tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post5973981700457681306..comments2024-03-09T00:25:22.754-08:00Comments on City Views, Country Dreams: City Views, Country DreamsFranceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-65288676737973979702008-10-20T10:37:00.000-07:002008-10-20T10:37:00.000-07:00You are overdue for a new post!We are all looking ...You are overdue for a new post!<BR/>We are all looking forward to it.<BR/>Do hope you aren't too stressed.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-27010250927060256632008-10-16T09:31:00.000-07:002008-10-16T09:31:00.000-07:00Ha! I can't believe no new blog for you for how l...Ha! <BR/>I can't believe no new blog for you for how long....<BR/><BR/>I also admire you-you work so hard.<BR/>Your energy is incredible. Or maybe it is just your zest for life...<BR/><BR/>Hubby is coming over on 2nd Nov for New York marathon and I wish so much I were able to come over with him and sneak off to meet you!...<BR/><BR/>Maybe next year...<BR/> <BR/>xxBluestocking Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502764742097142372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-47871036905978017762008-10-09T23:13:00.000-07:002008-10-09T23:13:00.000-07:00Popping over from Elizabeth's to say hello! What a...Popping over from Elizabeth's to say hello! What a wonderful day you enjoyed. MOMA is one of my favourite museums and looking at artists sketchbooks is one of my favourite passtimes ;-) I saw in the London papers that Goth is getting a glam treatment. I would have liked to have seen the FIT exhibit. It sounds very dramatic.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy the Van Gogh show. I had the opportunity to visit his museum in Amsterdam earlier this year and was really blown away with his work and his range of styles.<BR/><BR/>Cheers from England :-)TBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05587580447766102705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-90552182474146150582008-10-09T14:00:00.000-07:002008-10-09T14:00:00.000-07:00Really good photos - I miss NYC!Really good photos - I miss NYC!Cormac Mac Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569112824755352963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-791906730178943512008-10-07T02:54:00.000-07:002008-10-07T02:54:00.000-07:00Dear FrancesThank you for your kind comments.I'm b...Dear Frances<BR/>Thank you for your kind comments.<BR/>I'm back but have such a store of pictures that I'm only just about to declare it!<BR/>You are due to post something new from New York.<BR/>See you soon.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-1866614606421306882008-09-26T01:32:00.000-07:002008-09-26T01:32:00.000-07:00What a lovely start to a post "good evening from N...What a lovely start to a post "good evening from New York" it makes one feel like snuggling into the sofa with a nice hot drink before reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-51600448267354797822008-09-25T13:56:00.000-07:002008-09-25T13:56:00.000-07:00Oops - that wasn't anonymous! That was me!! What h...Oops - that wasn't anonymous! That was me!! What happened?Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-65216336934039090962008-09-25T13:55:00.000-07:002008-09-25T13:55:00.000-07:00I know you've commented in the past about the cont...I know you've commented in the past about the contrast between your life in the city and what started off as the spark for the Pc gang, the CL blog, but I do so love wandering round your city with you. I love the stillness of your posts, the sense of 'living in the moment', the art and culture; it's a treasured insight into another life.<BR/>(And thanks for your advice, both on my shoulder and on the hellish holiday accommodation.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-82386548133532587312008-09-24T06:50:00.000-07:002008-09-24T06:50:00.000-07:00And i also agree! I would do the same. Is it a vir...And i also agree! I would do the same. Is it a virgo thing?!Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-90018719777157864572008-09-20T00:52:00.000-07:002008-09-20T00:52:00.000-07:00Yes, sorry to miss you!Will catch up on my return....Yes, sorry to miss you!<BR/>Will catch up on my return.<BR/>England is having the summer they missed.......<BR/>sunshine and Keats' 'mellow fruitfulness'<BR/>Wonderful.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-36367923817602555092008-09-17T11:07:00.000-07:002008-09-17T11:07:00.000-07:00Hello Frances!Just chasing up a bitThe MOMA exhibi...Hello Frances!<BR/>Just chasing up a bit<BR/><BR/>The MOMA exhibition sounds good.<BR/><BR/>Also like the Black gothic look, if I was younger i would have liked to be a Goth, loved to dress in black, still do.Not so sure of the dog collars and chains though!<BR/><BR/>Love muddieInthemudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12551873512058789152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-81347604023947235492008-09-14T14:05:00.000-07:002008-09-14T14:05:00.000-07:00Yep! Toady said it in one.......one reason I could...Yep! Toady said it in one.......one reason I couldnt live in a city is because I could never do it justice the way you do. You have such a lively mind, whereas a perfect weekend for me is total seclusion and not seeing anyone (other than my family of course)But dont forget you have an invitation to the Peak District!Grousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511245766699609786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-85001957264277785792008-09-13T17:45:00.000-07:002008-09-13T17:45:00.000-07:00Dear Frances,Yet again, a truly wonderful blog. Ho...Dear Frances,<BR/><BR/>Yet again, a truly wonderful blog. How I would have loved to have been there with you at the GALLERY and to view such gorgeous works of Art. Let us hope that those students in future years use their talents to paint and sketch, cannot think that the creativity of artists will be lost forever with use of mobile phones.<BR/><BR/>I admire your sheer passion for life with enormous energy and the way you make use of your free days, to fill them with your hearts desire.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the tip on the Netherland book Frances, I shall be ordering this from library and as Edward has mentioned..... another that has been omitted from The Booker List apparantly.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Serious envy here Frances of the trip to the Fashion Show, and well worth a visit in my mind, ooh, love clothes.!<BR/><BR/>xxCAMILLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741990891794651299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-89655149354998596532008-09-13T11:36:00.000-07:002008-09-13T11:36:00.000-07:00Wish I could draw. But I have no skill there. So w...Wish I could draw. But I have no skill there. So well done. And happy birthday, too, which I have just missed. I hope you had an enjoyable time. And it's lovely to drop into a gallery and perhaps go only to see a single picture. You'll have to come on a buying spree to London, Paris, Madrid, the great galleries of the world. Now would a painting by Goya be copyright if you wanted to print it on a T shirt? Pob hwyl FxxFenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-70533292678774739092008-09-11T13:06:00.000-07:002008-09-11T13:06:00.000-07:00Your life sounds so glam Frances!Your life sounds so glam Frances!Faith https://www.blogger.com/profile/04672728248961388984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-92070702613331488042008-09-11T12:19:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:19:00.000-07:00Such a long time since I have been about that now ...Such a long time since I have been about that now I am back ofrm my travels I am glad to see you again but madly jealious of your ticket at Moma!! I await reports on teh Van Gogh!!Un Peu Loufoquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387826515638192265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-52953071831794275102008-09-11T09:05:00.000-07:002008-09-11T09:05:00.000-07:00When you talk about your city and your activities ...When you talk about your city and your activities I always feel I am there to see it with my own eyes even though I have never left Europe so only know your city from films and pictures. It is amazing that you can just pop into a museum and look at a REAL Kirchner (he was one that was labelled "degenerated" by the Nazis and many pictures have been destroyed, thankfully some were smuggled abrod like to NY). Living in this amazing city has it's merits even if you can't have a garden.:-)Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304906179807218201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-84206678429295480642008-09-11T07:01:00.000-07:002008-09-11T07:01:00.000-07:00Oh how I'd love to wander round MOMA...and see tha...Oh how I'd love to wander round MOMA...and see that fashion show! I have a vintage Galliano long black skirt from one of his first shows (used to have the huge hat that went with it but someone sat on it!). Love all that goth vibe....one day I'll post a pic of me in full black lace and pointy boot splendour! And old one, I hasten to add....<BR/><BR/>Yup, let's try not to dwell on awful memories of that day....Exmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-88554511871730057962008-09-11T05:41:00.000-07:002008-09-11T05:41:00.000-07:00I thought of you this morning when I woke up and r...I thought of you this morning when I woke up and realised the significance of to-day. <BR/>Lovely blog. ThankyouNorma Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403421235388770309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-59066067118799449172008-09-11T03:34:00.000-07:002008-09-11T03:34:00.000-07:00I just wanted to say that I was thinking of all my...I just wanted to say that I was thinking of all my American friends this morning, the 11th, when so many vivid memories come back of the news pictures we saw here in Britain.<BR/><BR/>I also wanted to say your blog made me breathless.. so much energy... are you naturally an energetic lady or does living in NY make you like that, can you not help soaking up all that external energy?<BR/><BR/>So different from my quiet village, with the nearest museums and so on being hours away, and the nearest thing to culture being a small village library a few miles distant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-45818825488189303392008-09-11T02:44:00.000-07:002008-09-11T02:44:00.000-07:00I do agree with Toady; where do you get your energ...I do agree with Toady; where do you get your energy from Frances and could you send some my way please? Lovely blog about your day. Would love to visit those exhibitions, especially the Gothis one xxPipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-36206850767656844182008-09-11T02:41:00.000-07:002008-09-11T02:41:00.000-07:00Agree, agree - it's so inspiring to hear all the t...Agree, agree - it's so inspiring to hear all the things you fit in to what must be relatively little free time. Lovely blog.LITTLE BROWN DOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752176955139690523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-49973058359462038032008-09-11T02:35:00.000-07:002008-09-11T02:35:00.000-07:00There is nothing like a sketch book - I feel sorry...There is nothing like a sketch book - I feel sorry for those students who aren't taking advantage of one of the best ways to record anything and increase their handskills - Galliano didn't get where he was by taking photos with a mobile phone! <BR/><BR/>A lovely day out, and you packed so much in - I might follow your example and have a day out in Oxford (which, despite its reputation, is not half as glamorous as your New York).Gretelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-46064257216088501422008-09-11T02:30:00.000-07:002008-09-11T02:30:00.000-07:00Lovely blog as usual - I envy you your seasonal we...Lovely blog as usual - I envy you your seasonal weather! I've read very good reports of "Netherland" - apparently it's been left off the Booker shortlist, much to some people's chagrin. Agree so much about the sketching - but you only have to see Tracey Emin's "drawings" and read the rave reviews to realise that the art of draughtsmanship is in terminal decline.Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548801150312804111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-35007014639439965452008-09-11T02:17:00.000-07:002008-09-11T02:17:00.000-07:00A busy day indeed - but why not when you live with...A busy day indeed - but why not when you live within walking distance (serious envy here) of some of the worlds most fantastic galleries and museums.<BR/><BR/>Will the art of drawing be lost I wonder?mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.com