idiots, the lot of them!

It will be Potts who gets sick next.
Steph and he hugged. Morons.

At least Pavlina has common sense.
She ate her nettle soup at the other end of the table.

 

[Madame No]

What a truly horrid assortment of flowers and greenery Phyllis picked up in today's vlog. Could it have been any gaudier? Every color in the rainbow. Every type of flower from mundane chrysanthemums to exotics to yellow roses to purple statice. And those tacky glitter foliage things. Why can't they just accept all the greenery and woodland flora that is on the property and make something from that? I'm sure we will see the genius at work tomorrow trying to do something with it or dumping it on Pavlina. That's what they get for waiting for the last minute. They are so clueless as to how retail business works. They probably thought the florist would be filled two days before Christmas just waiting for last minute shoppers like them. No one wants to get stuck with excess perishable stock. It will all be tacky as usual. Auntie will also be roped in because she is the queen of tackiness. If I were Pavlina, I would call in sick tomorrow but be perfectly well when the festivities start.

 

[Gertrude Maud]

I watched the vlog and she was definitely not too ill. She was out in the cold in her dressing gown again. Christmas collapse my foot! What a fraud.
Seeing as though she was as usual filming in bed I looked very carefully to see if the other side of the bed had been slept in. She was careful not to film the other side, allegedly Phillipa's side. However... she slipped up and I could see from the side where the pillows are that the pillows had not been disturbed and were perfectly arranged. Who sleeps in a bed with someone and when the other partner get's up they arrange their pillows perfectly? Not in my experience it doesn't happen, the bed is made when everyone gets up. Then she says to Phillipa as it minces in with a cup of tea what a lovely sight first thing in the morning. Had Phillipa been in the bed the whole night her first sight would have been of it getting out of bed, dressed, fumbling around etc. No, her first sight was it entering with the tea. I smell a rat, a great big smelly one...oh sorry, that must have been Phillipa's beanie.
Couldn't believe my eyes when Dan pitched up with more Christmas trees. What? I understand about fetishes but this tree one is too weird. This woman is now probably certifiably insane. Someone in France needs to phone social services and get them to come and pick her up before she does something that everyone will regret.
I'm getting fed up with the pretentiousness of this bunch of misfits. Is anyone going to explain to me who in their right mind would have monogrammed dressing gowns for guests who are only staying for one night? What? A team of Psychiatrists would have a field day (more like field months) with this bunch, honestly they would. I better get a brandy to calm my nerves. The elastic band holding them together has just snapped!

Agreed.
She is ill but not too ill.
She is ramping it up for dramatic effect.

 

[Madame No]

You're right about the masks.
They are a pain but we think they make a big difference.

Yes, they do work. I didn't have any colds or COVID when I religiously wore them. I'm definitely going back to it at least through the winter. Just got a bit cocky and am now paying for it. Live and learn, hopefully!

 

[MRShavershamsdress]

Someone swab that kitchen table…bleh bleh…. Laptops, hats, phones, all the unwashed hands, flowers. Food, bags, purses. Just horrible.
Stuart the so called cook makes a show of cleaning the oven but even she has her laptop on the table,.Why did Fanny not prep the menus months ago. No budget .No organised food shop. Should we compile a list of ‘to dos ‘for her next year. When to shop, order, purchase Turkey, arrange flowers and garlands,make up rooms, vlog etc.
Its chaos and does not even look like fun this year .
A loaf here, a couple of bunches of flowers there, a turkey not quite there etc Can we make a Carol with the ridiculous way they do Christmas countdown.Do they just wait to see what Sultanas might send her in the gift grab and then she buys additional things.
She is a fruitcake.

Good Heavens!!! Bite your tongue! If Fanny did all that advance planning and actually followed through with it she’d be expected to supply all the expensive food!!! Nonononono, that simply wouldn’t do! What do you take her for?!? A successful internet grifter?!? No, she may be the hostess but it’s for the guests to provide, pay and prepare Fanny’s holiday feast whilst she rests her weary self before having to “sparkle Fanny, sparkle!”.

 

[Gertrude Maud]

Ruthy Patooty doesn't look well pleased to be at Lalande!
By the looks of her, she would rather be drinking canal water with hammered sex workers in Amsterdam than dine with her ladyship and cohort at Lalande! Wait, that's pretty much the same thing! Never mind.

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Agreed.
Look at the pressed lips and the tight jaw.
(I've watch too much of The Body Language Guy.)

In the intro Steph enters the kitchen and says something like . . . this is not what I expected first thing in the morning.
The pink phone catches the time on Pott's watch. It shows 12.23.

 

[New Yorker]

Gold, frankincense & Mur, Michael & Fanny really did have great chemistry...

 

[KyBourbon]

Merry Christmas from Nicolas Foreskin posing on a bear skin rug!

 

[Madame No]

Good Heavens!!! Bite your tongue! If Fanny did all that advance planning and actually followed through with it she’d be expected to supply all the expensive food!!! Nonononono, that simply wouldn’t do! What do you take her for?!? A successful internet grifter?!? No, she may be the hostess but it’s for the guests to provide, pay and prepare Fanny’s holiday feast whilst she rests her weary self before having to “sparkle Fanny, sparkle!”.

I think this is the perrrfact outfit for Fanny. It goes particularly well with the powder blue coat and we get a LOT of cleavage! Very sparkly!

 

[Jules100]

Not to derail, but I have a question for Tattler mommas here.
When you were pregnant, did you ever wake up in the middle of the night and started baking?
The missus did just that, something she's never done before!
To be fair, the missus whipped up some awesome stuff tonight, but she won't let me try them (not yet, we're saving them for Christmas...said she)!
Did you have strange habits when you were expecting?
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Alright, back to Andrew and Ricardo...I mean, Stephanie and Phyllis!

Again, love it when tartlets post pics with reflections, maybe I’m just nosey.

I took the Marquis’ photo and ran it through my dark / light reverse osmosis ultra filter & boom: Brenda Gibbons! Not trying to derail, my butt!

 

[MadameChat]

Such a bizarre advent vlog, fake sick probably hungover but not too sick to run out in the cold in a housecoat, and forgot to order turkey when your hosting 20 people was that fake drama too or just that she’s completely off her rocker. And why didn’t PhiPhi drive Dan and the kids home, they didn’t offer dinner, what kid wants mincemeat blech maybe Dan is living in the shiteau like someone else mentioned. Now I’m just hate watching as the vlogs have no content just a poor version of the kardasians or that type of vacuous viewing

Didn't she run into the same problem last year? Ian bought a goose over or something? She's so disorganized... Tantinat had to write up a menu for the week or they wouldn't eat!

They don’t seem to be following that menu, looks like Potts when rogue with yucky stew with lamb and apricots, nothings real all faked

I watched the vlog and she was definitely not too ill. She was out in the cold in her dressing gown again. Christmas collapse my foot! What a fraud.
Seeing as though she was as usual filming in bed I looked very carefully to see if the other side of the bed had been slept in. She was careful not to film the other side, allegedly Phillipa's side. However... she slipped up and I could see from the side where the pillows are that the pillows had not been disturbed and were perfectly arranged. Who sleeps in a bed with someone and when the other partner get's up they arrange their pillows perfectly? Not in my experience it doesn't happen, the bed is made when everyone gets up. Then she says to Phillipa as it minces in with a cup of tea what a lovely sight first thing in the morning. Had Phillipa been in the bed the whole night her first sight would have been of it getting out of bed, dressed, fumbling around etc. No, her first sight was it entering with the tea. I smell a rat, a great big smelly one...oh sorry, that must have been Phillipa's beanie.
Couldn't believe my eyes when Dan pitched up with more Christmas trees. What? I understand about fetishes but this tree one is too weird. This woman is now probably certifiably insane. Someone in France needs to phone social services and get them to come and pick her up before she does something that everyone will regret.
I'm getting fed up with the pretentiousness of this bunch of misfits. Is anyone going to explain to me who in their right mind would have monogrammed dressing gowns for guests who are only staying for one night? What? A team of Psychiatrists would have a field day (more like field months) with this bunch, honestly they would. I better get a brandy to calm my nerves. The elastic band holding them together has just snapped!

That rat was on phiphi shoulder

 

[KyBourbon]

Gold, frankincense & Mur, Michael & Fanny really did have great chemistry...

Unfortunately, not in the bedroom

 

[Heathcliffe]

Good night! What is the story, morning glory?! Are you tearing the gay guys to shreds? Probably bodyshaming the fatso? The little one is not as innocent as he looks, we recon he runs the show. My wife and I was wondering just WHO the gentleman Stephanie asked at the gay guy's house "have you been here before?" is? She looked very uncomfortable in his company, and vice versa. We've gone off the Bean family now, they are too boring. I've tried to be a bit of a Phillip recently, I have bought a handbag for my wife for Christmas without knowing if she'd like it. I have not asked her friends, not asked our daughter, just gone to a shop and picked one myself. Phillip would buy handbags. I am starting to think he might be a bit stuck in a closet. All I want for Christmas is time on the waves, so that is what I shall be getting, in January. My dog is not well, I am sensing this might be his last Christmas Perhaps I need to escape to the countryside and get myself a few dogs. Cornwall...hm. We shall see. Anyway, am I still a CHATTY member? Merry Christmas to you all!

 

[Yebo]

Merry Christmas from Nicolas Foreskin posing on a bear skin rug!

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Just out of very mild interest, does this guy have many followers? I could look myself of course but then YouTube will start putting him on my recommended list

 

[Madame No]

Good night! What is the story, morning glory?! Are you tearing the gay guys to shreds? Probably bodyshaming the fatso? The little one is not as innocent as he looks, we recon he runs the show. My wife and I was wondering just WHO the gentleman Stephanie asked at the gay guy's house "have you been here before?" is? She looked very uncomfortable in his company, and vice versa. We've gone off the Bean family now, they are too boring. I've tried to be a bit of a Phillip recently, I have bought a handbag for my wife for Christmas without knowing if she'd like it. I have not asked her friends, not asked our daughter, just gone to a shop and picked one myself. Phillip would buy handbags. I am starting to think he might be a bit stuck in a closet. All I want for Christmas is time on the waves, so that is what I shall be getting, in January. My dog is not well, I am sensing this might be his last Christmas Perhaps I need to escape to the countryside and get myself a few dogs. Cornwall...hm. We shall see. Anyway, am I still a CHATTY member? Merry Christmas to you all!

Nice of you to drop by! I hope your wife likes the handbag. I'm sorry about your dog, losing a pet is so hard. Enjoy the waves. Don't worry about the gay couple, their sins will catch up with them eventually if they have any. And yes, you are still a Chatty Member until you decide to become a VIP, no hurry, the lounge is always open! Merry Christmas!

 

[KyBourbon]

Just out of very mild interest, does this guy have many followers? I could look myself of course but then YouTube will start putting him on my recommended list

Dear Nicolas has 171K subscribers, so not too bad!

 

[LittleMore Cottage]

Good night! What is the story, morning glory?! Are you tearing the gay guys to shreds? Probably bodyshaming the fatso? The little one is not as innocent as he looks, we recon he runs the show. My wife and I was wondering just WHO the gentleman Stephanie asked at the gay guy's house "have you been here before?" is? She looked very uncomfortable in his company, and vice versa. We've gone off the Bean family now, they are too boring. I've tried to be a bit of a Phillip recently, I have bought a handbag for my wife for Christmas without knowing if she'd like it. I have not asked her friends, not asked our daughter, just gone to a shop and picked one myself. Phillip would buy handbags. I am starting to think he might be a bit stuck in a closet. All I want for Christmas is time on the waves, so that is what I shall be getting, in January. My dog is not well, I am sensing this might be his last Christmas Perhaps I need to escape to the countryside and get myself a few dogs. Cornwall...hm. We shall see. Anyway, am I still a CHATTY member? Merry Christmas to you all!

Mr. 999. Almost there

 

[Jeeves]

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