Happy birthday Julia! August 15, 2009
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Silence Dogood here. Julia Carolyn McWilliams, better known as Julia Child, was born on this day, August 15, 1912, in Pasadena, California. She died on August 13, 2004, just two days shy of her 92nd birthday, and would be 97 were she still with us today. Few people have given such unalloyed pleasure to so many, and I think it’s fair to say that she’s the grandmother of today’s wide variety of cooking shows. Happy birthday, Julia!
I was delighted to discover that there’s now a tradition of throwing birthday parties for Julia around the world. I know she would love that! I’m not throwing a party (alas), but my friend Delilah and I are getting together this afternoon to watch a matinee show of “Julie and Julia,” the film chronicling Julia’s life in France. Then we’re planning to have a nice, crusty baguette, Caprese salad, grilled grapes and Brie in Julia’s honor. What will you do to celebrate? A glass of good wine or a nice chocolate seems to be in order. Bon appetit!
‘Til next time,
Silence
She made an important contribution to American culture, and both an ex-boyfriend and the husband have told me that her show was entertaining (I remember running across it on PBS, but I don’t think it ever interested me enough to stop and watch), but she was not a saint: http://short.to/mrxw (The comments are also interesting and informative, though lines are crossed in all kinds of directions and emotions occasionally run high.)
Not that this means the movie won’t be good (the Meryl Streep clips I’ve seen look awesome) or that her books should be burned in the streets, just that nobody ever completely escapes the time period into which they are born. Or tries to.
The husband and I are more interested in “District 9,” which we’re going to try to see this weekend. Or at least I’m more interested, and he’s playing along with it.
Whoa, Mr. S., good point! I had no idea. I too want to see “District 9,” which sounds like excellent fun. I love the idea of “prawns,” and I’m even more interested in seeing it now that I know about the Apartheid parallels. Have fun!!!