A vacation day from work has been scheduled. TJ Maxx is currently being cased for appropriately obnoxious “church hats,” tiaras, and ladylike gloves. Recipes for lemon tarts, clotted cream, and scones are under review. Hotel reservations have been made- no, not for London but for downtown Chicago where Fancy and I will don the Queen’s requested “lounge suits” [...]
Once upon a time, there was a little girl whose grandmother gave her a paper doll with various dresses and suits, matching purses and hats, and an evening gown and tiara. That paper doll was Princess Diana. And that little girl was me. Now that the little girl has grown up and now that we know who the next Princess of [...]
It’s my birthday. Okay, not really. Not ’til Tuesday, but it feels like it as Kit and I are leaving for London in a mere 6 hours. Hooray! But seeing as how it will be my b-day, I would like the following: Tea at the Savoy For this trend to stop. Seriously. Just make it [...]
I’m going to London next Friday with Kit! I’m a flurry of activity right now trying to plan out what sundresses to pack (when in doubt pack them all, right?), studying the Tube map, getting over my disappointment upon learning the Queen does not like visitors between October and July, and acquainting myself with the [...]
So I was in the lunchroom at work just now where I visited at length with one of my co-workers. She’s of the shiny-haired, perfect-skinned, proper-trouser-hem-length, soft-spoken, and beloved-by-her-husband variety. She’s both classy and nice, which drives me crazy because she’s pretty much perfect and I can’t hate her. In fact, she and I are [...]
I’ve never seen a castle before. Yes, I’ve seen Cinderella’s castle…at DISNEY WORLD (which for the record is actually Sleeping Beauty’s castle), but I mean, like, a real castle. I’ve never seen one of those. I realized this today while reading about the Loire Valley and Ile-de-France regions (yes, I’m reading about France). The realization [...]
