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Now! Thursday July 28th/Friday 29th: Tracy on BBC-5's Up All Night 9:30 pm Eastern USA/2:30 am GMT with Dr. Petra and Dotun Read an excerpt |
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| Friday, August 13, 2004 Quote of the Day "In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal." Julia Child, who died at 2:50 this morning. RIP. Wednesday, August 11, 2004 Yesterday, I began reading Breakfast at Tiffany's, courtesy of the NY Times. I feel sooooo Victorian, reading the latest serial. Every day! This is the third free novel provided by the NY Times this summer. I love it! I first read Breakfast when I was, myself, a bit too much like Holly Golightly. I was about 19. I don't remember being so impressed with the story. I didn't appreciate it because it sounded too much like normal life. Now I'm reading it and thinking, "What atmosphere. How true. What a period piece!" I did not remember it being such a good story! I love that the Times chose a story about a Manhattan prostitute for one of its summer novels. It just makes me feel good to be alive. Most people think of "Breakfast" and they think "Audrey Hepburn" because of the movie. The film, by the way, was not bad. I enjoyed it. But this is a distinct pleasure of its own, reading the book. Also, you can see why they cast Audrey as Holly when you read the story. It's totally right. Capote really seems to be describing Audrey, though he was really describing... well, who knows? I am a huge Audrey Hepburn fan. I cannot think of a public figure whose style I admire more. I saw her on a talk show before she died saying that, when she chose to do this movie, some people were surprised that she played the part of "a call girl." She didn't overstate or defend it, just took note that this was considered a little daring at the time. This is what I mean. Audrey was delightful. PS: The first one offered in this Summer Reading series was The Great Gatsby. Alas, I am too much of a barbarian to appreciate Gatsby. I much prefer F. Scott's short stories which, I think, were more accessible and less "precious" -- my absolute favorite F. Scott Thing is the Basil & Josephine collection. But that wouldn't lend itself to serialization. Or would it? Monday, August 02, 2004 Neke Encore! Neke Carson on piano. At Petrossian. This Wednesday, 7:30-9:30pm. Make your reservations @ 001.212.245.2214 http://www.mihaus.com/Neke.html |