In which we explain why we were in France
Published at 6:52 pm on September 2nd, 2007
Filed under: Dear Diary.
Talking of Catherine and Arnaud, incidentally: they were the reason I was in France taking photos of over-priced salad cream last week. They were having a party; not an anniversary party, but a housewarming, or crémaillaire. That word, apparently, relates to an ancient French custom of hanging up a butter churn when moving into a new house. So I’m told, anyway: my French really isn’t up to much.* If you want to see photos, though, you can do.
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Keyword noise: crémaillaire, France, friends, holiday, housewarming, Paris.
In which we remember a wedding
Published at 9:29 pm on December 29th, 2006
Filed under: Dear Diary.
I found out later that it was quite a historic room, with all its mouldings and recherché cornicing. Back in the 1910s, when equality for women was all the rage, Sylvia Pankhurst held suffragette meetings there. I didn’t know this at the time, though.
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Keyword noise: 2006, Civil Partnership, friends, marriage, memories, Memories Of The Year, wedding.
In which I try to meet new people, but find people I already know
Published at 12:28 pm on September 21st, 2005
Filed under: Dear Diary.
A few weeks ago, feeling bored, I signed up with an online dating site.* It’s free, it only takes a few minutes to fill out, it’s just a bit of fun, you never know what might happen, and so on. Scientifically, it promises to find you your very best possible match from the people in your district. Of course, hardly anyone came up from this area, so I went away and forgot about it.
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Keyword noise: compatibility, dating, friends, online dating, small world.