Comments on: Pull Up A Chair… http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:56:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Pfifferling http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-598467 Pfifferling Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:03:14 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-598467 <p>Happy Birthday, Fahrender! Planting trees sounds like a lovely way to spend it.</p> Happy Birthday, Fahrender! Planting trees sounds like a lovely way to spend it.

]]> By: justme http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-598376 justme Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:42:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-598376 <p>Reading the comments has me in a traveling mood. My family and I will be spending the week in Zion, so we are very excited to be on the go and leaving tomorrow. When my daughter was eight, we took her on a camping trip-we went to Europe for 73 days, leased a car, and had an unbelievable time. We sent some of our equipment over there and purchased some when we arrived. We leased an apartment for a week in Paris, and picked up the car after we were done in Paris. If you plan on staying for more that three weeks, leasing is the way to go. Many Europeans camp on their vacations, so the opportunity for my wife, daughter, and I to meet people from a variety of countries was phenomenal. If you have never been to Slovenia, I would highly recommend it. We camped in Bled and the scenery and outdoor opportunities are top notch (my daughter befriended two German girls her age and they were fast friend the whole week) Everywhere we went was fantastic, even with lots of rain, but I would agree with the above post about Prague-truly a beautiful city. Happy travels to everyone.</p> Reading the comments has me in a traveling mood. My family and I will be spending the week in Zion, so we are very excited to be on the go and leaving tomorrow. When my daughter was eight, we took her on a camping trip-we went to Europe for 73 days, leased a car, and had an unbelievable time. We sent some of our equipment over there and purchased some when we arrived. We leased an apartment for a week in Paris, and picked up the car after we were done in Paris. If you plan on staying for more that three weeks, leasing is the way to go. Many Europeans camp on their vacations, so the opportunity for my wife, daughter, and I to meet people from a variety of countries was phenomenal. If you have never been to Slovenia, I would highly recommend it. We camped in Bled and the scenery and outdoor opportunities are top notch (my daughter befriended two German girls her age and they were fast friend the whole week) Everywhere we went was fantastic, even with lots of rain, but I would agree with the above post about Prague-truly a beautiful city. Happy travels to everyone.

]]> By: inmymind’seye http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-598063 inmymind’seye Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:50:46 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-598063 <p>I’m fortunate enough to live in a place that is a rapturously beautiful. People visit from around the world to be in the natural beauty of this place. Every day of my life I appreciate where I am, and realize, with a certain amount of guilt - especially these days - how fortunate I am.<br /> But I spend much of my vacation time and allowance visiting my dear mother who lives in Ireland. I love Ireland too, but - oh, it has changed so in these last forty years, but what hasn’t?<br /> I feel more at home in Ireland, my family is there and my heart. I am comforted by the sounds of language, and music, by the sense of time or lack of the sense of time. People truly engage with one another, in a way that doesn’t happen very often here.<br /> I love Italy too, it’s much like Ireland. Lovely people, a relaxed sense of timelessness. I love Venice in November, when the tourists have gone, and the locals are relaxed. it’s like a jewel box, treasures everywhere. The people, the city (no traffic), the food, the art. And you can really make a fool of yourself attempting to speak the language and the Italians will love you for it! I used to try to spend a couple of weeks each fall in this enchanted city. It is an amazing place, one that offers more with each visit.<br /> We have been visiting museums with our daughters since they were tiny. My one, at a young age became enamoured with Korean Celadon Ceramics and was able - at a young age, to see the most striking and rare beauty in these pieces and wanted to spend *hours* returning and gazing at them. It has been a remarkable experience, and she has become very knowledgable about history, technique, etc.<br /> Living in the country now, as much as nature is my comfort, I’m more inclined to visit cities, and immerse myself in the culture of people in my leisure time.<br /> The human race is capable of such wonderful things when we are not hell bent on destruction.</p> I’m fortunate enough to live in a place that is a rapturously beautiful. People visit from around the world to be in the natural beauty of this place. Every day of my life I appreciate where I am, and realize, with a certain amount of guilt – especially these days – how fortunate I am.
But I spend much of my vacation time and allowance visiting my dear mother who lives in Ireland. I love Ireland too, but – oh, it has changed so in these last forty years, but what hasn’t?
I feel more at home in Ireland, my family is there and my heart. I am comforted by the sounds of language, and music, by the sense of time or lack of the sense of time. People truly engage with one another, in a way that doesn’t happen very often here.
I love Italy too, it’s much like Ireland. Lovely people, a relaxed sense of timelessness. I love Venice in November, when the tourists have gone, and the locals are relaxed. it’s like a jewel box, treasures everywhere. The people, the city (no traffic), the food, the art. And you can really make a fool of yourself attempting to speak the language and the Italians will love you for it! I used to try to spend a couple of weeks each fall in this enchanted city. It is an amazing place, one that offers more with each visit.
We have been visiting museums with our daughters since they were tiny. My one, at a young age became enamoured with Korean Celadon Ceramics and was able – at a young age, to see the most striking and rare beauty in these pieces and wanted to spend *hours* returning and gazing at them. It has been a remarkable experience, and she has become very knowledgable about history, technique, etc.
Living in the country now, as much as nature is my comfort, I’m more inclined to visit cities, and immerse myself in the culture of people in my leisure time.
The human race is capable of such wonderful things when we are not hell bent on destruction.

]]> By: Minerva Medica http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-598029 Minerva Medica Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:34:36 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-598029 <p>In art museums, get your little one to point out pictures with kids, dogs, and cats in them!<br /> We took our Katie to France when she was 4 1/2. We’d been to France twice before, but this time we got to see the playgrounds! She loved visiting the bakery to get breakfast–we told her the brioche was monkey bread. You see things differently when you’re with a kid–it’s definitely worth doing.</p> In art museums, get your little one to point out pictures with kids, dogs, and cats in them!
We took our Katie to France when she was 4 1/2. We’d been to France twice before, but this time we got to see the playgrounds! She loved visiting the bakery to get breakfast–we told her the brioche was monkey bread. You see things differently when you’re with a kid–it’s definitely worth doing.

]]> By: bekkieann http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597566 bekkieann Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:52:40 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597566 <p>I’ve been away from Pull Up a Chair for many weeks, and I know I’ll, no doubt, be the last post of the day on this thread, but I must add Vevey, Switzerland — famously the home of Charlie Chaplin, and very possbily the loveliest and most peaceful place on earth. A tiny French-Swiss village on a lake shore with lush green mountains rising straight up out of the water, shrouded in the last of the dark gray clouds of morning giving way to dazzling sunlight and color, Chateau de Chillon in the distance, swans on the lake, geraniums in pots, cobbled walkways, all just a few steps from the lovely Hotel Suisse. *sigh* I must find my way there again.</p> I’ve been away from Pull Up a Chair for many weeks, and I know I’ll, no doubt, be the last post of the day on this thread, but I must add Vevey, Switzerland — famously the home of Charlie Chaplin, and very possbily the loveliest and most peaceful place on earth. A tiny French-Swiss village on a lake shore with lush green mountains rising straight up out of the water, shrouded in the last of the dark gray clouds of morning giving way to dazzling sunlight and color, Chateau de Chillon in the distance, swans on the lake, geraniums in pots, cobbled walkways, all just a few steps from the lovely Hotel Suisse. *sigh* I must find my way there again.

]]> By: Mabel’s Wig Shack http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597553 Mabel’s Wig Shack Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:44:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597553 <p>Having seen the Klimt retrospective (large show) at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa I was thrilled in November 2001 to stumble upon a Klimt, Kokoschka, and Schiele exhibit in Rome.</p> <p>The gallery used that sort of ‘dim’ lighting with soft illumination on each painting.</p> <p>The Italians were so well dressed and attractive.</p> Having seen the Klimt retrospective (large show) at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa I was thrilled in November 2001 to stumble upon a Klimt, Kokoschka, and Schiele exhibit in Rome.

The gallery used that sort of ‘dim’ lighting with soft illumination on each painting.

The Italians were so well dressed and attractive.

]]> By: fahrender http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597424 fahrender Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:08:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597424 <p><a href="#comment-597239"><em>Pfifferling @<br /> 229 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Hi, Fahrender! I haven’t had a chance to ask you how your nieces liked Munich. Hope they enjoyed their visit.</p></blockquote> <p>hi pfiff!</p> <p>my nieces liked munich quite a bit for just a half day visit. we went to the nymphenberg palace and a church near marienplatz. they were slap-happy from jet lag but they had a good time.<br /> today i went with some people out in the country west of meissen and planted trees. today’s my birthday, so happy birthday to me and al gore. two tennesseans …..</p> Pfifferling @
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Hi, Fahrender! I haven’t had a chance to ask you how your nieces liked Munich. Hope they enjoyed their visit.

hi pfiff!

my nieces liked munich quite a bit for just a half day visit. we went to the nymphenberg palace and a church near marienplatz. they were slap-happy from jet lag but they had a good time.
today i went with some people out in the country west of meissen and planted trees. today’s my birthday, so happy birthday to me and al gore. two tennesseans …..

]]> By: blindcynic http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597406 blindcynic Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:02:55 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597406 <p><a href="#comment-597237"><em>Marg @<br /> 228 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Blindcynic @ #222 –</p> <p>What part of Colorado are you in? I’m watching (and listening to) the snow drip off trees in the Wet Mountain foothills at 7,000 feet, 140 miles S. of Denver. The sky is bright blue; a light breeze blows. What a gorgeous day! There too?</p></blockquote> <p>I’m just 30 mi sw of Denver, at about 8500 feet. Cool and cloudy, with the snow slowly melting from last couple days…but I heard by email this AM it was snowing along the French coast in Brittany as well…</p> Marg @
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Blindcynic @ #222 –

What part of Colorado are you in? I’m watching (and listening to) the snow drip off trees in the Wet Mountain foothills at 7,000 feet, 140 miles S. of Denver. The sky is bright blue; a light breeze blows. What a gorgeous day! There too?

I’m just 30 mi sw of Denver, at about 8500 feet. Cool and cloudy, with the snow slowly melting from last couple days…but I heard by email this AM it was snowing along the French coast in Brittany as well…

]]> By: MsAnnaNOLA http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597293 MsAnnaNOLA Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:13:50 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597293 <p>Christy FWIW my mom and dad had four, me being the oldest. They took us everywhere they could, plus some places they probably shouldn’t have like bars and pubs. </p> <p>We went to plantations, battle fields, parks you name it. I often find that parents stop everything they want to do and do only kid oriented activities. I think this is a big mistake. I think the parents and the kids suffer for it. I love museums and I think in large part this is because of the great variety my parents took me too at a young age. We didn’t get to europe or New York because there was no money for that but we went to small local museums and any in driving distance on vacations. </p> <p>Oh we also went to Jazz Fest every year in New Orleans. Back then you could bring a wagon and a cooler. It was mizerable at the time, but I am sure that it has at least a little contribution of my love of music and those same festivals. </p> <p>I think any adventure is a good adventure for a youngster. Not just one that involves pizza and giant rodents at chuck e cheese. My siblings and I are much more adventurous as a result. One sister lives in Jakarta, Indonesia one in Chigago and my brother and I have traveled extensively. I believe if we had not been exposed to all those different things we would be like other folks around here that are scared to come to New Orleans from the suburbs let alone go to another country. I say throw it all at her especially at this age, it is remarkable how much they can pick up. </p> <p>My niece is just over one year and she is understanding a good deal of Bahasa Indonesian. These things all add up to make a much more whole and tolerant adult person. I say go for it! It may be difficult at times, but in the end I think life will be more enjoyable for all three of you.</p> Christy FWIW my mom and dad had four, me being the oldest. They took us everywhere they could, plus some places they probably shouldn’t have like bars and pubs.

We went to plantations, battle fields, parks you name it. I often find that parents stop everything they want to do and do only kid oriented activities. I think this is a big mistake. I think the parents and the kids suffer for it. I love museums and I think in large part this is because of the great variety my parents took me too at a young age. We didn’t get to europe or New York because there was no money for that but we went to small local museums and any in driving distance on vacations.

Oh we also went to Jazz Fest every year in New Orleans. Back then you could bring a wagon and a cooler. It was mizerable at the time, but I am sure that it has at least a little contribution of my love of music and those same festivals.

I think any adventure is a good adventure for a youngster. Not just one that involves pizza and giant rodents at chuck e cheese. My siblings and I are much more adventurous as a result. One sister lives in Jakarta, Indonesia one in Chigago and my brother and I have traveled extensively. I believe if we had not been exposed to all those different things we would be like other folks around here that are scared to come to New Orleans from the suburbs let alone go to another country. I say throw it all at her especially at this age, it is remarkable how much they can pick up.

My niece is just over one year and she is understanding a good deal of Bahasa Indonesian. These things all add up to make a much more whole and tolerant adult person. I say go for it! It may be difficult at times, but in the end I think life will be more enjoyable for all three of you.

]]> By: LaFourmiRouge http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597263 LaFourmiRouge Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:31:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/31/pull-up-a-chair-41/#comment-597263 <p>One of the joys of museum-going in France is the sight of children, in rapt attention to their docents as they learn about art and culture. The French take a particular pride in introducing their children to their cultural heritage!</p> <p>I remember being delighted to see, in the Pompidou, a small group of kids aged 4 or 5, sitting with their teacher as she coaxed each one to offer their opinion about the painting in front of them… “C’est belle!” one boy exclaimed.</p> One of the joys of museum-going in France is the sight of children, in rapt attention to their docents as they learn about art and culture. The French take a particular pride in introducing their children to their cultural heritage!

I remember being delighted to see, in the Pompidou, a small group of kids aged 4 or 5, sitting with their teacher as she coaxed each one to offer their opinion about the painting in front of them… “C’est belle!” one boy exclaimed.

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