tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post346594694452522306..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: American Resortselena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-85322477023037047982009-08-19T22:37:45.751-04:002009-08-19T22:37:45.751-04:00I just read the book "Davina" loosely ba...I just read the book "Davina" loosely based on the life of Maria Callas. There is a scene in the book where the Aristotle Onnasis character says he is so glad when he does not have to entertain Europeans and Americans and can drink Ouzo and eat stuffed grape leaves instead of Champagne and Cavier.Julygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113475639726723076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-26396433321744074062009-08-19T17:05:23.371-04:002009-08-19T17:05:23.371-04:00Someone should write a book - full of anecdotes ab...Someone should write a book - full of anecdotes about the desperate social strivings of nouveaux riche american matrons. (Heck, I bet those about Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy alone could fill up a whole chapter!) <br /> Does anyone here recall that wonderful Gibson cartoon of the social-climbing matron dragging her hapless daughter to the altar to marry some syphillitic gnome who had no money - but only an ancient title? The cartoon was based on the real life of poor Consuelo Vanderbuilt.tubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272003035464034763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-51910232205955621272009-08-19T10:18:40.579-04:002009-08-19T10:18:40.579-04:00A trip worth taking. I might add, (in keeping wit...A trip worth taking. I might add, (in keeping with Tea At Trianon), that some rooms in the mansions were lifted and shipped over from the stately salons of France.<br /><br />Although Mrs. Astor was the ruling maven of Newport, her home was/is relatively humble architecturally speaking.Julygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113475639726723076noreply@blogger.com