tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post2512914776021257156..comments2024-03-28T19:59:32.409-07:00Comments on Eat The Blog: VertGoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-66124254981164487072016-03-14T17:40:02.708-07:002016-03-14T17:40:02.708-07:00@Bibi
I was wearing more eyeliner (upper and lower...@Bibi<br />I was wearing more eyeliner (upper and lower) than I've ever worn in my life! There's a shimmery eyeshadow too, but it just isn't for me I guess. *Sob*. At least I look good in a caftan.<br /><br />@Mim<br />The Enid bags are cute (I have a box bag with a bird on it)but not worth the prices they are commanding these days. These bucket-style bags are so close to the original that I'm happy to wear them. I never was a label snob. I can see why people like them though-the shape is practical, holds quite a bit, and they are real conversation pieces-and unlike lucite bags they are nearly indestructible. <br /><br />@Polyester Princess<br />Thank you. But Liz's jewelry was *real*. Don't you think I;d look so much better with a few thousand dollars worth of diamonds around my neck? I think I would!<br /><br />@Beth<br />I like the idea of honouring you relatives with some bling. The only Irish members of our family married-in, and probably instantly regretted it!<br /><br />@Veronica<br />I took a look at the link-how funny. Her's is a genuine Enid Collins bag. <br />The flower shops in Boston all sold shamrock this time of year, but here in the Midwest, we just don't have enough Irish population to buy it. Sometimes in spring shops will get heather plants, but that's unreliable too. <br /><br />@Vix<br />Sexton was a confessional poet that should have kept a bit more to herself ;)<br /><br />She famously parked illegally to go to a bar (with Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath) and was told, "Hey lady, you can't park here, this is a Loading Zone" to which she replied, "That's OK, we're going to get loaded." <br /><br /><br /><br />Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-62967475709736575642016-03-14T15:16:21.791-07:002016-03-14T15:16:21.791-07:00As a total pleb I don't have a clue who Anne S...As a total pleb I don't have a clue who Anne Sexton is and will have to Google her. You're definitely channeling Liz Taylor in that fab green maxi and blingy jewels. Those earrings are gorgeous. <br />I do have plans for 17th but it ain't nothing to do with the Irish or Catholic saints. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-53031520496112064302016-03-14T11:28:01.948-07:002016-03-14T11:28:01.948-07:00Wow! Don't you look glamorous! I hope you didn...Wow! Don't you look glamorous! I hope you didn't make soda farls in that gorgeous dress. I love green too and the earrings are a perfect match. I thought you looked better than Liz Taylor...Love that gold necklace, too.<br /><br />Here's a link to another blog where the blogger today has a similar (same designer/maker) bag as you: http://50isnotold.com/2016/03/14/spring-in-the-mountains/<br />A coincidence or what?<br /><br />I think you're right about St. Patrick's day in the US. The Irish certainly don't dye their river!<br /><br />When I was a child my granny used to send us St. Patrick's Day badges and a big sprig of shamrock from Ireland, but that was as far as we used to celebrate it. I daresay my parents had a few Guinneses, though! <br /><br />We called champ - colcannon. We usually had it on Fridays (no meat day) with a fried egg on top. Lovely!<br /><br />Have a great week<br /><br />Veronica<br />vronni60s.blogspot.comVronni's Style Meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122302881528071270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-1195190603880151822016-03-14T05:27:44.112-07:002016-03-14T05:27:44.112-07:00That is definitely The Dress of your collection, G...That is definitely The Dress of your collection, Goody! Lacking Liz's wearable rock collection, The Art Deco necklace is exactly right for the décolletage. <br /><br />The bead earrings are indeed a collector's prize, but one sees your point about their wearability in these drab times. Perhaps you might display them on one of those Christmas ornament table stands? <br /><br />And speaking of Christmas ornaments, Totie remained funny. I remember her twirling onstage as light as a chiffon and sequined Christmas tree ball; and years later reciting a story about being shadowed "by something that squeaked and creaked" on a morning walk in Central Park. It was her new leg...<br /><br />I'll wear a bit of faux emerald bling to mark the day and honor a g-g grandmother Mollie who was the one who "came West in a wagon and didn't marry whosit until they got there safely." My pet memory of other nods of acknowledging the Irish ancestors was a rather large photo badge of a bearded man, hatted and collared, worn on a green dress by an African-American co-worker. (He was, in fact, her maternal great-grandfather. She wore a beads and feather necklace at Thanksgiving to acknowledge her paternal side.)<br /><br />Beth Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720634636307254576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-33290183186428986882016-03-14T04:09:11.423-07:002016-03-14T04:09:11.423-07:00I think your dress is much nicer than Elisabeth...I think your dress is much nicer than Elisabeth's and your jewellery rocks!<br />You're very brave putting away your winter stuff. The weather is quite spring-like here and I'm very tempted, but will leave it until Easter I think. XxxPolyester Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602613792584925087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-74432776275787770492016-03-14T02:10:59.962-07:002016-03-14T02:10:59.962-07:00I don't do anything for St Patrick's Day. ...I don't do anything for St Patrick's Day. (The English appreciation of it basically involves drinking far too much and wearing silly hats, but that can be said of any national celebration of any significance. And weddings.) I was quite surprised to realise how proud my granddad Mac's generation seemed to be of their Irish side as nothing's been transmitted down to my generation, not even the Catholicism. <br /><br />I like soda bread, especially with honey and butter on.<br /><br />I reckon there's a fair bit of Liz in your outfit. Definitely more Liz than Anne.<br /><br />Enid Collins bags are starting to become a Thing even over here, I keep seeing more and more bloggers going on about them. Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189165.post-18579882862911005332016-03-13T22:36:16.194-07:002016-03-13T22:36:16.194-07:00I think we could make the Liz look happen. I'd...I think we could make the Liz look happen. I'd slip a bumpit under the top of that bob & tease your hair over it. Since Liz is all about the eyes- I'd swipe some minty shimmery green over the lid with a pop of pearly white ion the browbone & the inner eye corners, then a dramatic Arab style double flicked eye liner with the top flick in metallic emerald and the bottom flick in basic black. A warm pink or coral lippy & you're set. (I'd probably 2 strips of false eyelashes on top of that too, but that's just Bibi's OTT idea of glamour.)<br /> I LOVE that polyester green maxi with the metallic "between the boobies" button. I'll take one in basic black, ecru, orchidee, sapphire blue, and Bibi's signature sizzlin' hot pink. That neckline's high enough to pass Islamic standards & I can see myself becoming the Muslimah version of Fanny Craddock as I age, or "ripen" as Anita Ekberg used to say. <br /><br />A cautionary tale-<br /><br />In June 1977 a much-thinner Fields starred in the Home Box Office special series Standing Room Only, beginning her show seated in a wheelchair. As the audience welcomed her, she stood up, causing the cheering audience to stand with her. Said Fields: "I've waited all my life to say this... I weigh less than Elizabeth Taylor!" In October 1977, Fields was diagnosed with breast cancer and her right breast was removed. Nevertheless, Fields continued to perform, incorporating her health problems into her act. As a result, this changed the tone of her humor. Actor Van Johnson, who was a friend of Fields, was said to have remarked, "When Totie lost weight, she wasn't funny anymore."<br /><br />So there! <br />Diets be damned!Bibi Maizoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383381158640915162noreply@blogger.com