Bronxgirl48 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Ah, yes, for that "St. Tropez tan". Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 20, 2012 12:46 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Quel dommage! There _is_ encroaching hyper-development on the cote-d'azur and banality creeps in everywhere, alas. The *good* news is you can avoid these things, there are still many calmer (I won't say "undiscovered") oases of charm, medieval history and of course, that warm mediterranean atmosphere that's more potent than any Pernod. I suggest you add Villefranche to your list of possibilities as a base if you want a coastal city that is central and though popular, still extremely charming as this view from my hotel window when I visited proves: By sticking to coastal cities and villages, you can forgo renting a car since the train and bus services are excellent and usually cheap. However if you want to explore Provence, a car is essential. Practice your circular turns for the round-about is the "intersection" of choice over there...many is the time I was going round and round in circles not knowing which exit to take! Talk about nerve wracking, ha! The good thing about them is that by circling back around you get to read the signs over and over until you are sure which exit is the right one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Instead of working I'm gazing at that beautiful slideshow, Bronxie... Event the post offices there are gorgeous. Mail me now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Hello my little twinnie.. trying to do some "catching up' around here.. and wanted to send my belated condolences regarding your aunt.. it is never easy to say goodbye to those we love. Hope you and mom are both doing well. Also wanted to say "wowsa" on that French village.. I say we make that a stop on our TCM family reunion world tour someday for SURE. Of course.. if we get there and it is as lovely as all that.. we may stay longer than we THOUGHT and just have to move IN.. ha. Oh.. But then I'd have to learn a LOT more French (than my pitiful lilttle "dabbling" that I have picked up the last couple of years at work.. alas) ha. Go ahead.. ask me how to say "back pack, glue, pencil, and paper" in French. Hey.. I can even count (up to maybe 40 or 50) and I know all my colors and the days of the week/ months of the year.. ha I know at LEAST as much French as the average first grader in a midwestern school classroom. Woo hoo.. I'm on a roll, I tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Isn't Salers wonderful? I do love that post office -- just imagine mailing a letter, it would be an overwhelming aesthetic experience, lol. And the hat shop! Doesn't the village look like the kind of medieval place Esmeralda would run towards, away from Paris and Notre Dame, in order to escape Quasimodo and Cedric Hardwicke? I wouldn't bother with my car on the Riviera. The public transportion seems so efficient and hassle-free. Yes, I've also thought about Villefranche as my base! Here's a lovely rental apartment: http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p272702 Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 20, 2012 9:50 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Thanks for the condolences, Ro. Yes, it's very hard letting go... We had no idea Aunt Elaine was so ill. That, and the fact she lost her beloved George, no doubt precipitated her decline. For our own special TCM Fest, I'm envisioning a large mid-century modern villa (with Provencal touches of course) farther south, near a beach, so we can all enjoy views of the sparkling Mediterranean. Don't worry about any French language limitations. When Louis Jourdan drops by, the only word we need is "oui", lol. I was watching part of MADE IN PARIS. Ooh la la -- NOT. Now in his day Chad Everett might have been a hunk (my girlfriend was crazy about him; I preferred Robert Conrad) but can you imagine Ann-Margret choosing station wagon-and-sheepdogs dull suburban Everett over Jourdan? I can't either. Okay, so square Chad is offering marriage and Louis isn't. But what girl would turn down a chance to spend several months in Provence with Gaston?? Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 20, 2012 7:21 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Goddess, which hotel did you stay at with that gorgeous view? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 It's a hotel run by English people, or used to be, called the, don't laugh, "Welcome Hotel". It's actually rather famous. It's been around for many decades, you can even see glimpses of it in *Kings Go Forth*, which was filmed in Villefranche. It's right in front of the harbour, not too expensive and very clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 Thanks, cherie! Wow, I read that Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Picasso, and Winston Churchill enjoyed the dining room. Not too shabby, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 > {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}Thanks, cherie! Wow, I read that Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Picasso, and Winston Churchill enjoyed the dining room. Not too shabby, huh? Wow, I didn't know about Cary. I'm sure it was cuter back then. The decor is kind of bland now but in this case I didn't mind since the whole time you just want to be OUT and about...and you have that view (ask for a seaview room). At night they have tables set outside where you can sit and sip wine while watching the people cruise up and down the main "drag". Villefranche used to be Italian so it has that vibe, still and some fabulous medieval walk ways...one restaurant (BRILLIANT food) was tucked into a cave-like, vault-ceiling room inside what must have been centuries old walls. SIGH. I miss it. My friend who was travelling with me adored it all, too. Right off the main drag you enter passages like this that take you into the older part of the town: And this one, called mysteriously the Rue Obscure (sorry for the gigantic size of the photos but Photobucket is so difficult on my work PC): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 The bigger the better with those beautiful, evocative photos, Miss G.! Hey, I wonder if Cary stopped by the Welcome during filming of TO CATCH A THIEF, and Deborah during BONJOUR TRISTESSE. I uploaded this before, but (to paraphrase the old '30's Universal horror movie pre-cast listing phrase) a good hotel in the Mediterranean is worth repeating) This is in Eze, and I absolutely adore it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk_Ydc2DrRE Apropos of nothing: Every time Shirley comments on the sweet and sour sauce (the perfect symbol for her involvement with creepy Jeff) in THE APARTMENT, I always feel an urge to go out for Chinese food. Strangely, I actually had a nightmare about Fred MacMurray last night, and can't figure out what it means. He was in white tie and tails, looking like another Fred, in TOP HAT. Mac just glared at me, then I woke up. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 23, 2012 7:09 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 I'm in love now with Menton. It looks BRILLIANT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueSueApplegate Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Miss G., I love those photos! Ladies, are we planning a conference on the Cote d'Azur any time soon? I must get my passport in order... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I actually had a nightmare about Fred MacMurray last night, and can't figure out what it meant. He was in white tie and tails, looking like another Fred, in TOP HAT. Mac just glared at me, then I woke up. by the rules of screwball, this means you are well on your way to falling in love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueSueApplegate Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 JackFavell said: "I actually had a nightmare about Fred MacMurray last night, and can't figure out what it meant. He was in white tie and tails, looking like another Fred, in TOP HAT. Mac just glared at me, then I woke up. by the rules of screwball, this means you are well on your way to falling in love." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 I need votes for where to hold our fest in 2013 -- will it be Villefranche, Menton, Cannes, or Nice? Probably doesn't really matter, though, anywhere along the Riviera sounds good to me, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 Re: Walter Neff invading my dreams. What's that line in BRINGING UP BABY: "The love impulse in men very frequently reveals itself in terms of conflict"? I like Fred, but, well, not in any romantic way. He's more the brotherly type. On a similiar note, I was doing some shopping today, and who do I see before entering the supermarket? A guy WHO IS THE SPITTING IMAGE OF PETER SELLERS starts leering at me. Peter Sellers is a hilarious comic actor (priceless in THE WRONG BOX, THE PINK PANTHER, etc.) but he is not my idea of a hunk. Now if you remember I did get "lucky" when a Rudy lookalike popped up at my local gourmet Italian deli, but these heartthrobs are few and far between. Why did I have to get Peter? Couldn't it have been Rod, Bela, or George O'Brien?? Why do I get Fred MacMurray at night? Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 23, 2012 7:05 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I hear you girl! Remember, you're talking to the gal who had a tete a tete in her dreams with Frank McHugh! What gives? I'm convinced it relates back to that weird evening when we all fell asleep watching Village of the Damned.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 LOL It could be worse though -- Mel Torme from THE FEARMAKERS. (recently saw this) Nothing more horrific. Unless it's Larry King. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 23, 2012 7:02 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I thought Mel did great, acting wise, despite the fact that he has no chin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 > It could be worse though -- Mel Torme from THE FEARMAKERS. (recently saw this) > Nothing more horrific. > Unless it's Larry King. Spit-Take!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 All I'll say about Mel's Barney Bond is that he was better than Tony Bennett as Hymie Kelly in THE OSCAR, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 I swear I saw something once from the Cretaceous period at a natural history museum, that looked just like Larry King. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 23, 2012 8:48 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 > {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}All I'll say about Mel's Barney Bond is that he was better than Tony Bennett as Hymie Kelly in THE OSCAR, lol. OOCH that's not saying much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 I know, lol. I wanted Barney to lust after Veda Ann Borg, just for the fun of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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