Comments on: Tea at the Ritz http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/ Days in the Life Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: skating librarian http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/comment-page-1/#comment-4622 skating librarian Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:18:49 +0000 http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/#comment-4622 I saw you at the Newbury award ceremony ... I had forgotten the black lace gloves, but the topaz on the forehead is embedded in my memory forever. After that I came to the conclusion that I can not predict what an author will look like/dress like based on the evidence in his/her books. Another case in point ... Peter was dressed in work shorts, a tee shirt, and hiking boots when he spoke to CLNE in Cambridge (UK) ... said he had forgotten the talk and had been mowing the lawn. I was using the former bedroom of a very well read, artistically gifted Harvard grad this weekend, and she had a lovely collection of Peter's books, including one (The Gift) which I hadn't encountered before. I think I owe her a thank you, as she had tidied the room more than it had ever been before (according to her mother and aunt), so I think I'll send her one of your books. Spindle's End I think, given her passion for sculpting small furry creatures. Small world, this. I saw you at the Newbury award ceremony … I had forgotten the black lace gloves, but the topaz on the forehead is embedded in my memory forever.

After that I came to the conclusion that I can not predict what an author will look like/dress like based on the evidence in his/her books.

Another case in point … Peter was dressed in work shorts, a tee shirt, and hiking boots when he spoke to CLNE in Cambridge (UK) … said he had forgotten the talk and had been mowing the lawn.

I was using the former bedroom of a very well read, artistically gifted Harvard grad this weekend, and she had a lovely collection of Peter’s books, including one (The Gift) which I hadn’t encountered before. I think I owe her a thank you, as she had tidied the room more than it had ever been before (according to her mother and aunt), so I think I’ll send her one of your books. Spindle’s End I think, given her passion for sculpting small furry creatures.

Small world, this.

]]> By: AJLR http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/comment-page-1/#comment-4567 AJLR Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:39:17 +0000 http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/#comment-4567 Hope you enjoy it. It's also nice if you make it with lemon cookies and with a few drops of lemon oil added into the whipped cream. (Can you tell I've been musing over Robin's Lemon Bars...?) :)

Hope you enjoy it. It’s also nice if you make it with lemon cookies and with a few drops of lemon oil added into the whipped cream. (Can you tell I’ve been musing over Robin’s Lemon Bars…?) :)

]]> By: Robin http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/comment-page-1/#comment-4534 Robin Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:11:16 +0000 http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/#comment-4534 Yes. Geeks Unite. I'm there. :) Yes. Geeks Unite. I’m there. :)

]]> By: Robin http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/comment-page-1/#comment-4532 Robin Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:07:38 +0000 http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/#comment-4532 Yes, well, last two days I'm eating almost more salad than *I* can stand. . . . :) Yes, well, last two days I’m eating almost more salad than *I* can stand. . . . :)

]]> By: Jeanne Marie http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/comment-page-1/#comment-4522 Jeanne Marie Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:04:31 +0000 http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/#comment-4522 Chocolate mousse! Itty bitty napoleon! Little bombe-shaped thingummy stuffed with caramel! Several varieties of fruit tart with custard and/or sugar glazes a quarter inch thick! More scones! More clotted cream! As I read this entry, I'm eating my lunch of spring mix greens salad, can of tuna and my own Best Dressing in the World (1/3 Bragg's raw apple cider vinegar, 2/3 Udo's 3.6.9 oil blend, large clove of garlic crushed, and Bavarian seasoning mix from Penzey's spices). I gained 10 pounds vicariously ANYWAY! :-) Smiles, JM in KC

Chocolate mousse! Itty bitty napoleon! Little bombe-shaped thingummy stuffed with caramel! Several varieties of fruit tart with custard and/or sugar glazes a quarter inch thick! More scones! More clotted cream!

As I read this entry, I’m eating my lunch of spring mix greens salad, can of tuna and my own Best Dressing in the World (1/3 Bragg’s raw apple cider vinegar, 2/3 Udo’s 3.6.9 oil blend, large clove of garlic crushed, and Bavarian seasoning mix from Penzey’s spices).

I gained 10 pounds vicariously ANYWAY!

:-)
Smiles,
JM in KC

]]> By: Lissla http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/comment-page-1/#comment-4519 Lissla Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:12:28 +0000 http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/#comment-4519 AJLR, I love you, and Mr. Lissar is going to love you, too. A dessert made out of cookies, whipped cream, and booze. Okay, so's tiramisu, but this one is easy.

AJLR, I love you, and Mr. Lissar is going to love you, too. A dessert made out of cookies, whipped cream, and booze. Okay, so’s tiramisu, but this one is easy.

]]> By: JM http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/comment-page-1/#comment-4513 JM Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:51:04 +0000 http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/#comment-4513 Yes, I am definitely female! re: tea list/Damar -- First, I make odd associations between things. Can't always explain why, but I get them nice & strong. * Reading the Assam Leaf tea description reminded me strongly of the beginning of The Blue Sword, when Harry first gets to the outpost and her first impressions of Damar. * Ceylon Orange Pekoe made me think of the Hill Peoples' eyes. * Darjeeling First Flush? Well, The Gift. And that very cool courtyard Corlath's father had built for his mother. * Ritz Royal English: Hetta in "A Pool in the Desert" I am rather geeky too, but I like it. It's fun. It's a shame I'm not in school -- it would be a fun term paper to explain the associations.

Yes, I am definitely female!

re: tea list/Damar — First, I make odd associations between things. Can’t always explain why, but I get them nice & strong.
* Reading the Assam Leaf tea description reminded me strongly of the beginning of The Blue Sword, when Harry first gets to the outpost and her first impressions of Damar.
* Ceylon Orange Pekoe made me think of the Hill Peoples’ eyes.
* Darjeeling First Flush? Well, The Gift. And that very cool courtyard Corlath’s father had built for his mother.
* Ritz Royal English: Hetta in “A Pool in the Desert”

I am rather geeky too, but I like it. It’s fun. It’s a shame I’m not in school — it would be a fun term paper to explain the associations.

]]> By: Robin http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/comment-page-1/#comment-4501 Robin Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:33:17 +0000 http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/#comment-4501 LOL! No wonder it doesn't fit! It got BENT! LOL! No wonder it doesn’t fit! It got BENT!

]]> By: Q http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/comment-page-1/#comment-4490 Q Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:21:35 +0000 http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/#comment-4490 Ouch. My sympathies. Be glad it's not a kitchen. Or wait, is it OVER a kitchen? Maybe that would be bad too. But you have THREE kitchens. And when construction is going on you can just avoid your house completely and not have to go to a hotel! Face it, you're lucky. Too bad for you.

Ouch. My sympathies. Be glad it’s not a kitchen. Or wait, is it OVER a kitchen? Maybe that would be bad too. But you have THREE kitchens. And when construction is going on you can just avoid your house completely and not have to go to a hotel! Face it, you’re lucky. Too bad for you.

]]> By: b_twin_1 http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/comment-page-1/#comment-4489 b_twin_1 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:20:37 +0000 http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2008/06/27/tea-at-the-ritz/#comment-4489 LOL I thought you may be. ;) I still need to order Dainty Bess and Mutabilis though. I got scared by the lack of bank account..... ahem...... Almost mid-winter for us here. My roses are still flowering because it is so mild this year. Fresh buds etc on Souvenir too. Too weird. Not sure when I will get to prune!! LOL I thought you may be. ;)

I still need to order Dainty Bess and Mutabilis though. I got scared by the lack of bank account….. ahem……

Almost mid-winter for us here. My roses are still flowering because it is so mild this year. Fresh buds etc on Souvenir too. Too weird. Not sure when I will get to prune!!

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