La Vie En Rose

Originally uploaded by The Rambling Rountrees Next Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 my favorite movie comes out on DVD. When this movie came out this summer, I searched extensively for a location to view this film. I found a theater almost 2 hours away that was showing this film. I had a perect evening with my [...]

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Tales from the past two weeks!

Well let’s see where do I begin? It’s been week since I’ve really written about anything about life in particular. So I will update y’all about life’s happening’s here in my world.  My dear husband was sick last week and admitted to the hospital with a serious case of pancreatitis of unknown origin. They believe [...]

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No, No Regrets!

Well, last evening I had the sheer pleasure of enjoying the Film “La Vie En Rose”, the story of the life of the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf. I have waited many months for the arrival of this tribute; however, I had not known the impact of this film of me. I was absolutely whowed with [...]

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La Vie En Rose…..the movie

WOW, I found out today that La Vie En Rose comes out on June 8th, that just so happens to be my birthday! Marion Cotillard, from the movie “A Good Year”, play the part of Edith Piaf. Piaf is one of my all time favorite artists. Check out the this link. Piaf lived an extremely [...]

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A Tribute to the “Caramel Colored Lady”

Well my husband sent me some early Birthday gifts this week from Amazon.com……music! He knows I have a love of vintage music. Josephine Baker, Al Jolson, and Edith Piaf are among of my favorites. Here is a clip I found on Youtube recently that does a great job playing tribute to Josephine Baker. Enjoy!

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“Besame Besame Mucho….Love me forever and make all my dreams come true”

I have always loved Vintage Music….the 20′s, 30′s 40′s and some 50′s. Josephine Baker is no exception….I came across her beloved music a while back, and she changed my life. Her background brings tears to my eyes when I heard of her humble beginnings. In fact this site tells her story. Another female singer was [...]

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Oenophie….

Ok so it sounds like a dirty, disgusting word……hehehehehe but it isn’t! It is a person that likes wine! That is one of my new found tasting pleasures. I happened to stumble upon the Beaujolais varietals from the Languedoc Region of France. The Beaujolais is the right combination of tartness, bitter, sweet, fruity, dryness….just right! [...]

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Le ressort viendra-t-il jamais au Maine?

Well I wake up this morning to another foot of new fallen SNOW….yikkes! Not what we wanted here or needed. I definately need to get away. Last night I watched Samantha Brown on the Travel Channel. She visited Marsielles France. What a beautiful seaside city! I think that is where I need to go next. [...]

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Today’s winter weather!

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING… A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. EXPECT 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TO 6 TO 12 INCHES IN SOUTHERN AREAS. A MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN…FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET [...]

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