tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post8571474745493152307..comments2023-06-01T04:51:52.926-04:00Comments on ROSE C'EST LA VIE: That Polish WeddingRose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-66021797200052640882010-07-21T03:09:30.603-04:002010-07-21T03:09:30.603-04:00MOE, I am sorry I didn't find your comment bef...MOE, I am sorry I didn't find your comment before - somehow it slipped through the net.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-79022463134725643082010-06-30T16:03:33.286-04:002010-06-30T16:03:33.286-04:00Such good cheer! And joie de vivre! I am sending...Such good cheer! And joie de vivre! I am sending this to my dearest daughter, who loves to pore over wedding magazines. Just to show her what a little less organisation and more 'go with the flow' can create. Thankyou so much for sharing.moe99https://www.blogger.com/profile/02730518982394086828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-30144420145022499642010-06-29T12:38:54.502-04:002010-06-29T12:38:54.502-04:00Maritime observer, thank you! Why have we not met...Maritime observer, thank you! Why have we not met before? Nobody felt it was particularly courageous to have the wedding in Poland but it did seem very romantic to have a rustic one in what seemed to be Dr Zhivago country almost. Our family were more able to travel than Tom's and we were lucky that over 50 Brits thought it worthwhile to go all that way. (We're talking close to the Ukraine border.) Naturally Poland then, it was 4 years ago, was deliciously cheap too except for the champagne!Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-77084418516408681132010-06-29T11:59:57.204-04:002010-06-29T11:59:57.204-04:00R-C-L-V! From a state of quiet your blog has re-e...R-C-L-V! From a state of quiet your blog has re-emerged with new and strong shoots. This entry on Olivia and Tomasz's wedding is most entertaining and enjoyable. It seems remarkably courageous of her to have chosen to hold the ceremony in Poland - was there any one particular element (or factor) that prompted her to do so?Maritime observernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-78090016782589338552010-06-16T07:02:24.357-04:002010-06-16T07:02:24.357-04:00Dearest Blue, you always go straight to the heart ...Dearest Blue, you always go straight to the heart of my posts and seem to notice things other people miss. I love that. I have to boast that my son Will is quite a wag.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-42952829934351995242010-06-16T06:50:22.353-04:002010-06-16T06:50:22.353-04:00'Ah, I see this is the fish and gateau course!...'Ah, I see this is the fish and gateau course!' <br /><br />One of the best lines in English literature! Rose, brilliant, darling, just brilliant!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-10127023470302091872010-06-15T11:29:22.458-04:002010-06-15T11:29:22.458-04:00Elegance is refusal. I'll remember that and a...Elegance is refusal. I'll remember that and always to consult the genius of the place. Tom's parents' farm had that all right.. once you got beyond their little concrete house. The hamlet was virtually a clearing in a silver birch forest and being near the borders of Ukraine and Belarusse, I think it could almost qualify for Dr Zhivago country - or my image of it anyway.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-27386757148392289172010-06-15T11:13:44.891-04:002010-06-15T11:13:44.891-04:00Back again. Truly, real style is about substance ...Back again. Truly, real style is about substance and breaking the rules, not how many Constance Spry arrangements can be stuffed in one church. ("Elegance is refusal", "less is more", "consult the genius of the place", all that)<br /><br />What I forgot to mention is what a pang of nostalgia that lovely shot of your daughter and son-in-law driving off in the big white convertible caused me. I bought just such a convertible, 1968, in Miami years ago, and still regret my decision to part with it. *sigh*The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-89734915210978658642010-06-15T05:13:50.056-04:002010-06-15T05:13:50.056-04:00The D E D - I am amazed that everyone appreciates ...The D E D - I am amazed that everyone appreciates the lack of polish! Ha, just thought of that. Thank you for a delightful comment.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-53808913444854550302010-06-14T22:58:56.119-04:002010-06-14T22:58:56.119-04:00Marvelous, said the country boy, absolutely marvel...Marvelous, said the country boy, absolutely marvelous---as one who's been to them all, from the fanciest society weddings (or wannabe society weddings) to marvelous down home weddings in the county, I am here to agree that one like your daughter's is the best. What fun! Good stuff your family.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-14851771652927760982010-06-14T16:34:57.960-04:002010-06-14T16:34:57.960-04:00Mr Worthington and AD thank you for validating our...Mr Worthington and AD thank you for validating our crazy wedding. And just thank your lucky stars you haven't got eleven to attend like Hannah Stoneham. But Serbia sounds just the ticket.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-21119175939572451642010-06-14T15:29:11.616-04:002010-06-14T15:29:11.616-04:00Wedding looks fantasic. We have no fewer than 11 (...Wedding looks fantasic. We have no fewer than 11 (yes, 11) this summer - of which my far the most exciting has been and gone - it was in Serbia and was wonderful. What splendid photos - thanks for sharing<br /><br />HannahHannah Stonehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11139146341592918233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-38098140223376829392010-06-14T14:17:20.667-04:002010-06-14T14:17:20.667-04:00what a wonderful wedding and party! key on 'pa...what a wonderful wedding and party! key on 'party'. So many weddings anymore are dull affairs that cost too much money and lack any sense of fun and aren't even elegeant to boot (which I suppose they are striving for?).ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-56910472660803740372010-06-14T11:05:07.510-04:002010-06-14T11:05:07.510-04:00Loved it. The very antithesis of the horrid weddin...Loved it. The very antithesis of the horrid wedding industry as HBD calls it.<br />And by the time we got to the hog roast we were on another planet.<br />Brava.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-46999112095112159982010-06-14T08:21:24.244-04:002010-06-14T08:21:24.244-04:00Berta - how kind of you! Thank you.Berta - how kind of you! Thank you.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-11297670770860741412010-06-14T07:03:35.841-04:002010-06-14T07:03:35.841-04:00She is very nice...with the nautral flowers in her...She is very nice...with the nautral flowers in her hair.....¡¡¡¡ Bellísima¡¡¡¡¡¡ beautiful day...¡¡¡¡¡¡ BertaBerta Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08747551376360322428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-4563686931944033942010-06-14T06:09:40.120-04:002010-06-14T06:09:40.120-04:00Hels, smilla and columnist - well, it's not ev...Hels, smilla and columnist - well, it's not every bride's cup of tea and I wouldn't want to force something so chaotic on their big day. But so glad you liked the idea of it.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-7581599110308871942010-06-13T23:14:33.695-04:002010-06-13T23:14:33.695-04:00I'm glad I asked.
Sounds like a hoot, and muc...I'm glad I asked.<br /><br />Sounds like a hoot, and much less grim than some affairs I've attended, (and no doubt you too). In most cases what weddings have turned into is totally bizarre, and I think your daughter was absolutely right to choose what she did. So much more meaningful, which is surely what it's all about.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-9002316533299959622010-06-13T22:37:56.518-04:002010-06-13T22:37:56.518-04:00HBD pointed the way to this delightful post...know...HBD pointed the way to this delightful post...knowing our daughter is to be married in October. I know we can't pull off a hog roast with banana tusks, but if we can achieve a fraction of the cheer and good will, I will be thrilled. A wonderful memory to cherish forever! Thanks for the smiles and chuckles!smilla4blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516736514127098070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-41480110463176706282010-06-13T18:46:31.824-04:002010-06-13T18:46:31.824-04:00Marrying your child off is even more exciting than...Marrying your child off is even more exciting than getting married yourself. And she looked wonderful! What a memorable event, as well.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-61437532193162785632010-06-13T18:13:54.357-04:002010-06-13T18:13:54.357-04:00la - you put it as ever even better than I could. ...la - you put it as ever even better than I could. The blue madonna! Wunderbar.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-79509340128955662982010-06-13T17:47:14.257-04:002010-06-13T17:47:14.257-04:00Rosie, It is ALL just Right- the last photograph i...Rosie, It is ALL just Right- the last photograph is my fav-the bride is gorgeous and the groom is absolutely over the moon in love-that look at his bride. Storm was actually in attendance, no one should have missed this, has all the elements of wedded bliss! If ever ever ever I get hitched I am hiring the WEST GRABOWSKI INTERNATIONAL WEDDINGS group.<br />(oh yes, love the blue madonna in the front pew, the maidens-Botticelli, and the evident joy of the Elders too. A Romp of the First Order. pgtP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-47473878511887223072010-06-13T17:36:23.739-04:002010-06-13T17:36:23.739-04:00Ah rurritable, that's nice. Perhaps I should ...Ah rurritable, that's nice. Perhaps I should seek out that story. There was something very powerful to be dispensed by a Burger King style plunger on what has to have been, I'm sorry, the worst wedding cakey confection ever. The British went along withe spirit of things and regretted it.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-31982577648422766772010-06-13T16:48:27.915-04:002010-06-13T16:48:27.915-04:00Gorgeous. There's an Aleksander Hemon story ab...Gorgeous. There's an Aleksander Hemon story about a family reunion in Bosnia this puts me in mind of. I suppose this was (fortunately) too far west for anyone to be breaking out any slivovitz. <br />Stunningly beautiful couple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-12112779426520794892010-06-13T16:33:26.606-04:002010-06-13T16:33:26.606-04:00Blue, it would be a pleasure!
E R R A TA: I thin...Blue, it would be a pleasure!<br /><br />E R R A TA: I think that should have been Botticelli's 'Primavera'. What was I thinking? And should that be an American convertible, not a sedan? I just love the word sedan.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com