tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post9008382891971258303..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Etiquette at Versailleselena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-14871093076487574942009-01-07T21:56:00.000-05:002009-01-07T21:56:00.000-05:00Thank you, yes, please do! I have also added Tea a...Thank you, yes, please do! I have also added Tea at Trianon to my list of links.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-63020087311790411782009-01-07T20:36:00.000-05:002009-01-07T20:36:00.000-05:00I can only imagine! Your play sounds wonderful!I can only imagine! Your play sounds wonderful!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-71941110657380062182009-01-07T20:33:00.000-05:002009-01-07T20:33:00.000-05:00What a delightful and entertaining post! I particu...What a delightful and entertaining post! I particularly enjoyed the anecdote concerning the princesse de Conti. Truly comedic. <BR/><BR/>I remember when my director pointed for "The Audacity of Ideas," a play I wrote not too long ago, that recreating a set that was faithful to Versailles' etiquette, let alone architecture, would have been frankly purgatorial!Gareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-24589026183145562722009-01-07T20:12:00.000-05:002009-01-07T20:12:00.000-05:00Great, I'll add it to my blogroll!Great, I'll add it to my blogroll!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-16931814627934393752009-01-07T18:05:00.000-05:002009-01-07T18:05:00.000-05:00Yes, it seems that too much emphasis on forms and ...Yes, it seems that too much emphasis on forms and etiquette is counter-productive.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I wanted to let you know that my blog is now open to the public.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-85734392160917618912009-01-07T16:42:00.000-05:002009-01-07T16:42:00.000-05:00"Straining a gnats and swallowing camels" is certa..."Straining a gnats and swallowing camels" is certainly how Marie-Antoinette saw it, which is why she tried to simplify things as much as was in her power. Yes, I agree, GSK.Now, we have gone to the other extreme.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-41261641997641018462009-01-07T16:32:00.000-05:002009-01-07T16:32:00.000-05:00Could one surmise that this was an indication of "...Could one surmise that this was an indication of "straining a gnats and swallowing camels"? To only touch fingertips while embarking on affairs; to obsess over furniture while ignoring integrity? I don't mean to point to any one person (and I am convinced that many Royals were quite holy) but when society-at-large insists on such frivolous details, it would seem as though the bottom is about to fall out. <BR/><BR/>I've long pondered etiquette, and it would seem that it was initially a means of living charity (or should have been). When any element of charity becomes unhinged from virtue, it quickly becomes useless -- or a simply form of vanity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-46105301941296498172009-01-07T11:33:00.000-05:002009-01-07T11:33:00.000-05:00Yes, it is. Thank you, Catherine, for introducing ...Yes, it is. Thank you, Catherine, for introducing me to it!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-9676046342531332782009-01-07T11:19:00.000-05:002009-01-07T11:19:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link, Elena! Isn't Judith's blog wo...Thanks for the link, Elena! Isn't Judith's blog wonderful?Catherine Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08737845394982542863noreply@blogger.com