tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71172247055214527242024-02-20T16:19:06.663-08:00book divasbookdivas6http://www.blogger.com/profile/07964883667667441289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7117224705521452724.post-33588069668252303552011-03-30T21:17:00.000-07:002011-03-30T21:52:22.042-07:00Mixed Reviews on Mr. Pip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bUmUYS-6e42ThdQl_V7ecsI_MtMpgca-wo-FwZ1vzeBLs_hNf4i6IAnrz_pmT8yE8LOryKMH2mv1wLAtVB22NLPoqFihtAf-90egv_OF5Sg2Jjr6psN-lc5C8DEJEqHuY1uJw-PoXhuy/s1600/Mar242011_0222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bUmUYS-6e42ThdQl_V7ecsI_MtMpgca-wo-FwZ1vzeBLs_hNf4i6IAnrz_pmT8yE8LOryKMH2mv1wLAtVB22NLPoqFihtAf-90egv_OF5Sg2Jjr6psN-lc5C8DEJEqHuY1uJw-PoXhuy/s400/Mar242011_0222.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Chocolate cakes, pimiento cheese tea sandwiches, baked brie, bacon wrapped-blue cheese stuffed dates, chicken salad tartlets. Yum!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr37a4s02Liq2e6ZR2dynRLXNgoONeRq71WltkUf2okemRdXbUlKWgmJTY3jBNpRlmHpcOe7N0EQ8oFVsMj-f6t2b2QsMp6q7SNTiUsvrPDb9ZVzbKHd95CzhvDtyKYyL8g_N5FeOAZ7QR/s1600/Mar242011_0232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr37a4s02Liq2e6ZR2dynRLXNgoONeRq71WltkUf2okemRdXbUlKWgmJTY3jBNpRlmHpcOe7N0EQ8oFVsMj-f6t2b2QsMp6q7SNTiUsvrPDb9ZVzbKHd95CzhvDtyKYyL8g_N5FeOAZ7QR/s400/Mar242011_0232.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best book club meeting ever! I, for one, can't say that I loved </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. Pip</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, but I did love our discussion about it. We've tried to kind of use our books to guide our food choices in the past, but I'm glad we didn't do that for this meeting considering the meager life the poor residents of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bougainville Island lived. What delicious food we had! In the words (kind of) Daisy Buchanan, "</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><em style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sophisticated</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - </span></span><em style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God [we're] Sophisticated</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!"</span></span></span>Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02782876823581408975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7117224705521452724.post-5006389086462927542011-02-16T20:19:00.000-08:002011-03-30T21:50:17.293-07:00Devlin Diary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9rYkjimv0bauYDdIXiBsM882CNQNRi13ZaWg7PH8htHSzcf-7UeCHGiT4_4wf3t19uqJyueR4zi1HpekfFIqJAc5u09Nzsdhr7EWvlB-p4SrhxXVy5FP2rCoR65Uz4p9ECYATHPGeuU/s1600/book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9rYkjimv0bauYDdIXiBsM882CNQNRi13ZaWg7PH8htHSzcf-7UeCHGiT4_4wf3t19uqJyueR4zi1HpekfFIqJAc5u09Nzsdhr7EWvlB-p4SrhxXVy5FP2rCoR65Uz4p9ECYATHPGeuU/s400/book.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEW3XXebprBJWKwIW49EYs03w7jZ4X8I9O7Ss64KG6cj2b5tyQC-qCljNOQG7NmMXvztMAlG43QaO0FshNEExjWAzDdW4q5NX5EWp3D_uHGYvVTqY3mmyPHUZfrxo3e0pgQ0dc-2aiXm4/s1600/cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEW3XXebprBJWKwIW49EYs03w7jZ4X8I9O7Ss64KG6cj2b5tyQC-qCljNOQG7NmMXvztMAlG43QaO0FshNEExjWAzDdW4q5NX5EWp3D_uHGYvVTqY3mmyPHUZfrxo3e0pgQ0dc-2aiXm4/s400/cookies.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AgAOcsd0OID7yku-zOH8du_ytV-Qxa4otIkktohLeNktxtEy_RE-RPBd30lP169twUekTP86vTi5qDR8M1G57Vq78VNxBVHF6Gqe2zQ0v4PyHqm7JY3GIN1qpT4D0ALZIkcy79KzMdE/s1600/table3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AgAOcsd0OID7yku-zOH8du_ytV-Qxa4otIkktohLeNktxtEy_RE-RPBd30lP169twUekTP86vTi5qDR8M1G57Vq78VNxBVHF6Gqe2zQ0v4PyHqm7JY3GIN1qpT4D0ALZIkcy79KzMdE/s400/table3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwC5CerhvoNcw69yOEie06tYG3fTgL4awDETJs-wOAR5IXg-bGzCNEwEaLubF-HNOVxqLg-34EMCxVk6Znpchc-qZwAoiikxP1yR5lxtxOtOGKhHkS35gQdeGFlqdhVcohV3flZ7OPgpg/s1600/table4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwC5CerhvoNcw69yOEie06tYG3fTgL4awDETJs-wOAR5IXg-bGzCNEwEaLubF-HNOVxqLg-34EMCxVk6Znpchc-qZwAoiikxP1yR5lxtxOtOGKhHkS35gQdeGFlqdhVcohV3flZ7OPgpg/s400/table4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvN11geL0hwAodh1RyElwj5GEsJhuSNPVuyKjJEuK51XYJErgppD9S98SLdygP9X0UYFV16Orlh-sVu7uhRUPIMrZdmI3WoY6am7dtdm6fXFHrHDp33Dn6mQrH0qlBQ7VWHOkBcw9VkU/s1600/table6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvN11geL0hwAodh1RyElwj5GEsJhuSNPVuyKjJEuK51XYJErgppD9S98SLdygP9X0UYFV16Orlh-sVu7uhRUPIMrZdmI3WoY6am7dtdm6fXFHrHDp33Dn6mQrH0qlBQ7VWHOkBcw9VkU/s400/table6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>We started our book club because of our love of books, but if we're not careful, we're going to have to start defining ourselves as a "foodie" club. After I got over my guilt that I had nothing to offer food-wise<i> or </i>book-wise, I had another wonderful evening with The Book Divas. Drinking Earl Grey tea out of Janet's limoge teacups and sparkling almond wine, thanks to Kathy, made me feel quite sophisticated; and, of course, the goodies were scrumptious, as usual.--Carolinebookdivas6http://www.blogger.com/profile/07964883667667441289noreply@blogger.com1