Minya Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 *Did you get that wild red rose dress of yours yet? Are you ready for Nick Cave?* EEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! I called the place yesterday and they informed me that they found a distributor for the material needed to finish the dress and that it would be shipped within two to three weeks and that they would expedite it so I would have it in time for the wedding. Yay! Am I ready for Nick Cave? think the better question is, is he ready for me? *It really is. But everyone is different. I know of some who'd rather experience the feel of a crowd. I'm the opposite. I'd rather watch the film in a quiet theater. I'm not a "crowds" kind of person in general. I cannot imagine living in a big city.* I'm not a big crowds person either, and I'd see a lot more movies in a theater if I knew it was going to be smaller and quiet. It's funny, I always though of Seattle as a big city (more so since the early nineties) until I lived in San Francisco. Then you realize how small it is still. And provincial. Still, most days I'd give a lot for Microsoft and Nirvana to have hit the big time is some other city. Almost twenty years after things really started to explode around here, the city still hasn't figured out a way to deal with growth sensibly. *A scimitar? Geez, I'm learning a lot of things on this thread. Can I use your scimitar to eat some spumoni?* As long as you post a picture of it. *I don't think your house lends itself to themed rooms, I believe it's the crazy inhabitant.* Just because I like interesting surroundings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 "MOM....men DO NOT wear dresses!" *But don't worry April and Barb...I have a feeling she will catch on soon enough.* I think she's doing fine, she's already got the first part right and that's actually more important, LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 *Happy Birthday Theresa! Hope you're enjoying the ball.* hey johanna! thanks so much! it has been a wonderful birthday, thanks to all of you wonderful friends! *I don't think it's supposed to be. lol He would be missing his green suit and yellow crown. Since Theresa likes to use elephants to trample Scotty I figured to search for an elephant cake. Any more birthday's coming up?* heehee! thats cute!! i would never use poor barbar to trample frankie...he might hurt his little footsies trampling him....i love barbar too much. heehee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 hey bronxie!!! thank you for tha video of Smithy and Paula...one of my buddies actually made that video. heehee! i hadnt seen it yet though, so thank you lots and lots! *Birthday Wishes to a lovely Virgo I'm honored to share the boards with -- you have exquisite taste! Have a wonderful natal day.* thank you for the loverly compliment! i think you have great taste too. it definitely shows, especially now that you have seen Smithy in action and love him as i do. heehee! april, dahlink!!! *I'm late to the party, as usual, but you know my best wishes for you, Sweet Tea, for ALWAYS and ALL DAYS* ladies are never late! everyone else is simply early. heehee! but everyone around here is a lady and a gentleman so i cant really say that......well except for frankie. he isnt a gentleman. he is a meanie. heehee! but a sweetie pie meanie. heehee! when you posted that Gilda and Paula pics, i just got up and started singing to "blame it on mame", while i was dancing to "She's ma Daisy" heehee! what a combo, sing with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Sometimes a crowd in the movie theatre is fun- like when we went to see *Curse of the Were-Rabbit* with Wallace and Grommit. We were all on the same page, and at the end everybody stood up and cheered. Unfortunately, this is not the case most of the time! When people are texting during a movie (it's amazing how piercing the light is from a little tiny phone when you are in the dark), or are getting up fro snacks and coming in late, talking and laughing through the whole thing I just get crazy! The worst for me is when someone sitting behind me has to translate for a very deaf or stupid person. This happened during "Brideshead Revisited" recently. The woman kept saying, "What did she say?" "What was that?" and I wanted so badly to say, "Why did you come to an English movie if you can't understand the language?" It just makes me frustrated, because every time she asked a question, I would lose two or three more bits of dialogue.... Message was edited by: JackFavell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 *Hey! I missed your birthday, Scotchie! To the sweetest girl on the Torture Thread!* *Do you like butterscotch layer cake? I think it looks delicious!* hey jackie!! thanks lots! is this a trick question? i cant stop staring at that cake....i would love some! let us have a piece! pretty please. heehee! i have never tried butterscotch cake. but i love butterscotch rum flavors. yummy! MELODY JONES!! ruin my concentration why dont ya? thanks jackie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 *Yes, your mom is the one with good taste in your family.* i figured you'd say something to that affect. goodness! *You'll really get twirled at this establishment* i meant like Mr. Chips does to Mrs. Chips, i didnt mean twirling me so hard that i get dizzy and fall to the ground....what kind of ball would that be? honestly! heehee! *I must not, I must not!* personally i think you would look handsome in a tux! you HAVE to wear it, frankie. youll make me cry if you dont. by the way, im with loretta, if i aim at something, i hit it! and if i hit something, thats what i aimed at! heehee! so duck and run for cover or else.....b/c im still learning how to hold a gun. heehee! oh banana oil! why do you do this to me? first you get me all wired up about to strangle you, but you make me melt in my chair watching Cherry kissing Melody.... how rude! heehee! would youm ake up your mind how you want me to react to you? sarously. oh by the way i finally went to the Driskill hotel!!!! it was amazing!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 No trick. I just thought it looked yummy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 *No trick. I just thought it looked yummy!* yummy in our tummies good. heehee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Do you feel more grown up today? I still feel like eighteen most of the time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Film_Fatale Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 > {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > Sometimes a crowd in the movie theatre is fun- like when we went to see *Curse of the Were-Rabbit* with Wallace and Grommit. We were all on the same page, and at the end everybody stood up and cheered. > Well it's nice when everybody is "on the same page" - whether it's a regular showing or a sing-along version of a popular movie or the *RHPS*, it's a positive group experience. But unfortunately a lot of the time it's just inconsiderate people who act like they're in their living rooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 oh by the way i finally went to the Driskill hotel!!!! it was amazing!!!!! I want to hear all about it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minya Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 *Sometimes a crowd in the movie theatre is fun- like when we went to see Curse of the Were-Rabbit with Wallace and Grommit. We were all on the same page, and at the end everybody stood up and cheered.* Yeah, that is definitely the exception (and I LOVE Wallace & Grommit!!), in a case like that it makes it way more fun. When we went to go see all of the Lord of the Rings movies, people were excited and clapped and cheered, but were still quiet during the dialogue. It was the perfect mix. *The worst for me is when someone sitting behind me has to translate for a very deaf or stupid person. This happened during "Brideshead Revisited" recently. The woman kept saying, "What did she say?" "What was that?" and I wanted so badly to say, "Why did you come to an English movie if you can't understand the language?" It just makes me frustrated, because every time she asked a question, I would lose two or three more bits of dialogue....* I KNOW, right! or people who feel a compulsive need to talk back to the screen. I went to go see Pulp Fiction and there was a couple behind me that looked like they were going to see a Quentin Tarantino movie for the first time and sure enough, the wife spent the entire movie doing this-OH MY GOD! GET OUT OF THERE! HE'S GOING TO SHOOT! I CAN"T BELIEVE IT! until I finally turned around and told her to shut up (surprising even myself-usually I just seethe quietly). Then she told me to shut up and I had to remind her that she was the only one talking through the entire movie. I mean, technology has done some great things, but one of the downsides is that people don't seem to be able to differentiate any longer between watching a movie at home and watching it in a theater with other people who have paid ten dollars to see a movie and not listen to you talk on your cell phone, or text someone or just generally be inappropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Film_Fatale Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 > {quote:title=Minya wrote:}{quote} > I mean, technology has done some great things, but one of the downsides is that people don't seem to be able to differentiate any longer between watching a movie at home and watching it in a theater with other people who have paid ten dollars to see a movie and not listen to you talk on your cell phone, or text someone or just generally be inappropriate. You hit the nail right on the spot. And unfortunately, theater owners don't seem to be able or willing to do much about it, aside from perhaps saying something about being quiet and turning off cell phones in their policy trailer. I have only once or twice come across theaters with baby rooms - which are actually sealed off from the rest of the auditorium. Probably too expensive for most theaters to bother with. It would at least keep people with babies from ruining the movie for everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minya Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 *I have only once or twice come across theaters with baby rooms - which are actually sealed off from the rest of the auditorium. Probably too expensive for most theaters to bother with. It would at least keep people with babies from ruining the movie for everyone else.* They have a few theaters around here that do that, but you would not believe the freak out that occurred when they first put them in-people got upset and said that they were being discriminated against. It boggles the mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Film_Fatale Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 > {quote:title=Minya wrote:}{quote} > They have a few theaters around here that do that, but you would not believe the freak out that occurred when they first put them in-people got upset and said that they were being discriminated against. It boggles the mind. It really is mind-boggling. I mean, the only places where I've seen them, it was totally optional to use them. And they featured their own volume control, so while inside the baby room, you could turn the volume of the movie up or down. There really is only one technological step that could be taken to prevent noisy people from ruining a movie - it would involve equipping seats with a headphone jack, but that would certainly be too expensive for theater owners to implement, and many people wouldn't enjoy having to use headphones while in the movie theatre just to be able to listen to the movie. So I don't think things will get much better anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Oh, you're welcome my sweet scotch-girl. Glad I was able to provide a "preview"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 hey jackie!! *Do you feel more grown up today? I still feel like eighteen most of the time....* i still feel 16..its like i skipped 17. heehee! i dont ordinarily think of my age all the time, so its sort of mind boggling that im 18. my family seems to always ask me if i wanna grow up, but i hardly think that....besides, where's the fun in that? thankfully my grandparents know that i will never grow up. who needs to......and jackie, you can be 18 any day of the week with me. hey barbara!! *Oh, you're welcome my sweet scotch-girl. Glad I was able to provide a "preview"!* i definitely enjoyed it! youre ever so kind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 I'm of the opinion that the shorter guys look better in kilts than the taller ones for some reason. I can picture Alan Ladd totally dreamy in them rather than, say, Duke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Hey, Theresa, I'm the same age as you! Well, in spirit anyhow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 *I want to hear all about it!!* well daddy said i shouldnt wear my black evening dress, b/c the rest of my family doesnt like to dress up at all and i would be out of place, so i agreed and just wore a sort of cocktail day dress not too evening like instead, but i did get to wear my long black gloves and glossy black high heels! i even got gloves etiquette from grandmama. she told me all about when she was a teenager in the 50s and that i shouldnt wear my ring on top of my gloves. it was too cute. this is what it looks like for now at least. http://www.driskillhotel.com/ i took pictures, so ill have to post them to show you. you should have seen their menu! i had never seen anything so elegant or....expensive to say the least. heehee! each person got two courses....i have never had more than one course at dinner! heehee! for my first course, i had the Buttered Lobster plate....the presentation was AMAZING and EXQUISITE! i didnt want to eat it, b/c it looked so pretty. then my second course was the cinnamon dusted duck breast with pomegranate sauce. they had a fancy name for the sauce, but i forgot it. then daddy started teasing me, saying their presentation was phenomenal compared to Emeril's.....honestly daddy! heehee! at the table grandpapa looked over at me and said, "who's this movie star?" he said i looked like a brunette veronica lake, b/c i wore my hair down and sort of wavy. everyone got something different so we could all taste each other's beautiful dishes and sarously, you need to see some of the stuff they have at this place..they have caviar and quail eggs and on the menu was an 1100 dollar bottle of win from 1904!! me and daddy immidiately saw that at the same time and our eyes grew wider and wider. daddy is so funny, he said,"about what kind of security could a place like this have for a bottle of wine like that?" then i asked,"how many bottles of wine from 1904 could one place have?" one or two maybe....but its cool, b/c they update their menus every day and they date them at the top in fancy lettering. i loved it! the waitor even let me bring a menu home and he wrapped it in ribbon for me too. he was really sweet....hey i had to ask for one for my scrapbook. heehee! their wine cellar/cabinet was right behind us, being protected by this very uniquely designed glass and antique wood doors, but we could see though the glass and daddy started drooling. heehee! but all their bottles were so highly praised and old. the brands were all expensive with beautiful labels. thankfully we didnt buy any alcohol. goodness! since we had a big group there, well it wasnt a big group, but both sets of grandparents were there, and so was my little brother and parents, and if you have a big group, the executive cheff always brings out a complimentary sample of some of his finest dishes in infinitesimal amounts. each person got soemthing different and i got what was more like a sample drink. it was a shot glass of frozen crushed up fruit and a blend of pure fruit juices and it was the most delicious punch i have ever tasted! i felt like ordering everything on the menu like Queen Latifa did in Last Holdiay so that the chef could come out to talk to me and i could thank him, but i wasnt about to do that. heehee! then desert time came and i got Blackberry Sorbet.....im tellin' ya. phew! that was the strongest sorbet, i have ever eaten, and the best! momma and daddy got this chocolate delicatessant torte thing, i wish i could remember the name of it. i took a picture of it, b/c it was so beautiful. it was a chocolate torte with layers in the inside of it, with another chocolate glaze over it and a little pure raspberry sorbet on the side of it with a swirly pieace of suagr ontop of it, and then raspberry sauce made into an intricate design on the plate to make it lok pretty.....thank goodness i didnt have any of that....it looked too chocolaty for me. yucky. heehee! i just loved the way it looked. my little brother, just got ordinary vanilla ice cream...honestly, who gets somehting that ordinary at a place like this? heehee! he really scarfed it down anyway, apparently he liked it. grandma(not my old movie grandma, the other one) got this lemon sorbet and if i thought the blackberry one was strong, phew!. it was the most tart and sour lemony desert. she let me taste it and she said i broke out in a lucy face. it was too funny, she broke out in laughter, but hey, she looooved her lemony tartness. it was definitely a beautiful experience, and expensive, but well worth it, i thought, and so did my family. they told me they were in awe of how beautiful the restaurant looked. it was very vintage and ethereal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 It's not that they're tall, it's their skinny legs..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Fantabulous, Princess T!! It sounds like a heavenly evening, good for you! I hope the first of many in your life. That menu you shared with us has just shattered my diet. I could eat everthing you named in one swallow I'm so hungry now! I can't wait to see pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 That place looks gorgeous, but I am sure it didn't look as good as the brunette Veronica! I like your taste in food, except dessert.....I would have gone for the chocolate.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 *Fantabulous, Princess T!! It sounds like a heavenly evening, good for you! I hope the first of* *many in your life.* i certainly hope so too! i cant wait to have more evenings like this if thats even possible. heehee! *That menu you shared with us has just shattered my diet. I could eat everthing you named* *in one swallow I'm so hungry now! I can't wait to see pictures!* im glad you got the hint! i wanted to make your mouth water, so you could go out and eat something special. you always seem to be worried about your beautiful figure! have some fun with food! Italy doesnt count by the way....that was vacation. heehee! need i remind you of your black Gilda Dress? heehee! ill post pics soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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