Archive for September, 2007

Parisian Art Nouveau metro stations

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

[rolygate]

Nice picture of a Parisian metro entrance on the website of one of our pals - have a look. Shame about the fat Brit in the pink shirt though - really lowers the tone of the place.

How come we didn’t bomb that flat in the war, then?

As you say, Nick, what a superb example of Guimard that Abbesses entrance is. And no, this recent edit was in no way designed to influence the search results for ‘Guimard Abbesses‘ - how could you think such a thing?

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The Champagne page

Monday, September 17th, 2007

[rolygate]

Steve, some fine stuff there in the Champagne pictures category. Am in awe of your powers of consumption and analysis. (Scroll down to the bottom of the page, below the pictures, and you’ll see the information I’m referring to.)

Oysters: tend to agree with you on the slime score. However, have you ever tried smoked oysters? To die for, dear fellow. Of course you must have, an epicure of your class - but I expect you had enjoyed a little too much Bolly at the time and couldn’t remember much the following day. No matter. Personally (mainly because decent smoked oysters are never to found when you fancy some), I tend to go for grilled oysters.

With this cunning method, you don’t even have the bother of opening them, since they usually open themselves under the grill. And, if time is short, there’s always the microwave!

Must try Cava some time; Rioja is my favourite tipple - after rum naturally - so I’ve nothing against the Spanish. As you say, shame about the lack of Bolly pix on the site; Stolly as well, of course. I don’t think LordPrice has any Russian sources, though. Did I ever tell you about my trip to Moscow? Been?

One point though: in the penultimate paragraph, you mention “…charming ladies who clearly know how to enjoy themselves and their escorts.”

I wonder if you actually meant to say that? A Freudian slip induced by too much Cava, no doubt.

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Rugby World Cup

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

 [LordPrice]

The 6th Rugby World Cup starts on Friday in Paris. Lord Price is attending some of the duller games (ie those few involving England before they are knocked out) but you might like to get a flavour of the real game with the Lordprice Collection. See Rugby Pictures for a glimpse of days of yore when real men pkayed the Great Game for pure enjoyment and beer.

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