I shall carry a bright pink purse in Paris
Feb 20th, 2006, 07:13 AM
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I think the lighthearted posts are essential. We're travellers, we know how to have fun, why not have some fun here too! Notice how much personality came out of your post milogirl 
Poetry, stories, people daring to press the envelope...good job
Poetry, stories, people daring to press the envelope...good job
Feb 20th, 2006, 07:16 AM
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Milogirl , Before my trip last year I read on this forum about LeSport bags. I find them on ebay and now own seven. I use a messenger as a small carry-on and the others as my everyday purses. I love them. I can carry them across my chest when on trips. Yes, the colors are fun. Have a great trip. Joan
Feb 20th, 2006, 09:50 AM
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My very first travel bag was a medium sized gray LeSport Sac duffle... I'd forgotten all about it!! Think I'll go shopping because I love the idea of a virtually weighless purse, tote, or suitcase.
Feb 20th, 2006, 12:31 PM
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Good grief! After reading ira's response I just reread the responses and tedgale had the same reaction as I did (as indeed, ted, you beat me to it!!!)Sorry I didn't give you due acknowledgement.
It is a very travel related poem. But ira, it should be:
<i> On the messageboard the people come and go
Speaking of Michelangelo </i> (with apologies again to TSE)
It is a very travel related poem. But ira, it should be:
<i> On the messageboard the people come and go
Speaking of Michelangelo </i> (with apologies again to TSE)
Feb 20th, 2006, 03:11 PM
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Top marks for literacy to Fodors posters.
Can there be ANY 20th century English-language writer whose quotable coinages outnumber Eliot's??
Somewhere in the jumble of this sprawling domestic wreckage there is an Eliot autograph: a blue airmail "flimsy" from Faber & Faber in which TSE politely rejects my spouse's invitation to address a graduate-student seminar:
"I regret there can be no question of my accepting...", etc etc
A firm, vivid, blue signature remains undimmed, after 40-odd years. On reflection: Nice colour for a handbag....
Can there be ANY 20th century English-language writer whose quotable coinages outnumber Eliot's??
Somewhere in the jumble of this sprawling domestic wreckage there is an Eliot autograph: a blue airmail "flimsy" from Faber & Faber in which TSE politely rejects my spouse's invitation to address a graduate-student seminar:
"I regret there can be no question of my accepting...", etc etc
A firm, vivid, blue signature remains undimmed, after 40-odd years. On reflection: Nice colour for a handbag....
Feb 21st, 2006, 10:41 AM
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"sprawling domestic wreckage" - oh, how that makes me feel better - we are not alone. Last month I finally got the courage to throw out a lot of stuff. I reasoned that a landfill was not the less evil, because it was within the confines of my own house....
I admire your spouse for trying, but I think TS' response was rather inevitable, given his lament over a life measured out in coffee spoons (which, come to think of it, is a lot better than the life he would have faced today, measured as it is in inches/feet/yards/metres of paper....)
Last month I finally got the courage to throw out a lot of stuff. I reasoned that a landfill was not the less evil, because it was within the confines of my own house....I admire your spouse for trying, but I think TS' response was rather inevitable, given his lament over a life measured out in coffee spoons (which, come to think of it, is a lot better than the life he would have faced today, measured as it is in inches/feet/yards/metres of paper....)
Feb 22nd, 2006, 12:41 PM
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Milogirl, as someone who has posed an innocent question and been slammed repeatedly, I understand your hesitation in posting. As for your pink purse, bravo! When my husband and I traveled to Italy two years ago in March,I took along my winter coat, which is pink. I mean HOT PINK! I wore it proudly with black accessories. We are traveling to Paris next week and once again my pink coat will be worn. If you love the bag, take it! You're my kind of gal, do what feels right to you!
Feb 24th, 2006, 03:16 PM
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At Nordstroms today I noticed that they are carrying Faconable HOT PINK and AQUA CAPRIS!!!! Are these for the American market or do you suppose French ladies are wearing hot pink capris this season?
Feb 24th, 2006, 04:16 PM
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I own pink capris. And lime green capris. And aqua capris. But I live in Florida where one can actually get away with them (I get to wear capris in February). I don't think I'd take them to Paris though. ;-)
Feb 26th, 2006, 07:54 AM
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I also plan to spend a long weekend in April in Paris.... April in Paris .... April in Paris .... April in Paris ... I just love saying it!!!!
I shall look out for that pink purse. Perhaps I shall wear a pink hat.
Liesel
I shall look out for that pink purse. Perhaps I shall wear a pink hat.
Liesel
