tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47724014264874125682024-03-13T12:34:27.851+00:00Be-Bop Lashes'Vino un barco cargado de gustos y se fue vacío'
(Spanish popular saying) It means something like 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'.
This blog brings together all of my preferences, experiences, caprices, trivialities and the like. Hope you enjoy it! :)Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-63909198661889294072019-07-02T13:10:00.001+01:002019-07-02T13:14:15.931+01:00I am back :)<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 35px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com0Málaga, España36.7167456 -4.425996199999985936.3096946 -5.0714431999999858 37.123796600000006 -3.7805491999999861tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-11655963075067745922013-03-10T18:55:00.001+00:002013-03-10T19:06:09.167+00:00♥ Be-Love series: Red Velvet cake ♥ <div>
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Hello!! I was so busy last few weeks, I'm moving out, so many things to pack... and I couldn't finish my Be-Love Series, so here it is.<br />
Baking a cake or a heart shaped one for Valentine's Day is something usual. Anyway this was my first experience in <i>'romance bakery'</i> and The experiment called : <b>Red Velvet cake, </b>an American typical dessert.<br />
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On my previous <a href="http://beboplashes.blogspot.ie/2013/02/be-love-series-besame-mucho.html">post</a>, I showed a vintage makeup brand whose one of its star products, was a cream blush for instant rosy cheeks and lips. <i>Red is blood, Red is tempting, even in cakes.</i></div>
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A <b>Red Velvet Cake</b> is a cake with a dark red, bright red or red-brown color. It's traditionally prepared as a layer cake topped with cream cheese. Nowadays the reddish colour is achieved by adding red food coloring. This cake is well-known in United States and Canada. However, it's widely considered a Southern recipe.</div>
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The <b>Red Velvet cake</b> is confused on its origins. Because the ingredients were expensive to buy, cake itself was considered to be a <b>rich man's food</b> in early America. After the <b>American Industrial Revolution</b> took place between late 18th century and mid 19th century, baking ingredients were easier to come by and made <b>more affordable</b> for the common folk. At that time, cake became more of a common dessert rather than a delicacy afforded only by the well-to-do. </div>
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In fact, in <b>the 1920's</b> a story and a recipe began circulating around America, about a cake that was served at the restaurant in <b>New York's Waldorf Astoria</b>. The legend says there was a woman who was staying at the hotel, she loved the caked and she had sampled there so much that she wrote to the hotel, asking for the baker's name and a copy of the recipe. The recipe arrived in the mail alongside a rather large bill. As soon as she saw the excessive bill, the woman was so furious that's why she copied the recipe and sent it to everyone she knew. </div>
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The main ingredient, most <b>Southerners </b>won't do without in their homemade recipes, is <b>cocoa. </b>Many believe the additional ingredients of <b>vinegar and buttermilk</b> will turn the cocoa into a deeper red color due to a chemical reaction. During <b>World War II</b>, some bakers who refused to forgo the cake's signature color despite food rations, used boiled red beets instead of food coloring for their secret recipes.</div>
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On the other hand, other people believe its name, red velvet, is because of bakers used to add some brown sugar and its colour was never red. Then food colorings came along. <b>John A. Adams</b> had a fairly prosperous extract business until the Great Depression. His company then started setting up displays to drive business…of course the picture was of a bright Red Velvet cake. With purchase of his red food coloring came the Red Velvet Cake recipe :)</div>
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I've followed next <a href="http://www.joyofbaking.com/RedVelvetCake.html">recipe and demonstration</a> from <a href="http://www.joyofbaking.com/">Joy of Baking.com</a></div>
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A resurgence in the popularity of this cake is partly attributed to the late 80's film <i><b>Steel Magnolias</b></i> in which the groom's cake (a southern tradition) for one of the film's main character, is a red velvet cake made in the shape of an armadillo.</div>
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Have you ever made a <b>Red Velvet cake</b>?</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com30Dublin, Ireland53.3498053 -6.260309699999993453.0463208 -6.9085031999999931 53.6532898 -5.6121161999999938tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-52714300306524843032013-02-13T23:48:00.002+00:002013-02-13T23:48:36.081+00:00♥ Be-Love series: Bésame mucho ♥ <div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>'Bésame Mucho'</i> is a Spanish-language song written by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez in 1940. According her states, she wrote this song even though she had never been kissed yet at the time, and kissing as she heard was considered a sin.</div>
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The Spanish singer <i>Emilio Tuero</i> was the first one who recorded the song. I am posting the lyrics below:<br />
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<i>Bésame, bésame mucho</i></div>
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<i>Como si fuera esta noche</i></div>
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<i>la última vez</i></div>
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<i>Bésame, bésame mucho</i></div>
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<i>Que tengo miedo a tenerte,</i></div>
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<i>perderte después</i></div>
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<i>Bésame, bésame mucho</i></div>
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<i>Que tengo miedo a tenerte,</i></div>
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<i>Quiero sentirte muy cerca</i></div>
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<i>mirarme en tus ojos</i></div>
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<i>verte junto a mi</i></div>
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<i>Piensa que tal vez mañana</i></div>
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<i>yo ya estaré lejos</i></div>
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<i>muy lejos de aquí</i></div>
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<i>Que tengo miedo a perderte</i></div>
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<i>Pedro Infante</i>, the Mexican singer and actor, sang the song in English in his 1951 movie<i> <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.T.M._A_toda_m%C3%A1quina!">'A Toda Maquina'</a></i>. </div>
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<i>The Beatles</i> included the song in their setlist during the band's audition for Decca Records, their first EMI recording session and the Get Back sessions. They sang their rendition of the song with English lyrics that don't correspond to the original Spanish lyrics.</div>
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After this romantic song from the 40's, I would like to introduce you a <b>vintage-inspired makeup brand</b>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.besamecosmetics.com/home.cfm">Bésame Cosmetics</a></h3>
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In 2004, an Argentinian woman called <b>Gabriela Hernandez</b> founded <b>Bésame Cosmetics</b>. She emigrated from Buenos Aires to New York, when she was 12 years old. Gabriela was a distinction student, she taught English on her own and after finishing high school in Los Angeles, she became a Fine Art professional from the prestigious Art Center in Pasadena, California.</div>
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<a href="http://www.besamecosmetics.com/inspiration.cfm">What was her inspiration? </a>Gabriela's hobbies and career include photography, art direction, design, makeup and a huge background in cosmetic historian. All of them make her a great artist who wanted to combine the elegance of vintage world with the spirit of the women and lifestyle that would buy her products: A wise move for lovers of good taste. I fell in love with them! ♥♥♥</div>
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<i><b>'I want to make a mark of what I am and who I was in the world'</b></i></blockquote>
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<b><i>'I want to contribute something worthwhile through this line and inspire young women to follow their dreams' </i> </b></blockquote>
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I definitely<strong style="background-color: #f6f6f9; color: #222222; font-size: 25.55555534362793px; line-height: 33.333335876464844px;"> </strong>follow you Gabriela! You are great! ♥_♥</div>
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Bésame Cosmetics 'creates' (doesn't make) unique artful cosmetics, hand crafted to
empower women to feel feminine, sensual, elegant, and glamorous. Their luxury products
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beautify the world in their own right. Another positive thing is that Bésame Cosmetics <u>doesn't test on animals.</u></div>
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Do you want me to show you two of my Bésame Cosmetics products?</div>
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1. <a href="http://www.besamecosmetics.com/products.cfm/Crimson-Cream-Rouge/pID-20">Crimson Cream Rouge</a>: As far as you know, I am a blush-a-holic, I can't get by without many blushes, seriously I love them haha. This product reminds me of <i>Benetint by Benefit Cosmetics</i> (My review:<a href="http://beboplashes.blogspot.ie/2012/05/my-adored-benetint.html"> here</a>), but it's a cream one, so it's easier to apply. It offers a natural flush from but a pat of product.</div>
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<i>'For instant rosy cheeks and lips there is nothing more timeless than our vintage inspired cream rouge. Just a touch of this concentrated cream will give you a natural flush, just like the very first time you were kissed! Apply with your fingertips to lips and cheeks. Feels weightless and blends beautifully with any skin tone. Designed to stay on all day, our cream rouge is sure to delight. Packaged in a vintage styled recyclable tin'</i></div>
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2. <a href="http://www.besamecosmetics.com/products.cfm/Sweetheart-Balm/pID-14">Sweetheart Balm (Cherry):</a> woow! Superb! honestly, it keeps my lips moisturized throughout the day! Do you love bitten-lip look? or even that look of having just eaten berries<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Coming Soon'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">? </span>this balm is for you!</div>
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<i>'The Sweetheart Balm is a luminous lip moisturizing balm with a hint of color that gives you an elegant, long lasting finish. Gabriela carefully crafted a healthy formula that deeply moisturizes and conditions, while fortifying with antioxidant vitamins C and E. It is highly emollient and protective as it drenches the lips with exceptional comfort and hydration in sheer, shiny pops of color.</i></div>
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<i>She included beneficial ingredients including aloe leaf extract and shea butter, known for soothing, healing and antiseptic properties, and jojoba, a naturally-derived oil that is easily absorbed into skin. She also included rosa canina extract, a fragrant extract with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, and vitamins C and E, antioxidants that fight free radical damage.</i></div>
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<i>Sweetheart Balm is a refined lip balm that soothes, hydrates, and protects the lips. </i><i>Use it alone for a subtle sheen or on top of your favorite lipstick for a shiny finish.</i></div>
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Unfortunately, my camera is not able to capture the true colour on the skin and lips :( Actually, they are very intense rouge colours despite in the pics, they seem very dull. However, hand swatches show true colours. Have a look!</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com31Dublin, Ireland53.3498053 -6.260309699999993453.0463208 -6.9057566999999933 53.6532898 -5.6148626999999935tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-24705972300044439302013-02-01T09:47:00.000+00:002013-02-01T22:15:07.641+00:00♥ Be-Love series: Paper Plane ♥<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello Be-Bops! This is a brief and tender post. Plus, <b>Valentine's Day</b> is coming, isn't it? :)</div>
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<i>Once upon a time, a guy who was standing on an elevated train in 1940's New York City. Suddenly he was hit by a piece of paper. The paper belonged to a lovely girl who accidentally dropped it as a gust of wind blew it away. The same thing happened to him when an incoming train dislodges one of his papers and blew it onto the girl's face, leaving a red lipstick mark on the paper...</i><br />
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<i>It starts a captivating romance :)</i></div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com26Dublin, Ireland53.3498053 -6.260309699999993453.0463208 -6.9057566999999933 53.6532898 -5.6148626999999935tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-38596030586110907352013-01-28T22:29:00.003+00:002013-02-01T22:16:53.315+00:00♥ Be-Love series: J ♡J ♥<div style="text-align: center;">
I do love hearts engraved in the trunks.<br />
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That is the image which comes into my mind, when I am thinking about two people: <b>Johnny Cash</b> & <b>Judy Carter</b>. I always imagined them, running down the field, stopping and engraving J ♥ J in a tree. They were the main characters of a true romance: <b>A rock'n'roll love story</b> ;)<br />
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<b>Johnny Cash</b>, '<i>my tough guy</i>', flirted with drugs and played with the law.</div>
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There is a famous saying which says: <i>'Behind every great man there's a great woman',</i> in this case a rocker. And there is a legend that goes like this: <b>Johnny Cash</b> met <b>June Carter</b> thanks to <b>Elvis Presley</b>, who introduced them in the <a href="http://www.sunrecords.com/">Sam Records Company</a>, where rock'n'roll was born.</div>
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<b>June Carter</b> was a '<i>jack-ie of all trades'</i>: a singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedian and member of the <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Family">Carter Family</a></b>, the traditional American folk band. She could played the guitar, banjo, harmonica and autoharp, and as an actress she perfomed in several films and television shows. She had such a pastoral voice that she was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2009.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>She was ranked No. 31 in Country Music Television<i>'s 40 Greatest Women in Country Music</i> in 2002.<br />
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They got married in 1968 but they had been perfoming for many years before their wedding. </div>
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The couple put up with difficult situations: Johnny's amphetamine overdoses, drunkenness and tours by dusty roads and winter storms, however they remained married for 35 years.</div>
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The hit <i><b>'Ring of Fire'</b></i> was sung by <b>Johnny Cash</b> and co-written by June Carter Cash and <b>Merle Kilgore</b>. The single appears on Cash's 1963 album, <i><b>Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash</b></i>. The song was originally recorded by June's sister, <b>Anita Carter</b>, on her Mercury Records album Folk <i>Songs Old and New </i>(1963) as<i> '(Love's) Ring of Fire</i>'.</div>
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Although<i> 'Ring of Fire' </i>sounds somewhat ominous or even some bad vibrations, but the term refers to falling in love – which is what <b>June Carter</b> experienced with<b> Johnny Cash</b> when they met. Some sources claim that Carter had seen the phrase <b><i>'Love is like a burning ring of fire' </i></b>underlined in one of her uncle's books of poetry from Elizabethan era. She worked with Merle Kilgore on writing a song inspired by this phrase as she had seen her uncle do in the past. She had written:</div>
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<b><i>'There is no way to be in that kind of hell, no way to extinguish a flame that burns, burns, burns'.</i></b></div>
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<i>Love is a burning thing</i></div>
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<i>I fell in to a ring of fire…</i></div>
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<i>I fell in to a burning ring of fire</i></div>
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<i>And it burns,burns,burns</i></div>
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<i>The taste of love is sweet</i></div>
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<i>when hearts like our's meet</i></div>
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Unfortunately <b>June Carter Cash</b> died in May 2003, <b>Johnny Cash</b> couldn't stand losing his lovebird and four months after he passed away too. The couple had only one child in 1970, have a look at his website: <a href="http://www.johncartercash.com/">John Carter Cash</a>.</div>
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I recommend you the movie <b><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_the_Line">Walk The Line</a></i></b> (2005), starring <b>Joaquin Phoenix</b> as <b>Johnny Cash</b> and <b>Reese Witherspoon</b> as <b>June Carter Cash, </b>where <b>John Carter Cash </b>was the executive producer. In this interview, he talked about the film, his parents' faith, their relationship and their musical legacy:<b> </b><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Movies/2005/11/My-Father-Was-A-Wildfire.aspx">My father was a wildfire</a>.<b> </b><br />
This film gives a sorely accurate portrayal of the bad and turbulent times of Johnny Cash during his career leading up to his proposal to June Carter Cash. The perfomances are absolutely wonderful.<br />
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To finish, I think they were like a couple of swallows. As far as you know, the swallows are an old sailor's tattoo, and I've always associated swallow tattoos with loyalty and fidelity - swallows choose a mate for life and will only nest with that bird and no other. So next image will be my little tribute to this lovely couple.</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com37Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082499999953153.0459581 -6.9082759999999528 53.652927100000007 -5.6118889999999535tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-33981191714747876222013-01-20T21:20:00.000+00:002013-01-21T13:09:14.756+00:00Hidden Treasures<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello Be-Bops! How are you doing?</div>
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Although I've read many posts about the great artist <a href="http://www.gilelvgren.com/GE/" style="font-weight: bold;">Gil Elvgren</a>, this will be my turn but I don't want to write about his life and career because I bet you know it.</div>
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I always felt attracted to his art. It reads, he was one of the most important <b>Pin Up</b> and glamour artists of the 20th century.<br />
Elvgren never portrayed women like <i>femme fatale</i>. His illustrations were cute, sweet and cheeky at once. His gals could be <i>'the girl next door'</i>, who revealed their lingerie and stockings in embarrasing situations: a breeze, an arrow, a posture, a whiteware, a playful pet...Anything was the perfect pretext for lifting their skirts up and showing their lovely legs. I do recommend you this article: <a href="http://www.kingsgalleries.com/gil-elvgrens-his-real-pinups/">Gil Elvgren and his real Pin Ups</a>. Have a look! you will love it!<br />
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Next picture shows my custom<b> Pin Up floor lamp</b>. It's decorating my living room from now on :)</div>
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<b>What would you need to have one?</b></div>
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I bought a cheap paper floor lamp, you can find lots of them in <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/categories/departments/living_room/10731/">IKEA</a>. The Pin Up illustrations belonged to an old calendar, but you can print some of them from the internet. It's so easy to do! :)<br />
If you need some inspiration, just have a look around this beautiful blog: <i><a href="http://sefernkosta.blogspot.ie/2013/01/tres-chicas-pin-up-collages.html">Vintage. El Glamour de Antaño</a></i>. <b>Nena Kosta </b>designs some cute collages and they would be grand for your custom lamp! :)</div>
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It's my little tribute to Gil Elvgren <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">♥</span></div>
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This was the inspirational picture: Hidden Treasures (1954)</div>
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Love,</div>
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♡Lorena Be-Bop♡</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com38Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082499999953153.0459466 -6.9082759999999528 53.652938600000006 -5.6118889999999535tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-53619823141755676232013-01-18T22:27:00.000+00:002013-04-07T21:51:22.577+01:00I've got a lovely bunch of cocoanuts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Hello! Some months ago, I got a special award from: <a href="http://cocoanutsshop.blogspot.ie/2012/11/gracias-effe-coco-del-blog-httpeffecoco.html#comment-form">Cocoanuts Shop</a>. This is a lovely vintage shop. They sell second hand goods and garments. I am sure if you are a vintage collector, you would love it! Have a look!:)</div>
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">02. The blogger shows genuine passion for the topic</b> (El blogger muestra verdadera pasión por lo que hace).</div>
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">03. The blogger promotes the sharing and the active participation of readers </b>(El blogger promueve la participación activa de intercambio y de lectores).</div>
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">04. The blogger provides content and information which is useful and original</b> (El blogger proporciona información útil y de contenido original).</div>
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">05. The blog is not packed with too much advertising</b> (El blog no está lleno de demasiada publicidad). </div>
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01. <a href="http://melapalacios.blogspot.ie/">La estación de Mela</a></div>
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02. <a href="http://sefernkosta.blogspot.ie/">Vintage. El glamour de antaño</a></div>
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03. <a href="http://maraminiver.blogspot.ie/">Mara Miniver</a></div>
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04. <a href="http://atlantis2050.blogspot.ie/">Atlantis 2050</a></div>
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05. <a href="http://epertettouncielodistelle.blogspot.ie/">E per tetto un cielo di stelle</a></div>
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Next song by Fred Heatherton, from 1944 names my post, it's just a little gratitude to Cocoanuts shop ;)</div>
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And that's not all! I got 'Best blog' award from <a href="http://maraminiver.blogspot.ie/2013/01/best-blog.html">Mara Miniver</a> too!. Mara writes excellent movie reviews, she retrieves her notes and look at our ideas, what we are hankering after reading indeed. Thank you Mara!</div>
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<b>1. What do you prefer to cook, desserts or stews&hotpots?</b> // (¿Qué te gusta más cocinar: postres o platos de cuchara?)</div>
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<i>I enjoy cooking stews&hotpots, they are easier to me, although I am so proud of my last dessert: <a href="http://beboplashes.blogspot.ie/2013/01/my-king-cake.html">The King Cake</a> :)</i></div>
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<b>2. What attracts you more, personality or physical appearance? </b>// (¿Qué es lo más importante para ti en una persona: la personalidad o el físico?)<br />
<i>Personality ;)</i><br />
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<i>I started to blog last May. Eager to read and keen to write :)</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first <a href="http://beboplashes.blogspot.ie/2012/05/be-bop-my-first-word-in-header.html">post</a></td></tr>
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<b>4. Who was your mentor for blogging?</b> // (¿Quién fue la persona que te inspiró para empezar en este mundo?)</div>
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<i>My sister <b>Nata</b>, she's a makeup guru. <b>Kevyn Aucoin</b> was an inspiration too. We love it!.</i></div>
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<i>And of course myself hahaha Be-Bop is a part of me.</i></div>
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<b>5. Do you usually follow many blogs? Do your followers come from people you've met earlier on? //</b> (¿Sueles seguir muchos blogs o te llegan los seguidores por otras personas que te han conocido?)</div>
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<i>Yes I do, there are a lot of beautiful blogs on the internet and I would love to check them out. Honestly I don't have any clue how my followers found me! but I really appreciate your support Be-Bops! Thankssss :)</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you so much!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">♥</span></td></tr>
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6. Do you like cooking or you want someone to do it?</b> // (¿Qué te gusta más: cocinar o que te cocinen?)<br />
<i>Both of them on condition that, this person musn't be my boyfriend hahaha. He's a disaster when it comes to cooking.</i></div>
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<b>7) Do you eat in your workplace or at home? //</b>(¿Comes en el trabajo o en casa?)</div>
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<i>I usually eat at home, when I come back after working at sevenish.</i></div>
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<b>8) Do you usually cook vegetable recipes?</b> // (¿ Sueles hacer recetas de verduras?)<br />
<i>Sure! I'm not a big meat eater.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>Now don't ask me what's cooking (1948)</i><br />
Gil Elvgren Illustration<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">♥</span></td></tr>
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<b>9) What is your best recipe?</b> // (¿Cuál es tu mejor receta?)<br />
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<i>Hmmm, Beef stew according to my boyfriend.</i></div>
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<i>Croquettes according to my workmates.</i></div>
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<i>Spaghetti alla carbonara according to my best friend hahaha.</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loooove cooking!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">♥</span></td></tr>
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<b>10)</b> <b>What makes someone your friend?</b> // ¿Qué es lo que pides a una persona para que sea tu amiga?</div>
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<i>My best friends never judge me, they don't talk bad about me. They are my best party buddies, and they are always here for me at all hours of the day ;)</i></div>
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<b>11) What is the best film you've ever seen?</b> // ¿Cuál es la mejor película que has visto?</div>
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<i>Lots of them. Anyway my favorite actress is Katharine Hepburn. I really adore her. She's my muse. I watched 'Bringing Up Baby' when I was 5 years old at my nana's house. I'll always remember it!.</i></div>
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01. <a href="http://hauterockabillyfashionista.blogspot.ie/" style="text-align: justify;">Haute Rockabilly Fashionista</a></div>
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02. <a href="http://pinupspirit.blogspot.ie/">Pin Up Spirit</a></div>
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03. <a href="http://marilynbedroom.blogspot.ie/">Marilyn Bedroom</a></div>
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04. <a href="http://integralwomanbygladys.blogspot.ie/">Integral Woman</a></div>
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05. <a href="http://mukekaland.blogspot.ie/">Mukeka land</a></div>
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06. <a href="http://nestledinnostalgia.blogspot.ie/">Nestled in Nostalgia</a></div>
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07. <a href="http://evaletzy.blogspot.ie/">Érase una vez un Príncipe Azul que nunca existió</a></div>
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08. <a href="http://www.vpjlm.com/">Vintage Passiones Just like Mine</a></div>
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09. <a href="http://susansdiaryvintagestylemeets.blogspot.ie/">Susan's Diary Vintage style meets heavy music</a></div>
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10. <a href="http://www.maryloucinnamon.com/">Mary Lou Cinnamon</a></div>
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11. <a href="http://getoffmyclouddarling.blogspot.ie/">Mademoiselle Rock'n'Roll</a></div>
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12. <a href="http://cocoanutsshop.blogspot.ie/">Cocoanuts Shop</a></div>
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13. <a href="http://undervintage.blogspot.ie/">Diario de una Pin Up frustrada</a></div>
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14. <a href="http://www.mynameispeggysue.com/">My name is Peggy Sue</a></div>
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15. <a href="http://www.walkinginmay.com/">Walking in May</a></div>
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16. <a href="http://rubyarmoire.blogspot.ie/">Ruby Armoire</a></div>
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17. <a href="http://nchick.blogspot.ie/">Cheeky vintage chick</a></div>
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18. <a href="http://comradevonpussycat.blogspot.ie/">Comrade Von Pussycat</a></div>
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19. <a href="http://llmalox.blogspot.ie/">Llámalo X</a></div>
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20. <a href="http://prooofeee.blogspot.ie/">¡Prooofeee!</a></div>
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And that's all Be-Bops!</div>
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P.S. If you don't want to answer these questions or whatever, it doesn't matter, this is only a nice way to show you that I love your blog. Without obligation:)</div>
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Love,</div>
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♡Lorena Be-Bop♡</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com30Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082499999953153.0459581 -6.9082759999999528 53.652927100000007 -5.6118889999999535tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-14591310728223417622013-01-14T23:11:00.000+00:002013-01-14T23:19:12.537+00:00Frosty Blondes<div style="text-align: justify;">
Men prefer blondes and the director <b>Alfred Hitchcock</b> fetishized them. During his career, he glorified them as <i>'Frosty blondes'</i>, perfect women.</div>
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A succession of beauties girls combined feminine refinement and sex appeal in a way that was meticulously stylized. <b>Hitchcock heroines</b> tended to be lovely, cool blondes who seemed proper at first, but when aroused by passion or danger responded in a sensual, animal or even criminal way.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carole Lombard in <i>Mr. and Mrs. Smith </i>(1941)</td></tr>
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While they all shared some qualities, it would be a mistake to view them as a <i>cookie-cutter blondes</i>. The continuous and symbolic evolution of the Hitchcock heroine made them very different from each other.</div>
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<b>Marlene Dietrich</b>, in <i>State Fright </i>(1950), was one of the earliest of the type and a knowing, glacial heroine. In the film, <i><b>Charlotte Inwood</b></i>, a glamorous singer, with her chiseled cheekbones and sharply arched brows, murders her husband, and then tries to pin the crime on her lover.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marlene Dietrich in <i>Stage Fright</i> (1950)</td></tr>
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<b>Kim Novak</b> was more voluptuous, and throughout <i>Vertigo</i> (1958) tantalizingly wore her hair in a tightly coiled French twist (a thinly veiled Hitchcockian metaphor, of course, for tightly coiled feminine passion).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kim Novak as Madeleine in <i>Vertigo</i> (1958)</td></tr>
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<b>Eva Marie Saint</b> in <i>North by Northwest</i> (1959) possessed, by comparison, a brittle and seductive perfection. She plays <b><i>Eve Kendall</i></b>, and she is not as innocent as she looks. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in <i>North by Northwest</i> (1959)</td></tr>
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Even the choice of lipstick colour could be loaded with symbolism. Hitchcock's 'good' female characters wore cool, barely-there makeup to minimize their sexuality, while lipstick blatantly signified sex. For instance, <b>Kim Novak</b> as the idealized <i><b>Madeleine</b></i> in <i>Vertigo </i>has light-pink lips and blonde hair, but as 'imperfect' <b><i>Judy</i></b> has coppery hair and red lips.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kim Novak as Judy in <i>Vertigo</i> (1958)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My little tribute for <i>Vertigo</i> and Kim Novak</td></tr>
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But it was <b>Grace Kelly</b> who was the quintessential 'snow-covered volcano'. Kelly was one of the definitive beauties of the 1950's. An icon of elegance and refinement, she effortlessly portrayed the haughty allure that so appealed to Hitchcock, for whom she starred in <i>Dial M for Murder</i> (1954), <i>Rear Window</i> (1954) and <i>To Catch a Thief</i> (1955). She retired from film to become Monegasque royalty in 1956, but always credits Hitchcock for being her one, true cinematic teacher: '<i><b>He taught me everything. It was thanks to him that I understood that murder scenes should be shot like love scenes, and love scenes like murder scenes'.</b></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rear Window</i> (1954)</td></tr>
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On the other hand, the director once said,<b style="font-style: italic;"> 'You know why I favour sophisticated blondes in my films?'</b> '<b style="font-style: italic;">We're after the drawing-room type, the real ladies, who become whores once they're in the bedroom'</b>.</div>
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♡Lorena Be-Bop♡</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com20Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082499999953153.0459581 -6.9082759999999528 53.652927100000007 -5.6118889999999535tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-65715077666193452392013-01-13T20:59:00.001+00:002013-01-13T23:16:08.266+00:00Snoods for safety<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hello Be-Bops! How was your weekend? Mine was great! :)</div>
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Today, I'm posting a must-have complement from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtheliasAttic?ref=seller_info">Arthelia's Attic</a> etsy shop: This is a custom snood. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/02947075836062801044">HRF</a> is offering you a chance to win one on her lovely blog <a href="http://hauterockabillyfashionista.blogspot.ie/2013/01/custom-snood-give-away.html">'Haute Rockabilly Fashionista'</a>.</div>
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Each snood comes with a matching grosgrain ribbon at the top which is pinned on so it can be removed if you prefer.</div>
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And you can choose your favorite colour, that goes with your hair colour. See all of them, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/68744663/vintage-retro-pinup-hair-snood-crocheted">here</a>.<br />
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Did you like it? Hurry! These are the <u>rules</u> for entry. <b>It's open worldwide.</b></div>
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<b>1. You must be a blog subscriber (Click <a href="http://hauterockabillyfashionista.blogspot.ie/">here</a>)</b></div>
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<b>2. You will need to post something on your blog about the giveaway (as I did)</b></div>
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<b>3. Leave her a comment below to let me know you want to be entered (Click <a href="http://hauterockabillyfashionista.blogspot.ie/2013/01/custom-snood-give-away.html">here</a>).</b></div>
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Entries will be taken until January 14th. The drawing will be held on January 15th.</div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtheliasAttic?ref=seller_info">Arthelia's Attic</a> etsy shop craft these hair snoods using<b> a vintage pattern from 1942</b>. This reminded me of a famous video, I watched some years ago. </div>
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During the WWII, in the early 1940's, <b>Veronica Lake</b> had to change her trademark <i>peek-a-boo </i>hairstyle to encourage women working in war industry factories to adopt more practical, safer hairstyles. Women had to cover their hair, using safety caps too.</div>
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Take a look at this video!, you will love it:</div>
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Fortunately, I am not working in a war industry factory but it would be great to win one of these custom snoods. Windy days are terrible in Ireland. Next picture proves it.</div>
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It was taken last August (yep I was wearing a coat, as usual) I started the outing, with my gorgeous victory rolls hairdo...This was the end hahaha :/</div>
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Crossing my fingers!!! :)</div>
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Thank you HRF, Good Luck Ladies and...Of course</div>
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Baci Tutti! ;)</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com14Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082499999953153.0459581 -6.9082759999999528 53.652927100000007 -5.6118889999999535tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-23360813815553733112013-01-09T22:08:00.000+00:002013-01-09T22:08:43.360+00:00I'm your Hoochie Coochie Girl<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello Dearies! Today, as I said on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BeBopLashes">Facebop</a>, I'm bringing along a different post and a new section on the blog, called: <b>risqué. </b></div>
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Have you ever listened to this song? </div>
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<b>'Hoochie Coochie Man'</b> is a blues written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by the great<b> Muddy Waters</b> in 1954 in Chicago. The song was a major hit upon its release, reaching #8 on Billboard magazine's Black Singles chart. The intro and verse to <b>Muddy Water</b>'s version feature stop-time while the chorus features a refrain. According to an account by Dave Van Ronk, Muddy Waters stated that the song is supposed to have a comic effect. </div>
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<i>The gypsy woman told my mother</i></div>
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<i>Before I was born</i></div>
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<i>I got a boy child's coming</i></div>
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<i>He's gonna be a son of a gun</i></div>
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<i>He gonna make pretty women's</i></div>
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<i>Jump and shout</i></div>
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<i>Then the world wanna know</i></div>
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<i>What this all about</i></div>
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<i>But you know I'm him</i></div>
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<i>Everybody knows I'm him</i></div>
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<i>Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man</i></div>
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<i>Everybody knows I'm him</i></div>
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<i>I got a black cat bone</i></div>
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<i>I got a mojo too</i></div>
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<i>I got the Johnny Concheroo</i></div>
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<i>I'm gonna mess with you</i></div>
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<i>I'm gonna make you girls</i></div>
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<i>Lead me by my hand</i></div>
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<i>Then the world will know</i></div>
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<i>The hoochie coochie man</i></div>
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<i>But you know I'm him</i></div>
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<i>Everybody knows I'm him</i></div>
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<i>Oh you know I'm the hoochie coochie man</i></div>
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<i>Everybody knows I'm him</i></div>
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<i>On the seventh hours</i></div>
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<i>On the seventh day</i></div>
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<i>On the seventh month</i></div>
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<i>The seven doctors say</i></div>
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<i>He was born for good luck</i></div>
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<i>And that you'll see</i></div>
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<i>I got seven hundred dollars</i></div>
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<i>Don't you mess with me</i></div>
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<i>But you know I'm him</i></div>
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<i>Everybody knows I'm him</i></div>
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<i>Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man</i></div>
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<i>Everybody knows I'm him</i></div>
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The <b><a href="http://www.mortaljourney.com/2010/11/all-trends/hoochie-coochie-dance">hoochie coochie</a></b> was a sexually provocative belly dance that originated at the <i>Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition</i> in 1876. It became wildly popular during and after the <i>Chicago World's Fair </i>in 1893. Described by the <b>New York Journal</b> in 1893 as '<i>Neither dancing of the head nor the feet',</i> it was a belly dance performed by women of an Eastern European gypsy heritage, often as part of travelling 'sideshows'. <b>Gooch, goochie or gootchie</b> was apparently already a term in the American South term for a woman's vagina, and <b>hoochie coochie</b> has been suggested as referring directly to sex.<br />
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Since the dance was performed by women, a <b>'hoochie coochie man'</b> either watched them or ran the show. Alternatively, from the directly sexual meaning of hoochie coochie, he greatly enjoyed sexual intercourse. The dance was still popular at the <i>Louisiana Purchase Exposition: the World's Fair of 1904</i>, but had all but disappeared by the <i>Second World War</i>; the song was therefore harking back to an earlier 'golden' era.</div>
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That said, in relation with the title, I'd like to show you a magazine from 1946. I got it at the same vintage fair in Barcelona, where I bought Elvis' vinyls too.<br />
<b><i>Paris-Hollywood</i></b> was a French erotic magazine. It reminds me of the classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picturegoer"><b>'Picturegoer</b>' </a>magazine, because it's feauring stars and showgirls of stage and screen too, but a little more risqué in content at times. There are some <i>'art pose'</i> pictures. It's printed on similar newsprint type paper. Monotone covers and interior mostly. Mine has a centre page pull out art pin up too.<br />
Our cover girl is <b>Lily Bontemps.</b> Born in 1921 and she died in 1979. She was a pretty woman who starred in 8 films, some with <b>Louis de Funès</b> who wasn't known yet as he is today:<br />
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- Le bagnard (1950).</div>
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- Le Chéri de sa concierge (1951).</div>
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- Au diable la vertu (1952).</div>
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- L'île aux femmes nues (1952).</div>
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- Le Chevalier de la nuit (1953).</div>
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- Scènes de ménage (1954).</div>
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- L'amour à la mer (1962).</div>
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- Au pan coupé (1968).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily Bontemps in the film 'Au diable la vertu' (1952) <a href="http://kebekmac.blogspot.ie/2010/04/au-diable-la-vertu.html">(Source)</a></td></tr>
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And now...this is the gallery of pics. Hope you like them :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quand une Blonde recontre une autre Blonde</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Les surprises d'une nuir de noces</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ne pas prende son travail par dessous la jambe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Les confidences de Maggy</td></tr>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com16Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082553.197787600000005 -6.5759395000000005 53.5010976 -5.9442255tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-91428250837264592762013-01-08T13:31:00.000+00:002013-01-08T13:33:19.739+00:00The Day of The King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A new post about 'Kings' but this one is the most special</div>
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....Today 8th January is....</div>
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Elvis' Birthday!</h3>
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Next song, <b><i>Happy Happy Birthday Baby</i></b>, was recorded on 28th May 1958. <b>Elvis</b> visited his friend <b>Eddie Fadal</b> in his home in Waxo Texas, during his national service. The recording of Elvis singing the song was made by the own Eddie Fadal, that's why the quality is not good. <b>Anita Wood</b>'s voice, who was Elvis' girlfriend in that year, hears in the audio too. Check out this website: <a href="http://www.elvisandeddie.com/index.htm">Elvis and Eddie</a>. It's amazing!</div>
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<i>Happy, happy birthday baby </i></div>
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<i>Although you’re with somebody new </i></div>
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<i>Thought I drop a line to say </i></div>
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<i>That I wish this happy day would find me beside you. </i></div>
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<i>Happy, happy birthday baby </i></div>
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<i>No I can’t call you my baby </i></div>
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<i>Seems like years it was we met </i></div>
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<i>On a day I can’t forget </i></div>
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<i>Because that’s when we fell in love </i></div>
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<i>Do you remember, the names we had for each other </i></div>
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<i>I was your pretty, you were my baby </i></div>
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<i>How could we say goodbye? </i></div>
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<i>Hope I didn’t spoil your birthday </i></div>
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<i>I’m not acting like a lady </i></div>
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<i>So I close this note to you </i></div>
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<i>With good luck and wishes too </i></div>
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<i>Happy, happy birthday baby</i></div>
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I want to show you, my two last purchases, as a little tribute for The King. They are two vinyls from the 60's. I bought them at a vintage fair in Barcelona.</div>
- <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Presley-In-The-Ghetto-Any-Day-Now/release/920981">Elvis Presley – In The Ghetto / Any Day Now</a><br />
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- <a href="http://www.todocoleccion.net/elvis-presley-ep-1965-rca-victor-espanola-llorando-capilla-pulsar-para-ver-titulos-fotos-adi~x24226628">Elvis Presley – Crying in the Chapel</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My two last vinyls :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4772401426487412568" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="elvis2" border="0" height="300" src="http://s19.postimage.org/l21vv8083/elvis2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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Happy Happy Birthday, Elvis!</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long Live The King <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 18.984848022460938px; text-align: start;">❤</span></td></tr>
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Love,</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">♡</span>Lorena Be-Bop<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">♡</span></div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com20Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082499999953153.0459581 -6.9082759999999528 53.652927100000007 -5.6118889999999535tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-62758060573111777502013-01-06T19:32:00.001+00:002013-01-06T19:53:59.981+00:00My King Cake<div>
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Today, 6th of January, Christmas season ends, hence I wanted to do something special, as I told you on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BeBopLashes">Facebop</a>: Taaaadaaa! Here you go! My homemade <b>King Cake </b>or <i style="font-weight: bold;">Roscón de Reyes </i> :)</div>
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This is a type of cake and an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cake">old tradition</a> with the festival of Epiphany in the Christmas season in Spain and other countries. I used to eat it on the 6th of January, as a breakfast and afternoon snack, when I was a child.</div>
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It has been my first homemade King Cake, because there was no chance to find one in a cake shop in Dublin. </div>
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I have followed the recipe <a href="http://webosfritos.es/2010/11/roscon-de-reyes/">here</a>, and given that it's in Spanish, I'm gonna traduce it into English. Give it a try! :)</div>
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With this recipe, you'll get 2 medium King cakes instead of a big one. As the author says, it's better, when it comes to baking them. I changed some things and the filling, but I'll give you the directions to make it.</div>
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<u>Ingredients:</u></div>
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<b>For the sugar frosting:</b><br />
<b>-</b> 100 g. confectioners' sugar.<br />
- 20 g. vanilla sugar.<br />
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.<br />
<b>- </b>Peel of 1/2 lemon.<br />
<b>- </b>Peel<b> </b>of 1/2 orange.<br />
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<b>For the first dough:</b><br />
- 70 g. whole milk.<br />
- 10 g. fresh yeast.<br />
- 1 teaspoon sugar.<br />
- 130 g. hard wheat flour.<br />
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<b>For the pastry:</b><br />
- 60 g. whole milk.<br />
- 70 g. butter (ambient temperature).<br />
- Grated peel of 1/2 lemon.<br />
- Grated peel of 1/2 orange.<br />
- 2 medium eggs.<br />
- 20 g. fresh yeast.<br />
- 25 g. orange flower water (to taste).<br />
- 450 g. hard wheat flour.<br />
- A pinch of salt.<br />
- The sugar frosting.<br />
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<b>For the decoration:</b><br />
- Beaten egg.<br />
- Candied fruits.<br />
- Candied cherries.<br />
- Sugar with some drops of water.<br />
- Ground almonds.<br />
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<b>For the filling: (marzipan)</b><br />
- 150 g. ground almonds.<br />
- 150 g. confectioners' sugar.<br />
- 1 egg white.<br />
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<u>Directions:</u></div>
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<b>The first dough:</b></div>
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01. Cool down the milk and disolve the yeast there. Mix in the rest of ingredients. Shape the dough into a ball.</div>
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02. In a bowl with warm water, place the dough. When it floats, it will be ready to use with the pastry. </div>
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<b>The pastry:</b></div>
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01. <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_dissolve_yeast_in_milk">Crumble yeast and dissolve it in warm milk.</a></div>
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02. Sieve the flour, using a colander.</div>
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03. Add eggs, sugar, butter, lemon and orange grated peels, orange flower water, the pinch of salt, the warm milk (step 01) and the first dough to the flour.</div>
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04. Stir everything energetically.</div>
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05. When the new dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly oiled and floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes. Don't forget to oil your hands in this step.</div>
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06. Place the dough in the bowl and cover with a damp cloth or plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 5 hours.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You have to wait for 5 hours at least...</td></tr>
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07. <span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;"> </span>When risen, divide dough in half. Make two balls and let rest about 5 minutes.</div>
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08. Form<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;"> </span>oval shaped rings. You have to put your fingers into the center of the dough and enlarging the hole. If the dough tends to be small, let rest about 10 minutes. Place each ring on a prepared oven tray (with parchment paper).</div>
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09. Decorate your King cakes with almonds, candied fruits, candied cherries and brush them with beaten egg. Frost with the sugar blended with a few drops of water.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My King Cake is almost ready...</td></tr>
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10. Place the 2 King Cakes in a warm place and let rise <span style="text-align: justify;">until doubled in volume, about 2 hours. <b>This step is very important: Don't touch the cakes after this step, that's why you have decorated them in the previous one (09).</b></span></div>
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11. Preheat the oven to 200ºC about 10 minutes. The heats (up and down) should be on. (The time varies depending on the stove, older stoves may take longer to preheat; some newer stove models have a fast preheat feature).</div>
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12. Bake them for 10 minutes at 200ºC and 10 minutes at 170ºC.</div>
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13. To Make Filling: Combine the sugar, ground almonds and the egg white.</div>
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14. Let rest the 2 King Cakes until cooled. <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Cut-a-Cake-Layer-in-Half">Cut them layer in a half</a> and sprinkle the filling evenly.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4772401426487412568" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="roscones" border="0" height="400" src="http://s19.postimage.org/rdb8609wj/roscones.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My 2 King Cakes :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4772401426487412568" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="relleno" border="0" height="400" src="http://s19.postimage.org/hha56d44j/relleno.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yummy! You can choose other kind of filling: chocolate, cream...<br />
It will be your choice! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The King Cake, with its Crown ;)</td></tr>
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In relation to the decoration, Spanish people use candied fruits because symbolize the many jewels that a crown would have. There is tradition of placing a bean, candy or figurine doll of the Christ Child inside the cake is followed. Whoever finds it must take it to the nearest church on February 2, Candlemas Day (Día de la Candelaria), which celebrates the presentation of Jesus in the Temple. According to the Jewish tradition, an infant was to be presented to God in the Temple forty days after his birth. </div>
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However the tradition in my hometown is whoever finds the bean, must pay the King Cake if it has been bought in a cake shop (hahaha or the ingredients in this case) and whoever finds the gift , will keep it as a good luck charm :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bean and one of the little gifts ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4772401426487412568" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="reyes" border="0" src="http://s19.postimage.org/bjqlraalf/reyes.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three Wise Men eating a piece of cake :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4772401426487412568" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="Reyes Magos" border="0" src="http://s19.postimage.org/7on7oprfn/Reyes_Magos.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ya vienen Los Reyes<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">♫</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">♫</span>...<br />
Old Spanish pic from the 50's</td></tr>
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Love,</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">♡</span>Lorena Be-Bop<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">♡</span></div>
Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com16Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082499999953153.0459581 -6.9082759999999528 53.652927100000007 -5.6118889999999535tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-57221352458651906912013-01-04T23:10:00.001+00:002013-01-04T23:12:32.499+00:00Cheers Mr.Darwin!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello Be-Bops and <b>Welcome to 2013</b>! I have been very busy last few days because I spent wonderful holidays in Spain. I already came back to Dublin and... I owe you some special posts, so let's catch up!. Christmas will last until the 6th of January, as far as you know, in Spain, Portugal and some countries of South America, we celebrate the popular tradition where three kings or wise men (named <i>Melchor, Gaspar, and Baltasar</i>) visite the infant Jesus in the manger, though this does not strictly follow the Biblical account. So all bloggers who have not yet wished Happy Christmas even have time to do it, but without forgetting that we enter the last weekend ;)</div>
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Today, I'd like to write about a famous brand at Christmas: <a href="http://www.anisdelmono.es/"><b>Anís del Mono</b></a>.It is a trade-mark of a popular anisette made in Spain, and the name is Spanish for<b style="font-style: italic;"> 'The Monkey's Anisette'. </b>This liqueur is used to make desserts in Spain since 19th century.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Rosquillas de anís (<a href="http://harinaquenofalte.blogspot.ie/2012/12/rosquitos-de-anis.html">Source</a>)</td></tr>
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The history of <b>Anís del Mono</b> started in the late 19th century (1870) and it is held by several anecdotes and inspirations from around the world.<br />
<b>Vicente Bosch </b>was its creator. The first anecdote tells about, a friend gave him a little monkey from America who baptized the brand. The history that inspired the bottle design is very tender: <b>Vicente Bosch</b> was looking for a gift for his wife so he went to Place Vendôme in Paris. There, he found the perfect perfume which inspired him to design the bottle of <b>Anís del mono. </b>This diamond design has remained unalterable over time.<br />
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The bottle's label design hides some curiosities that make it unique. There is an orthographic mistake in the Spanish word 'Destil<b>l</b>ación' instead of 'Destilación' (distillation) that it's still on the label.<br />
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But the most important detail is <b>how the ape looks like Darwin. Vicente Bosch </b>made a sign for Science, given that, there was a debate about evolutionary theory in that epoch.<br />
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Darwin, aged 45 in 1854, by then working towards publication <br />
of <i>On the Origin of Species.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">An 1871 caricature following publication of The Descent of Man<br />
was typical of many showing Darwin with an ape body,<br />
identifying him in popular culture as the leading author of evolutionary theory.</td></tr>
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Next pictures show a little tribute, my sister borrowed the book from the library in Barcelona ;)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On The Origin of Species and Anís del mono.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They look the same, don't they?</td></tr>
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The quote<i> "Es el mejor, la Ciencia lo dijo y yo no miento" </i>means 'It's the best one, Science said it and I don't lie'. What was this 'Science'? Darwin published it in his book<i> 'On the Origin of Species' </i>in 1859.</div>
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<b>Vicente Bosch</b> was a great artist. In 1897, he announced a poster contest in Spain. <b>Ramón Casas</b> was the winner. In 1913, he achieved to put an illuminated logo for <b>Anís del Mono</b>, in Puerta del Sol (Madrid). </div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com10Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082499999953153.0459581 -6.905529499999953 53.652927100000007 -5.6146354999999533tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-70221743549654533002012-12-16T22:27:00.000+00:002012-12-16T23:37:24.422+00:00The Space Age in 1964<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello Be-Bops! Today I went for a walk, wearing one of my most comfortable handbags. It's a faux crocodile one, designed by <b><a href="http://www.courreges.com/">Courrèges</a></b>. I bought it some years ago, in a thrift shop. It was in a perfect state of preservation as you can see on the pictures below, but I'm not sure how old it is...I can only say, it's inspired by a classic men's briefcase.</div>
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<b>André Courrèges</b> was born in 1923, he graduated as an engineer at the age of 25. In 1950, he went to Paris to work at the fashion house of Jeanne Lafaurie, before securing a position at Balenciaga. He worked for the couture master for ten years, honing his skills in the cut and constructions of garments. In 1961, with his mentor's blessing, he left to set up his own house.</div>
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His look was radically different not only from that of Balenciaga, but also from just about everything that was going on in a contemporary fashion. His wife and partner Coqueline organized the presentation of his collections, which she conceived explicitly as 'a show', energized by loud music and dancing young models.<br />
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His spring 1964 collection, with its linear minidresses and futuristic tailoring, confounded the experts. The look was created using heavyweight fabrics such as gabardine that held a stiff, uncompromising shape. Moreover, he used materials hitherto unheard of in the couture atelier: metal, plastic and a cutting-edge innovation called PVC. Many of the outfits had cut-out panels, exposing backs, waists and midriffs, and shockingly they were also often worn without a bra.<br />
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Accessories included flat boots, goggles, and helmets inspired by the equipment used by astronauts. With his stark shapes and white and metallic colourways, Courrèges was celebrated as a designer of the Space Age.<br />
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Next pictures show a gorgeous Audrey Hepburn, they were taking by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Kirkland"><b>Douglas Kirkland</b></a> in 1965.</div>
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She dressed Courregès' designs in two movies:<i> 'How to steal a million'</i> and <i>'Two for the road'</i>.</div>
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From the perspective of publicity, the collection was an absolute sensation. British Vogue declared 1964 'the year of Courrèges'. His clothes represented a couture version of the 'Youthquake'-driven style, and heralded the arrival of the 'moon girl' look.<br />
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His career may have been short-lived but his influence was seismic. Courrèges made trousers acceptable daywear for fashionable women, and to this day he vies with Mary Quant for the credit of being the inventor of miniskirt.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massiel"><b>Massiel</b></a>, a Spanish pop singer, dressed one Courrèges' design, which was her good-luck charm, because she won the <b>Eurovision Song Contest 1968</b> with the song <i><b>'La, la, la' </b>:)</i></div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com23Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082553.197787600000005 -6.5759395000000005 53.5010976 -5.9442255tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-63679075548546655832012-12-14T13:56:00.001+00:002013-01-06T15:02:15.747+00:00Midnight, The Stars and You<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello Be-Bops! Well, I named this post after a song title, <b>'Midnight, The Stars and You'</b>, I bet you've heard this 30's song before ...listen carefully! :)</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">It was chosen for <b><i>The Shining</i></b> movie ending credits. I reckon, I would have been an easy target, for the wicked</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> </span><b>Overlook Hotel, </b>much better than Jack Torrance hahaha. It was a Be-Bop Paradise! hahaha ;) However, my boyfriend said to me<i> 'Lorena, turn it off please! it's scaring me! OMG What a creepy song! ' </i>hahaha but I disagree, it's so gorgeus! isn't it?;)</div>
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I guess, you have watched the film, which is based on the <b>Stephen King</b> novel, produced and directed by <b>Stanley Kubrick</b>. Otherwise, you should do it! :)</div>
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Some years ago, I read the novel and to be honest with you, the film has a rather weak argument, if you compare it with the book: missing pieces, those characters (i.e Shelley Duvall, as Wendy Torrance) stick out a mile..,just another screen adaptation. However <b>Nicholson's Jack Torrance</b> role is terrific! wow! s-p-e-c-t-a-c-u-l-a-r! love it!</div>
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Do you know there is an Overlook Hotel in real life? </div>
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<a href="http://www.stanleyhotel.com/about"><b>The Stanley Hotel</b></a> is a 140-room neo-Georgian hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Each room affords a There is a panoramic sight of the Rocky Mountain National Park. Stephen King hosted over there and it inspired him to write <i><b>The Shining</b></i>.<br />
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Parts of the <b>mini-series version</b> of <i>The Shining</i> were filmed there, although Stanley Kubrick's cinematic version was filmed at the <b>Timberline Lodge</b> in Oregon and at Elstree Studios in England. The Stanley Hotel shows the uncut R-rated version of Kubrick's <i>The Shining</i> on a continuous loop on Channel 42 on guest room TVs Would you like to celebrate New Year's Eve Party over there? It would be lovely! Check out its website for further information, you'll find a mechandising online shop too ;)<br />
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Well actually, I am writing about<i><b> The Shining</b></i> movie, because the building, where I live in, reminds me of the famous wicked <b>Overlook, </b>just a little bit hahaha, it's true. Have a look at these pics!</div>
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This is the hallway on the 2nd floor. My father and I think, it looks straight outta The Shining one hehe.</div>
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This is the Christmas tree, on the ground floor:</div>
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To finish, do you remember this pic? Is this one, a photo that Kubrick took? Did he hire so many extras for a picture?<br />
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A young Jack stands smiling in the bottom center.</td></tr>
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No, he didn't! It was a touch up job and it didn't obviously use Photoshop in the 80s. When it comes to tricking a picture, the modern world offers filmmakers so many forms to do it, but they look badly sometimes. This was a good job ,even with airbrush and manual retouching technique. Stanley Kubrick did it carefully and it looks perfectly, much better than any modern one.</div>
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In my last post I wrote about a luxury makeup product: <a href="http://beboplashes.blogspot.ie/2012/12/tears-of-st-lawrence.html">Météorites Perles by Guerlain</a>. Perles? Pearls? Hmmm, something popped up in my head : Oysters!.</div>
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Have you ever seen this footage in the movie '<b>Alice in Wonderland'(Disney, 1951)</b>?<br />
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Honestly, I swear, it was one of the most powerful film for me, in term of dramatic impact during my childhood. A Be-Bop trauma hahaha. Poor little oysters! I used to feel like crying when I saw it. They look so cute and adorable! and the wicked Walrus eat them! :(</div>
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Some years later, I read the narrative poem, written by <b>Lewis Carroll</b> in his book <i>'Through the Looking-Glass' , 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'. </i>This book, from 1871, is a sequel to <b>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</b> (1865). </div>
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The poem is recited in chapter four, in the book <i style="text-align: justify;">'Through the Looking-Glass' ,</i> by the twins, Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice:</div>
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One night when both sun and moon were visible, a couple were walking down the beach: the Walrus and Carpenter. They came upon an offshore bed of oysters, and they invited to join them. Although the eldest oyster disapproved the idea, many little oysters followed them. After walking along the beach (a point is made of the fact that the oysters are all neatly shod despite having no feet), the couple are revealed to be predatory and eat all of the oysters. After hearing the poem, the good-natured Alice attempts to determine which of the two leading characters might be the more sympathetic, but is thwarted by the twins' further interpretation:</div>
<i>"I like the Walrus best," said Alice, "because you see he was a little sorry for the poor oysters."<br />"He ate more than the Carpenter, though," said Tweedledee. "You see he held his handkerchief in front, so that the Carpenter couldn't count how many he took: contrariwise."<br />"That was mean!" Alice said indignantly. "Then I like the Carpenter best—if he didn't eat so many as the Walrus."<br />"But he ate as many as he could get," said Tweedledum.<br />This was a puzzler. After a pause, Alice began, "Well! They were both very unpleasant characters—"</i></div>
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<i><i>The sun was shining on the sea,</i></i></div>
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<i>Shining with all his might:</i></div>
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<i>He did his very best to make</i></div>
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<i>The billows smooth and bright--</i></div>
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<i>And this was odd, because it was</i></div>
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<i>The middle of the night.</i></div>
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<i>The moon was shining sulkily,</i></div>
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<i>Because she thought the sun</i></div>
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<i>Had got no business to be there</i></div>
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<i>After the day was done-- </i></div>
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<i>"It's very rude of him," she said, </i></div>
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<i>"To come and spoil the fun!" </i></div>
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<i>The sea was wet as wet could be, </i></div>
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<i>The sands were dry as dry. </i></div>
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<i>You could not see a cloud, because </i></div>
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<i>No cloud was in the sky: </i></div>
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<i>No birds were flying overhead-- </i></div>
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<i>There were no birds to fly. </i></div>
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<i>The Walrus and the Carpenter </i></div>
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<i>Were walking close at hand; </i></div>
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<i>They wept like anything to see </i></div>
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<i>Such quantities of sand: </i></div>
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<i>"If this were only cleared away," </i></div>
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<i>They said, "it would be grand!" </i></div>
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<i>"If seven maids with seven mops </i></div>
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<i>Swept it for half a year. </i></div>
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<i>Do you suppose," the Walrus said, </i></div>
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<i>"That they could get it clear?" </i></div>
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<i>"I doubt it," said the Carpenter, </i></div>
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<i>And shed a bitter tear. </i></div>
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<i>"O Oysters, come and walk with us!" </i></div>
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<i>The Walrus did beseech. </i></div>
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<i>"A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, </i></div>
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<i>Along the briny beach: </i></div>
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<i>We cannot do with more than four, </i></div>
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<i>To give a hand to each." </i></div>
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<i>The eldest Oyster looked at him, </i></div>
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<i>But never a word he said: </i></div>
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<i>The eldest Oyster winked his eye, </i></div>
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<i>And shook his heavy head-- </i></div>
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<i>Meaning to say he did not choose </i></div>
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<i>To leave the oyster-bed. </i></div>
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<i>But four young Oysters hurried up, </i></div>
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<i>All eager for the treat: </i></div>
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<i>Their coats were brushed, their faces washed, </i></div>
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<i>Their shoes were clean and neat-- </i></div>
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<i>And this was odd, because, you know, </i></div>
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<i>They hadn't any feet. </i></div>
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<i>Four other Oysters followed them, </i></div>
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<i>And yet another four; </i></div>
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<i>And thick and fast they came at last, </i></div>
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<i>And more, and more, and more-- </i></div>
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<i>All hopping through the frothy waves, </i></div>
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<i>And scrambling to the shore. </i></div>
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<i>The Walrus and the Carpenter </i></div>
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<i>Walked on a mile or so, </i></div>
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<i>And then they rested on a rock </i></div>
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<i>Conveniently low: </i></div>
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<i>And all the little Oysters stood </i></div>
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<i>And waited in a row. </i></div>
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<i>"The time has come," the Walrus said, </i></div>
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<i>"To talk of many things: </i></div>
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<i>Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- </i></div>
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<i>Of cabbages--and kings-- </i></div>
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<i>And why the sea is boiling hot-- </i></div>
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<i>And whether pigs have wings." </i></div>
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<i>"But wait a bit," the Oysters cried, </i></div>
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<i>"Before we have our chat; </i></div>
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<i>For some of us are out of breath, </i></div>
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<i>And all of us are fat!" </i></div>
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<i>"No hurry!" said the Carpenter. </i></div>
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<i>They thanked him much for that. </i></div>
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<i>"A loaf of bread," the Walrus said, </i></div>
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<i>"Is what we chiefly need: </i></div>
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<i>Pepper and vinegar besides </i></div>
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<i>Are very good indeed-- </i></div>
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<i>Now if you're ready, Oysters dear, </i></div>
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<i>We can begin to feed." </i></div>
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<i>"But not on us!" the Oysters cried, </i></div>
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<i>Turning a little blue. </i></div>
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<i>"After such kindness, that would be </i></div>
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<i>A dismal thing to do!" </i></div>
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<i>"The night is fine," the Walrus said. </i></div>
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<i>"Do you admire the view? </i></div>
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<i>"It was so kind of you to come!</i></div>
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<i>And you are very nice!"</i></div>
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<i>The Carpenter said nothing but</i></div>
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<i>"Cut us another slice:</i></div>
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<i>I wish you were not quite so deaf--</i></div>
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<i>I've had to ask you twice!"</i></div>
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<i>"It seems a shame," the Walrus said,</i></div>
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<i>"To play them such a trick,</i></div>
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<i>After we've brought them out so far,</i></div>
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<i>And made them trot so quick!"</i></div>
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<i>The Carpenter said nothing but</i></div>
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<i>"The butter's spread too thick!"</i></div>
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<i>"I weep for you," the Walrus said:</i></div>
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<i>"I deeply sympathize."</i></div>
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<i>With sobs and tears he sorted out</i></div>
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<i>Holding his pocket-handkerchief </i></div>
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<i>Before his streaming eyes. </i></div>
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<i>"O Oysters," said the Carpenter, </i></div>
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<i>"You've had a pleasant run! </i></div>
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<i>Shall we be trotting home again?' </i></div>
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To finish, I'll post a pic.It was taken a year ago in Temple Bar (Dublin). It's a famous dish over here. <b>Oysters and a pint of Guinness</b>...but no worries! I wouldn't eat them! however my father and my boyfriend love them! hahaha I'm gonna tell them, next time:<br />
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But....I hope they get along better! ^^ for my own sake!<br />
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com21Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082553.197787600000005 -6.5759395000000005 53.5010976 -5.9442255tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-4817023989913410662012-12-10T00:15:00.000+00:002012-12-10T00:15:28.711+00:00Tears of St. Lawrence<div style="text-align: justify;">
Today, I'd to write about a marvellous perfume house and cosmetic brand: <a href="http://www.guerlain.com/guerlain/index.jspz"><b>Guerlain</b></a>. It was a family company from 1828 to 1994. It was acquired in 1994 by the <b>LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton</b> group, a French multinational investment corporation specializing in luxury brands.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Ladies and Gentlemen, as you can imagine, yes, it has<i> Be-Bop spirit </i>;)</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">If you are interested in reading further information about its history and background, just click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerlain">here</a></span></div>
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Introduced in 1830 Oleine Emulsive was the world's first whitening skin care cream.</div>
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<u>The first time</u> ever I heard of Guerlain, it was when I was a little girl. My mum used to buy <a href="http://shop.avon.com/shop/product.aspx?level1_id=300&level2_id=301&pdept_id=314&cat_type=C&pf_id=44517">Avon Cosmetics</a> and once she bought those multicolored pearls. Since I saw that little box, I found them fascinating: they looked like magic marbles. I loved getting my hands on them, and I have to admit that...I used to crush them he,he >:) </div>
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I was wondering what was that multicolored mosaic and she told me they were <b>Météorites</b> and were inspired by a famous Guerlain product...Unfortunately, my mum never owned them, but it will be one of her Christmas gifts :)</div>
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As far as I am concerned, if I can get a luxury makeup product, I'll buy it without thinking it twice. I'm never disappointed with them. <i>Cosmetic fetishism </i>exists and it's obviously something difficult to explain, either you love it or you don't mind.</div>
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I recommend you this product whether you are a makeupholic or you are looking for something designed to brighten skin, to perk up your complexion and to give you a radiant, luminous glow. </div>
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<b>Météorites Perles</b> come in a lovely little tin, which reminds me of a vintage hatter, made of silver-plated metal. On the cap, there is an enameled rosette which is Météorites Perles logo. The cap clicks into the tin and it's very easy to open it. After removing the top cap, we find a soft white rubbery sponge. I guess, this one is just to hold Météorites in place and not to use as an application tool.</div>
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According to the official description of the product: </div>
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<i><a href="http://www.guerlain.com/int/en/base.html#/en/home-makeup/catalog-makeup/make-up-presentoir-the-face/make-up-the-face-the-powders/untitled-256.html">Météorites Perles by Guerlain</a> are inspired by light. When white light passes through a prism, it separates into a spectrum of different colours. Inversely, all of these colours together recreate ideal light. This is the principle behind the descomposition and recomposition of light. In photography and film, white light is used to erase imperfections and soften features. In 1987, Guerlain decided to use this technology to add dazzling radiance to women's faces and thus created Météorites...In 2010, Météorites have added a new chapter to their legend. Evanescence, lightness, and transparency...They now come in 3 colour harmonies, holding the secret to the purest radiance ever for each skin tone.</i></div>
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Many people confuse Météorites for a highlighter, but it's more like a light setting powder. It can also be used over your regular powder to add a touch of glow. </div>
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As the official description says, they come in 3 different shades: </div>
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<b><u>01 Teint Rosé:</u></b></div>
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<u>-Corrective effect (Green and Mauve marbles)</u>: Mauve reflects light and brightens up the shadowed areas of the face. Green diminishes redness.</div>
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<u>-Unifying effect (Pink and Champagne marbles)</u>: Pink evens out the complexion. Champagne accentuates this action by reflecting light.</div>
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<u>-Light-enhancing effect (White and Gold marbles)</u>: White, a touch of light par excellence, illuminates the complexion without ever making the skin appear pale and gold adds an extra radiance.</div>
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<b><u>02 Teint Beige:</u></b></div>
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I chose this one (the best seller, indeed) because I think, it matches better to my skin tone. The pearls smell like violets and to me that is part of what gives this product a luxury vintage appearance. This is such a <i>Be-Bop scent</i> that reminds me of my grandma's perfumes or baby powder in my childhood. So delicious! ♥♥♥</div>
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<u>-Corrective effect (Mauve and Pink marbles)</u>: Mauve and Pink add a healthy glow to dull complexion.</div>
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<u>-Unifying effect (Beige and Apricot marbles)</u>: Beige and Apricot add a warm glow to your face.</div>
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<u>-Light-enhancing effect (White and White-Gold marbles)</u>: White and White-Gold accentuate the light reflecting result.</div>
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<b><u>03 Teint Doré:</u></b></div>
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<u>-Corrective effect (Mauve and Blue marbles)</u>: Mauve and Blue eliminate the yellow hue in a golden complexion.</div>
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<u>-Unifying effect (Beige and Chocolate marbles)</u>: Beige and Chocolate enhance a golden complexion.</div>
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<u>-Light-enhancing effect (Gold and Apricot marbles)</u>: Gold and Apricot brighten a golden complexion.</div>
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I regret to say that: <i> 'It was impossible to take a right pic, where the result over my face could be visible', </i>that's why next picture shows some fingertips swatches. As you can see, my fingers, under sunlight, sparkled, however the powder is traslucent.</div>
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I recommend to use a kabuki brush or blush brush to swirl it over the pearls and dust over your face. I am using this one, <a href="http://realtechniques.com/shop-collection/your-finish-perfected/blush-brush">Blush Brush by Real Techniques.</a></div>
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<a href="http://primor.eu/meteoritespoudrevisagen01rose-p-3504.html">Perfumerias Primor. Free shipping to Spain</a></div>
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But there are several websites, where you can buy them. It's very important to compare prices, to find best deals in your country, when you are shopping online. </div>
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I am very grateful to my sister, Nata, as I have this excellent makeup product thanks to her :) I'll never do without them he,he.</div>
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Hope you enjoy reading about my little Perseids :), that's why I named the post after a phrase <i>'Tears of St.Lawrence'</i>. This is the way Catholic People refer to <b>The Perseids</b>, since 10 August is the date of that saint's martyrdom. The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle, that happen in August. They are so-called because the point from which they appear to come, called the radiant, lies in the constellation Perseus. The name derives in part from the word Perseides (Περσείδες), a term found in Greek mythology referring to the sons of Perseus.</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com22Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082553.197787600000005 -6.5759395000000005 53.5010976 -5.9442255tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-45811711007734724712012-12-04T22:33:00.000+00:002012-12-07T20:46:14.899+00:00My Christmas tree<div style="text-align: center;">
Christmas has come early to my home :) </div>
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I wanted to share my Christmas tree on Be-Bop Lashes. I have just finished decorating it. </div>
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What about yours? Take inspiration from these beautiful pictures and trim your tree with lovely ornaments, garlands and festive holiday lights. Let's dream of a white <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">★</span> Christmas <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">★!</span></div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com25Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082553.197787600000005 -6.5759395000000005 53.5010976 -5.9442255tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-75877443792538355812012-11-22T14:11:00.001+00:002012-11-24T20:49:21.058+00:00Gratitude is the heart's memory<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello dearies! I named this post after one phrase, a French proverb: <i>Gratitude is the heart's memory</i>, because today, it's <b>Thanksgiving day</b>! </div>
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This is a<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> </span>holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. But why not in all the countries? A day of gratitude is always worthwhile. Thankfulness is much more than saying <i>'Thank you'</i> as we have to. Thankfulness is a way to experience the world, a way to perceive, a way to be surprised. I am a foreigner in Ireland and I was welcomed warmly. It's here where I have a job and I am learning English. I miss my country so much but it's here where I'll achieve my goals.</div>
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That being said,<b> Why is Thanksgiving celebrated?</b></div>
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In 1620, Pilgrims hopped over the pond from England to United States by ship, and they disembarked in Plymouth. Pilgrims fled the country because of t<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">h</span>e beliefs of the Church of England and they wanted to separate from it. They might be considered the first inmigrants in North America.</div>
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The Pilgrims settled in what is now the state of Massachusetts. Their first winter was so difficult, because of they arrived in there too late to grow many crops. Without fresh food, many of them died from disease.The following spring the native Indians taught them how to grow corn, that was a new food for them. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how to hunt and fish.</div>
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Pilgrims were very grateful for their help, that's why they invited the local Indian chief and 90 Indians next autumn. The Indians brought deer to roast with the turkeys and other wild game offered by the colonists. The colonists had learned how to cook cranberries and different kinds of corn and squash dishes from the Indians. </div>
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Next years, many of the original colonists celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of thanks, it started to be a tradition. After the United States became an independent country, Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate. <b>George Washington</b> suggested the date November 26 as <b>Thanksgiving Day</b>. Then in 1863, at the end of a long and bloody civil war, <b>Abraham Lincoln</b> asked all Americans to set aside the 4th or the last Thursday in November as a day of thanksgiving. Sometimes, U.S Thanksgiving Day coincides with my birthday :)</div>
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And what about Bombshells? Did they celebrate this wonderful day? Of course, they did!</div>
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Check out these funny pics!</div>
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Well, I am not such a photogenic girl, to pose beside a turkey xD nevertheless, I've just cooked one for tonight :) It will go with some mashed potatoes, leeks, glazed onions&carrots and bread rolls.</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com30Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082553.197787600000005 -6.5759395000000005 53.5010976 -5.9442255tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-90346823852394986722012-11-18T22:58:00.001+00:002013-01-15T09:33:00.830+00:00A little bit about myself<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello! Today, I'm going to write a different tagged post. And it wasn't my idea...It was thanks to <a href="http://marilynbedroom.blogspot.ie/">Marilyn Bedroom</a> blogspot. They are two lovely sisters who shares some hobbies: Makeup, fashion, trends and recipes. <b>Jan</b> and <b>Jess</b> have a beautiful blog, do you want to have a look? I really recommend you! :)</div>
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That being said, shall we start now?</div>
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When it comes to writing facts/things about yourself, it's original and easy to read, if you link it to an image :)</div>
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01. Favorite colour:</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VtGuh8882bs/UKlY2aNSY3I/AAAAAAAAEeM/iZkSXncQ2d8/s1600/vintage+velvet+red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VtGuh8882bs/UKlY2aNSY3I/AAAAAAAAEeM/iZkSXncQ2d8/s320/vintage+velvet+red.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption">Vintage velvet red ♥</td></tr>
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02. Favorite dish:<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x2Z4YA3iKdE/UKlZo_i6reI/AAAAAAAAEec/Qtwz3QdejuU/s1600/paella.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x2Z4YA3iKdE/UKlZo_i6reI/AAAAAAAAEec/Qtwz3QdejuU/s640/paella.png" width="456" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paella">Paella</a> ♥</td></tr>
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03. Favorite dessert:</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a9KstizusMk/UKlaXB-_nwI/AAAAAAAAEek/PFi6bc9M7ps/s1600/tiramisu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a9KstizusMk/UKlaXB-_nwI/AAAAAAAAEek/PFi6bc9M7ps/s320/tiramisu.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiramisu">Tiramisu</a> ♥</td></tr>
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04. An unforgettable trip:</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b_hjXux3bMk/UKlciK4WsII/AAAAAAAAEes/PPwhN5uZQMg/s1600/lisbon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="224" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b_hjXux3bMk/UKlciK4WsII/AAAAAAAAEes/PPwhN5uZQMg/s320/lisbon.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption">Lisbon, Portugal ♥</td></tr>
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05. My favorite beauty product:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><a href="http://beboplashes.blogspot.ie/2012/05/my-adored-benetint.html">Benetint</a> ♥</td></tr>
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06. Favorite makeup brand:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><a href="http://www.benefitcosmetics.com/">Benefit Cosmetics</a> ♥</td></tr>
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07. My hometown:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja%C3%A9n,_Spain">Jaén</a>, Andalusia, Spain</td></tr>
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08. Favorite makeup look:</div>
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09. Favorite hairdo:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">40's-50's hairdos ♥</td></tr>
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10. Favorite car model:</div>
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Thanks a million Marilyns! I really appreciate your special mention :)</div>
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I dedicate this post to all my followers, feel free to write a similar one, if you feel like it :)</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com24Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082553.197787600000005 -6.5759395000000005 53.5010976 -5.9442255tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-41388357077553661122012-11-15T23:48:00.000+00:002012-11-16T13:49:50.510+00:00The Black Orchid<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello Be-Bops! Yesterday, it was 14th November that's why in order to celebrate <b>Louise Brooks</b>' birthday, I want to pay tribute to her on my blog. Since I last watched her silent film <i>'Pandora's box' </i>(1929), she became my favorite flapper, the queen of silent-movies. I couldn't look her away. She radiates a incomparable captivating sensuality. Brooks' portrayal of a seductive, thoughtless young woman whose raw sexuality and uninhibited nature bring ruin to herself and those who love her. This film was initially unappreciated, eventually made her a star.</div>
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In 1906, <b>Louise Brooks</b> was born in Cherryvale, Kansas into a difficult family<span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 15.555556297302246px;">.</span> Her father, <b>Leonard Porter Brooks</b>, was a busy solicitor, who wasn't very strict with his practice to discipline his children. Her mother, <b>Myra Rude</b> was an autistic pianist and their relationship was always at each other's throats. Since she was 5 years old, Brooks was an unfriendly girl who looked her famous hairdo; the <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_cut">bob cut</a></b> in which the hair is typically cut straight around the head at about jaw-level, often with a bang at the front.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Young Louise Brooks </td></tr>
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She spent her childhood <span style="background-color: #f6f6f9; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 15.555556297302246px;"> </span>surrounded by books and listening to music. She used to perform in front of the neighbourhood children, being her main hobby. It reads, her father had stored so many books that the foundations collapsed in the library area. Growing up, she fervently read <i>Dickens, Thackeray, Carlye, Darwin, Emerson, and Twain</i> masterpieces, nevertheless her favorite author was <i>Goethe</i> who always went with her at dressing rooms. <b>Louise Brooks</b> was a cultured gal, at the school she got good grades in English, Latin, Social Sciences and Maths. She was always reading pieces of literature and writing a diary when she took a break in the shootings. She starred in 17 silent films and, late in life, that diary helped her to write the witty memoir, '<i>Lulu in Hollywood'. </i>In the neighbourhood, she was fiercely criticized, chit chat everywhere because Brooks was a rebel, perceptive and unusual girl.</div>
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Despite her mother's protection her nine-year old was shattered when a neighbour sexually abused her. Myra was very cruel because she said that Brooks led him on. That fact deeply marked her life, she was incapable of real love and what she defined as<i> 'sexual pleasure'</i> must have bondage features. When she was 14, Brooks became a Lolita because she fell in love with a married man, <i>'He was one of my cradle snatcher'</i>, she said.</div>
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After that, she left Kansas and moved in Los Angeles, where she started her career as a dancer joining the Denishawn modern dance company (whose members included founders <b>Ruth St. Denis</b>, and <b>Ted Shawn</b>, as well as a young <b>Martha Graham</b>) in 1922. Next year, Brooks had advanced to a starring role in one work opposite Shawn. A long-simmering personal conflict between Brooks and St. Denis boiled over one day, however, and St. Denis abruptly fired Brooks from the troupe in 1924, telling her in front of the other members that <i>'I am dismissing you from the company because you want life handed to you on a silver salver'</i>. The words left a strong impression on Brooks; when she drew up an outline for a planned autobiographical novel in 1949,<i> 'The Silver Salver' </i>was the title she gave to the tenth and final chapter.</div>
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Also, she had a very high level of culture and this didn't help her in the relationships. Men felt awkward in front of her because they couldn't speak about authors and masterpieces as she did. This was the main reason because of she went to <i>Algonquin Hotel</i>, where bohemian people used to live in.</div>
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She was nicknamed <b>'The Black Orchid'</b> due to her hectic life. Getting fed up with double standard, she went away Europe thanks to her friend <b>Barbara Bennett</b> and overthere she was the first woman who danced charleston. She met <b>Marlene Dietrich</b> in a rich decadent European environment, however she was going to see each other some years later.</div>
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At 18 years old, she wrote an article for The New York Times, about the comedy film <i>'No, no, Nanette'</i> (1940) because whoever must be its author, fell asleep when the movie opened. It was such a successful article that the most famous critics imitated her style. People strongly criticized her, because she was only interested in books, fashion, alcohol and intellectuals such as <b>Aldous Huxley</b>. </div>
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In 1925, there was another sexual scandal. She met <b>Charles Chaplin</b> and they were shutted away in a room at <i>Ambassador Hotel </i>for 2 months. They did sex orgies with another couple, and at the same time they were playing the piano, dancing, perfomancing, singing...a little bit of everything...</div>
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Louise Brooks was object of desire for many people, including <b>Marlene Dietrich</b>, however it was <b>Charles Chaplin </b>who pulled it off.<br />
She enjoyed fostering speculation about her sexuality, cultivating friendships with lesbian and bisexual women including <b>Pepi Lederer</b> and <b>Peggy Fears</b>, but eschewing relationships. She admitted to some lesbian dalliances, including a one-night affair with <b><a href="http://beboplashes.blogspot.ie/2012/09/garbo-laughs.html">Greta Garbo</a></b>.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>She later described Garbo as masculine but a <i>'charming and tender lover'</i>.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>Despite all this, she considered herself neither lesbian nor bisexual.<br />
<span style="text-align: start;">What was her most famous quality? Brooks had sex appeal. In the 20's , nobody knew what that word meant, however directors took advantage of it. Louise was a pioneer girl, sex isn't taboo for her.</span></div>
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In the summer of 1926, Brooks married<b> Eddie Sutherland</b>, and their honeymoon was at <i style="text-align: justify;">Ambassador Hotel , </i><span style="text-align: justify;">but this time it took her two days</span><i style="text-align: justify;">. </i><span style="text-align: justify;">B</span>y 1927 she had fallen 'terribly in love' with <b>George Preston Marshall</b>, owner of a chain of laundries and future owner of the <i>Washington Redskins</i> football team, following a chance meeting with him that she later referred to as 'the most fateful encounter of my life'. She divorced <b>Sutherland</b>, mainly due to her budding relationship with Marshall, in June 1928.</div>
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In 1929, she starred German silent melodrama '<i>Pandora's Box'</i>, directed by <b>Georg Wilhelm Pabst</b> in his New Objectivity period. The film is based on two plays by <b>Frank Wedekind</b> and Brooks plays the central figure, Lulu. This film is notorious for its frank treatment of modern sexual mores, including one of the first screen portrayals of a lesbian. It reads, this role was going to be to <b>Marlene Dietrich</b>, and she was furious as she didn't get the role.</div>
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Brooks then starred in the controversial social drama '<i>Diary of a Lost Girl'</i> (1929), based on the book by <b>Margarete Böhme</b> and also directed by Pabst. In this film, she dances, has sex and drinks alcohol...A new scandal in Europe, as you can imagine. Next year, she starred '<i>Prix de Beauté'</i> . All these films were heavily censored, as they were very 'adult' and considered shocking in their time for their portrayals of sexuality, as well as their social satire. In North America, producers ignored her.</div>
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Brooks was fed up with Hollywood and retired from the screen after completing one last film, the John Wayne western '<i>Overland Stage Raiders'</i> (1938) in which she played the romantic lead with a long hairstyle that rendered her all but unrecognizable from her 'Lulu' days. After that she came back to New York and finally she returned to her hometown, Wichita, where she was raised. Overthere, she became Catholic. She loved being in state of sin, to go to a confession and to have sex as a prostitute. She loved being in state of sin over and over again, in a vicious circle.<br />
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She wrote a memoir <i style="font-weight: bold;">'Lulu in Hollywood'.</i> One of her fan started to write some love letters to her, and Brooks answered him. He was very surprised, discovering she was a great writer, and it reads he became her lover. </div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">'Lulu in Hollywood'</i> was a great success, I recommend you, next article: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/books/lulu-in-hollywood-tales-from-louise-brooks.html?_r=0">Tales from Louise Brooks</a>.</div>
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Brooks also had an influence in the graphics world – she had the distinction of inspiring some famous comics: the long-running <i>Dixie Dugan</i> newspaper strip by <b>John H. Striebel</b> that started in the late 1920s and ran until 1966, and the erotic comic books of <i>Valentina</i>, by the late <b>Guido Crepax</b>, which began publication in 1965 and continued for many years. Crepax became a friend and regular correspondent with Louise late in her life. Her famous hairdo is present at strips, as you can see :)</div>
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On August 8, 1985, Brooks was found dead of a heart attack. She was buried in <i>Holy Sepulchre Cemetery</i> in Rochester, New York. Her death was a great shock to many European newspapers ,however in North America, she was ignored.</div>
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Happy Birthday Mrs Brooks! </h3>
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This is my little tribute for you, my couple of hair black orchids.</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com20Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082553.197787600000005 -6.5759395000000005 53.5010976 -5.9442255tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-76086272813571881902012-11-11T23:56:00.000+00:002012-11-27T12:39:06.639+00:00Molly Malone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello! What have you been up to? Today, I'll write about a traditional Irish song which is the most popular anthem of Dublin city: <b style="font-style: italic;">'Cockles and Mussels'. </b>It tells the tragic story of the beautiful heroine <b>Molly Malone</b>. She is the most familiar symbol of the capital of Ireland. That's why Lord Major of Dublin placed her statue at the botton of the famous landmark, Grafton Street, a must-see for shopping lovers.<br />
The song tells the tale of Molly Malone who was a beautiful Irish fishmonger. She walked down the streets of Dublin, carrying out her trade. But she died very young due to a fever.<br />
Actually it's believed there was a historical Molly, who lived in the 17th century. She worked as a hawker by day and as a prostitute by night, looking for clients at Trinity College, which was founded in 1592 as the 'mother' of a new university modelled after the collegiate universities of Oxford and of Cambridge; Too much prestige? Well, it was renowned for its debauchery as well he,he.<br />
The name 'Molly' originated as a familiar version of the names <i>Mary</i> and <i>Margaret</i>. While many such 'Molly' Malones were born in Dublin over the centuries, there is no evidence which connects any of them to the events in the song. Nevertheless, in 1988 the Dublin Millennium Commission endorsed claims concerning a Molly Malone who died on 13 June 1699, and proclaimed 13 June to be <b>'Molly Malone day'.</b><br />
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<b>A legend or a true story?</b></h3>
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I utterly recommend you next article: </div>
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<a href="http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/irhismys/molly.htm">Irish Historical Mysteries: Molly Malone</a></div>
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<i>In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty</i></div>
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<i>I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone </i></div>
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<i>As she wheeled her wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow </i></div>
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<i>Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live Oh! </i></div>
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<i>A-live a-live Oh! A-live a-live Oh!</i></div>
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<i>Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live Oh!</i></div>
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<i>She was a fishmonger and sure it was no wonder</i></div>
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<i>For so were her father and mother before</i></div>
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<i>And they both wheeled their barrows through streets broad and narrow</i></div>
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<i>Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live Oh!</i></div>
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<i>A-live a-live Oh! A-live a-live Oh!</i></div>
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<i>Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live Oh!</i></div>
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<i>She died of a fever and no one could save her</i></div>
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<i>And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone</i></div>
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<i>Now her ghost wheels her barrow through streets broad and narrow</i></div>
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<i>Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live Oh!</i></div>
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<i>A-live a-live Oh! A-live a-live Oh!</i></div>
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<i>Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live Oh!</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Molly Malone Statue (<a href="http://profesordemoda.blogspot.ie/2012/09/guia-de-compras-dublin.html">Source</a>)</td></tr>
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Love,</div>
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Lorena Be-Bop</div>
Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com27Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082553.197787600000005 -6.5759395000000005 53.5010976 -5.9442255tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-63839938566021584272012-11-01T22:46:00.000+00:002012-11-27T12:39:28.375+00:00╬ Be-Boo series: Little Red Riding Hood ╬<div style="text-align: justify;">
Today, it's '<b>All Saints' Day'</b> in Spain, we usually honour our loves ones with candles and bouquets in cemeteries. Today, it will be my last Be-Boo post for the time being.<br />
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Who haven't read the famous tale <b>'Little Red Riding Hood'</b>? It was one of my favorite when I was a child. My grandmother (yep, what a coincidence!) used to read it while I was sitting on her lap. I was really fascinated with her costume and how a wolf was able to speak hahaha (I often compared a dog with a wolf ^^') well...I'm beating around the bush...<br />
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Some months ago, I was talking to my sister, Nata and we were remembering those gorgeous memories...until she started to intrigue me, with the <b>real story</b>. Yes, I recognize it, I dyed about the truth even though it broke away from the sweet tale. Keep reading if you want to know it...<br />
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Actually, the origins of the story are likely before Perrault's tale. The most of them are very different from the very well known Brothers Grimm's version. It reads its roots might be French, Italian, Austrian or even Oriental. We find titles such as <i>'The Grandmother'</i> and <i>'Little Red Hat'.</i></div>
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The rogue is not always a wolf, sometimes it's something similar like a 'bzou' which is a werewolf or lycanthrope and others it's an ogre. These versions are very gross. The wolf kills the grandmother and prepares a feast with her meat,guts and blood for the girl who unwittingly cannibalizes her own grandmother. In some versions, the wolf asks her to remove her clothing and the girl gets into the bed with him. After that, the woft eats the girl. In others, she pretends she needs to urinate and would not wish to do so in the bed, the wolf lets her go but he tied a piece of string so she won't get away. However the clever girl slips the string on a branch and flees.</div>
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There is no any hunter who helps her, she uses her own cunning. Sometimes, the red hood doesn't exist.</div>
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<b>The Grandmother (France) </b><b><a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html#millien">Source</a></b></div>
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<i>There was a woman who had made some bread. She said to her daughter, 'Go and carry a hot loaf and a bottle of milk to your grandmother.'</i></div>
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<i><i>So the little girl set forth. Where two paths crossed she met the bzou [werewolf], who said to her, 'Where are you going?'</i></i></div>
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<i><i>'I am carrying a hot loaf and a bottle of milk to my grandmother.'</i></i></div>
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<i><i>'Which path are you taking? said the bzou. 'The one of needles or the one of pins?'</i></i></div>
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<i><i>'Good! I am taking the one of pins.'</i></i></div>
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<i>The bzou arrived at the grandmother's house and killed her. He put some of her flesh in the pantry and a bottle of her blood on the shelf.</i></div>
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<i>The little girl arrived and knocked at the door. 'Push on the door,' said the bzou. 'It is blocked with a pail of water.'</i></div>
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<i>'Good day, grandmother. I have brought you a hot loaf and a bottle of milk.'</i></div>
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<i>'Put it in the pantry, my child. Take some of the meat that is there, and the bottle of wine that is on the shelf.'</i></div>
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<i>While she was eating, a little cat that was there said, "For shame! The slut is eating her grandmother's flesh and drinking her grandmother's blood."</i></div>
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<i>'Where should I put my apron?'</i></div>
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<i>'Throw it into the fire. You won't need it anymore.'</i></div>
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<i>And for all her clothes? her bodice, her dress, her petticoat, and her shoes and stockings? she asked where she should put them, and the wolf replied, 'Throw them into the fire, my child. You won't need them anymore.'</i></div>
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<i>When she had gone to bed the little girl said, 'Oh, grandmother, how hairy you are!'</i></div>
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<i>'The better to keep myself warm, my child.'</i></div>
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<i>'Oh, grandmother, what long nails you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'The better to scratch myself with, my child!'</i></div>
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<i>'Oh, grandmother, what big shoulders you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'The better to carry firewood with, my child!'</i></div>
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<i>'Oh, grandmother, what big ears you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'The better to hear with, my child!'</i></div>
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<i>'Oh, grandmother, what a big nose you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'To better take my tobacco with, my child!'</i></div>
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<i><i>'Oh, grandmother, what a big mouth you have!'</i></i></div>
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<i><i>'The better to eat you with, my child!'</i></i></div>
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<i><i>'Oh, grandmother, I have to do it outside!'</i></i></div>
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<i><i>'Do it in the bed, my child!'</i></i></div>
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<i><i>'Oh no, grandmother, I really have to do it outside.'</i></i></div>
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<i><i>'All right, but don't take too long.'</i></i></div>
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<i>The bzou tied a woolen thread to her foot and let her go. As soon as the little girl was outside she tied the end of the thread to a plum tree in the yard.</i></div>
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<i>The bzou grew impatient and said, 'Are you doing a load? Are you doing a load?'</i></div>
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<i>Not hearing anyone reply, he jumped out of bed and hurried after the little girl, who had escaped. He followed her, but he arrived at her home just as she went inside.</i></div>
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<b>Little Red Hat (Italy/Austria) <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html#millien">Source</a></b></div>
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<i>Once there was an old woman who had a granddaughter named Little Red Hat. One day they were both in the field when the old woman said, 'I am going home now. You come along later and bring me some soup.'</i></div>
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<i>After a while Little Red Hat set out for her grandmother's house, and she met an ogre, who said, 'Hello, my dear Little Red Hat. Where are you going?'</i></div>
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<i>'I am going to my grandmother's to take her some soup.'</i></div>
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<i>'Good,' he replied, 'I'll come along too. Are you going across the stones or the thorns?'</i></div>
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<i>'I'm going across the stones,' said the girl.</i></div>
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<i>'Then I'll go across the thorns,' replied the ogre.</i></div>
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<i>They left. But on the way Little Red Hat came to a meadow where beautiful flowers of all colors were in bloom, and the girl picked as many as her heart desired. Meanwhile the ogre hurried on his way, and although he had to cross the thorns, he arrived at the house before Little Red Hat. He went inside, killed the grandmother, ate her up, and climbed into her bed. He also tied her intestine onto the door in place of the latch string and placed her blood, teeth, and jaws in the kitchen cupboard.</i></div>
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<i>He had barely climbed into bed when Little Red Hat arrived and knocked at the door.</i></div>
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<i>'Come in' called the ogre with a dampened voice.</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Hat tried to open the door, but when she noticed that she was pulling on something soft, she called out, 'Grandmother, this thing is so soft!'</i></div>
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<i>'Just pull and keep quiet. It is your grandmother's intestine!'</i></div>
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<i>'What did you say?'</i></div>
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<i>'Just pull and keep quiet!'</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Hat opened the door, went inside, and said, 'Grandmother, I am hungry.'</i></div>
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<i>The ogre replied, 'Go to the kitchen cupboard. There is still a little rice there.'</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Hat went to the cupboard and took the teeth out. 'Grandmother, these things are very hard!'</i></div>
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<i>'Eat and keep quiet. They are your grandmother's teeth!'</i></div>
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<i>'What did you say?'</i></div>
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<i>'Eat and keep quiet!'</i></div>
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<i>A little while later Little Red Hat said, 'Grandmother, I'm still hungry.'</i></div>
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<i>'Go back to the cupboard,' said the ogre. 'You will find two pieces of chopped meat there.'</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Hat went to the cupboard and took out the jaws. 'Grandmother, this is very red!'</i></div>
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<i>'Eat and keep quiet. They are your grandmother's jaws!'</i></div>
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<i>'What did you say?'</i></div>
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<i>'Eat and keep quiet!'</i></div>
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<i>A little while later Little Red Hat said, 'Grandmother, I'm thirsty.'</i></div>
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<i>'Just look in the cupboard,' said the ogre. 'There must be a little wine there.'</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Hat went to the cupboard and took out the blood. 'Grandmother, this wine is very red!'</i></div>
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<i>'Drink and keep quiet. It is your grandmother's blood!'</i></div>
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<i>'What did you say?'</i></div>
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<i>'Just drink and keep quiet!'</i></div>
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<i>A little while later Little Red Hat said, 'Grandmother, I'm sleepy.'</i></div>
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<i>'Take off your clothes and get into bed with me!' replied the ogre.</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Hat got into bed and noticed something hairy. 'Grandmother, you are so hairy!'</i></div>
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<i>'That comes with age,' said the ogre.</i></div>
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<i>'Grandmother, you have such long legs!'</i></div>
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<i>'That comes from walking.'</i></div>
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<i>'Grandmother, you have such long hands!'</i></div>
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<i>'That comes from working.'</i></div>
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<i>'Grandmother, you have such long ears!'</i></div>
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<i>'That comes from listening.'</i></div>
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<i>'Grandmother, you have such a big mouth!'</i></div>
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<i>'That comes from eating children!' said the ogre, and bam, he swallowed Little Red Hat with one gulp.</i></div>
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<u>Charles Perrault:</u></h3>
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<i>'Le Petit Chaperon Rouge'</i> by Charles Perrault was the earliest known printed version and it's from the late 17th century French court of King Louis XIV. This audience, whom the King entertained with extravagant parties and prostitutes, presumably would take from the story the intended meaning...</div>
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Perrault collected oral tales told by the French peasantry, but revised them for a different audience–the literate bourgeoisie and aristocrats. Consequently, he tailored his tales to educate upper-class children about the rigid rules of conduct in vogue at this time, rules that were especially restrictive for women. The redness of the hood was a detail introduced by him. It has a lot of symbolic significances, most of them with sexual connotation:</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">-The first one and the most famous is that in</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span>literature, red is often the color associated with sin and carnality. Red hood riding hood was a bad girl. Perrault describes her as an attractive, well-bred young lady.</div>
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-Others authors think, the hood is as parable of sexual maduration. In this interpretation, the red cloak symbolizes the blood of menstruation, braving the 'dark forest' of womanhood. Or the cloak could symbolize the hymen and in this case, the wolf threatens the girl's virginity. The wolf symbolizes a man, who could be a lover, or sexual predator.</div>
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The story tells the story of a village girl, who is going to visit her grandmother, with a red hood. She is walking down the country and meet the Wolf. He deceives her to get the address of her grandmother's house easily. He eats her granny while and plans to lay a trap for the Red Riding Hood. The latter ends up being asked to climb into the bed before being eaten by the wolf, where the story ends. The wolf emerges the victor of the encounter and there isn't a happy ending.</div>
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<b>Little Red Riding Hood (Charles Perrault) <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html#millien">Source</a></b></div>
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<i>Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen. Her mother was excessively fond of her; and her grandmother doted on her still more. This good woman had a little red riding hood made for her. It suited the girl so extremely well that everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood.</i></div>
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<i>One day her mother, having made some cakes, said to her, 'Go, my dear, and see how your grandmother is doing, for I hear she has been very ill. Take her a cake, and this little pot of butter.'</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Riding Hood set out immediately to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village.</i></div>
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<i>As she was going through the wood, she met with a wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up, but he dared not, because of some woodcutters working nearby in the forest. He asked her where she was going. The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and talk to a wolf, said to him, 'I am going to see my grandmother and carry her a cake and a little pot of butter from my mother.'</i></div>
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<i>'Does she live far off?' said the wolf</i></div>
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<i>'Oh I say,' answered Little Red Riding Hood; 'it is beyond that mill you see there, at the first house in the village.'</i></div>
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<i>'Well,' said the wolf,' and I'll go and see her too. I'll go this way and go you that, and we shall see who will be there first.'</i></div>
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<i>The wolf ran as fast as he could, taking the shortest path, and the little girl took a roundabout way, entertaining herself by gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and gathering bouquets of little flowers. It was not long before the wolf arrived at the old woman's house. He knocked at the door: tap, tap.</i></div>
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<i>'Who's there?'</i></div>
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<i>'Your grandchild, Little Red Riding Hood,' replied the wolf, counterfeiting her voice; 'who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter sent you by mother.'</i></div>
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<i>The good grandmother, who was in bed, because she was somewhat ill, cried out, 'Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.'</i></div>
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<i>The wolf pulled the bobbin, and the door opened, and then he immediately fell upon the good woman and ate her up in a moment, for it been more than three days since he had eaten. He then shut the door and got into the grandmother's bed, expecting Little Red Riding Hood, who came some time afterwards and knocked at the door: tap, tap.</i></div>
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<i>'Who's there?'</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Riding Hood, hearing the big voice of the wolf, was at first afraid; but believing her grandmother had a cold and was hoarse, answered, 'It is your grandchild Little Red Riding Hood, who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter mother sends you.'</i></div>
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<i>The wolf cried out to her, softening his voice as much as he could, 'Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.'</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Riding Hood pulled the bobbin, and the door opened.</i></div>
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<i>The wolf, seeing her come in, said to her, hiding himself under the bedclothes, 'Put the cake and the little pot of butter upon the stool, and come get into bed with me.'</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Riding Hood took off her clothes and got into bed. She was greatly amazed to see how her grandmother looked in her nightclothes, and said to her, 'Grandmother, what big arms you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'All the better to hug you with, my dear.'</i></div>
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<i>'Grandmother, what big legs you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'All the better to run with, my child.'</i></div>
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<i>'Grandmother, what big ears you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'All the better to hear with, my child.'</i></div>
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<i>'Grandmother, what big eyes you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'All the better to see with, my child.'</i></div>
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<i>'Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!'</i></div>
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<i>'All the better to eat you up with.'</i></div>
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<i>And, saying these words, this wicked wolf fell upon Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her all up.</i></div>
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<i>Moral: Children, especially attractive, well bred young ladies, should never talk to strangers, for if they should do so, they may well provide dinner for a wolf. I say "wolf," but there are various kinds of wolves. There are also those who are charming, quiet, polite, unassuming, complacent, and sweet, who pursue young women at home and in the streets. And unfortunately, it is these gentle wolves who are the most dangerous ones of all.</i></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Perrault explained the 'moral' at the end so that no doubt is left to his intended meaning.</span><br />
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<u>Brothers Grimm:</u></h3>
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In the 19th century, The Brothers Grimm revived many of Perrault’s stories, revising them even further to mesh with Victorian attitudes by editing out some of the elements that might disturb their more conservative readership. (For example, they eliminated a bit where the girl drinks the Grandmother’s blood which the wolf has poured into a wine bottle) As in Perrault’s tales, the Grimm’s protagonists exemplified the differing cultural expectations for men and for women. The earlier parts of the tale agree so closely with Perrault's variant that it is almost certainly the source of the tale.However, they modified the ending; this version had the little girl and her grandmother saved by a huntsman who was after the wolf's skin; this ending is identical to that in the tale <i>'The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids' </i>, which appears to be the source.</div>
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The second part featured the girl and her grandmother trapping and killing another wolf, this time anticipating his moves based on their experience with the previous one. The girl did not leave the path when the wolf spoke to her, her grandmother locked the door to keep it out, and when the wolf lurked, the grandmother had Little Red Riding Hood put a trough under the chimney and fill it with water that sausages had been cooked in; the smell lured the wolf down, and it drowned.</div>
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The Brothers further revised the story in later editions and it reached the above mentioned final and better known version in the 1857 edition of their work.It is notably tamer than the older stories which contained darker themes.</div>
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<b>Little Red Cap (Brothers Grimm) <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html#millien">Source</a></b></div>
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<i>Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl. Everyone who saw her liked her, but most of all her grandmother, who did not know what to give the child next. Once she gave her a little cap made of red velvet. Because it suited her so well, and she wanted to wear it all the time, she came to be known as Little Red Cap.</i></div>
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<i>One day her mother said to her, 'Come Little Red Cap. Here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother. She is sick and weak, and they will do her well. Mind your manners and give her my greetings. Behave yourself on the way, and do not leave the path, or you might fall down and break the glass, and then there will be nothing for your sick grandmother.'</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Cap promised to obey her mother. The grandmother lived out in the woods, a half hour from the village. When Little Red Cap entered the woods a wolf came up to her. She did not know what a wicked animal he was, and was not afraid of him.</i></div>
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<i>'Good day to you, Little Red Cap.'</i></div>
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<i>'Thank you, wolf.'</i></div>
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<i>'Where are you going so early, Little Red Cap?'</i></div>
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<i>'To grandmother's.'</i></div>
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<i>'And what are you carrying under your apron?'</i></div>
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<i>'Grandmother is sick and weak, and I am taking her some cake and wine. We baked yesterday, and they should give her strength.'</i></div>
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<i>'Little Red Cap, just where does your grandmother live?'</i></div>
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<i>'Her house is a good quarter hour from here in the woods, under the three large oak trees. There's a hedge of hazel bushes there. You must know the place,' said Little Red Cap.</i></div>
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<i>The wolf thought to himself, 'Now there is a tasty bite for me. Just how are you going to catch her?' Then he said, 'Listen, Little Red Cap, haven't you seen the beautiful flowers that are blossoming in the woods? Why don't you go and take a look? And I don't believe you can hear how beautifully the birds are singing. You are walking along as though you were on your way to school in the village. It is very beautiful in the woods.'</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Cap opened her eyes and saw the sunlight breaking through the trees and how the ground was covered with beautiful flowers. She thought, 'If a take a bouquet to grandmother, she will be very pleased. Anyway, it is still early, and I'll be home on time.' And she ran off into the woods looking for flowers. Each time she picked one she thought that she could see an even more beautiful one a little way off, and she ran after it, going further and further into the woods. But the wolf ran straight to the grandmother's house and knocked on the door.</i></div>
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<i>'Who's there?'</i></div>
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<i>'Little Red Cap. I'm bringing you some cake and wine. Open the door for me.'</i></div>
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<i>'Just press the latch," called out the grandmother. "I'm too weak to get up.'</i></div>
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<i>The wolf pressed the latch, and the door opened. He stepped inside, went straight to the grandmother's bed, and ate her up. Then he took her clothes, put them on, and put her cap on his head. He got into her bed and pulled the curtains shut.</i></div>
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<i>Little Red Cap had run after flowers, and did not continue on her way to grandmother's until she had gathered all that she could carry. When she arrived, she found, to her surprise, that the door was open. She walked into the parlor, and everything looked so strange that she thought, 'Oh, my God, why am I so afraid? I usually like it at grandmother's.' Then she went to the bed and pulled back the curtains. Grandmother was lying there with her cap pulled down over her face and looking very strange.</i></div>
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<i>'Oh, grandmother, what big ears you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'All the better to hear you with.'</i></div>
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<i>'Oh, grandmother, what big eyes you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'All the better to see you with.'</i></div>
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<i>'Oh, grandmother, what big hands you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'All the better to grab you with!'</i></div>
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<i>'Oh, grandmother, what a horribly big mouth you have!'</i></div>
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<i>'All the better to eat you with!' And with that he jumped out of bed, jumped on top of poor Little Red Cap, and ate her up. As soon as the wolf had finished this tasty bite, he climbed back into bed, fell asleep, and began to snore very loudly.</i></div>
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<i>A huntsman was just passing by. He thought it strange that the old woman was snoring so loudly, so he decided to take a look. He stepped inside, and in the bed there lay the wolf that he had been hunting for such a long time. 'He has eaten the grandmother, but perhaps she still can be saved. I won't shoot him,' thought the huntsman. So he took a pair of scissors and cut open his belly.</i></div>
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<i>He had cut only a few strokes when he saw the red cap shining through. He cut a little more, and the girl jumped out and cried, 'Oh, I was so frightened! It was so dark inside the wolf's body!'</i></div>
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<i>And then the grandmother came out alive as well. Then Little Red Cap fetched some large heavy stones. They filled the wolf's body with them, and when he woke up and tried to run away, the stones were so heavy that he fell down dead.</i></div>
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<i>The three of them were happy. The huntsman took the wolf's pelt. The grandmother ate the cake and drank the wine that Little Red Cap had brought. And Little Red Cap thought to herself, 'As long as I live, I will never leave the path and run off into the woods by myself if mother tells me not to.'</i></div>
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<i>They also tell how Little Red Cap was taking some baked things to her grandmother another time, when another wolf spoke to her and wanted her to leave the path. But Little Red Cap took care and went straight to grandmother's. She told her that she had seen the wolf, and that he had wished her a good day, but had stared at her in a wicked manner. 'If we hadn't been on a public road, he would have eaten me up,' she said.</i></div>
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<i>'Come,' said the grandmother. 'Let's lock the door, so he can't get in.'</i></div>
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<i>They remained silent, and did not open the door. The wicked one walked around the house several times, and finally jumped onto the roof. He wanted to wait until Little Red Cap went home that evening, then follow her and eat her up in the darkness. But the grandmother saw what he was up to. There was a large stone trough in front of the house.</i></div>
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<i>'Fetch a bucket, Little Red Cap,' she said. 'Yesterday I cooked some sausage. Carry the water that I boiled them with to the trough.' Little Red Cap carried water until the large, large trough was clear full. The smell of sausage arose into the wolf's nose. He sniffed and looked down, stretching his neck so long that he could no longer hold himself, and he began to slide. He slid off the roof, fell into the trough, and drowned. And Little Red Cap returned home happily and safely.</i></div>
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I am sure, you are wondering it at the momment. Well, these stories are very very old. In the 17th-18th century, children were like little adults. Families used to live crowded together in poor areas and children went to bed late. They spoke like adults, reproducing crude words. They were aware of adults' sexual activities.</div>
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Around them, there were horrific problems such as drunkards, prostitution, public punishment and tortures (lash, hanging, Madame Guillotine...) , murders and so on. They were got used to see 'the death'. The life was very hard.</div>
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To finish, I couldn't resist the temptation to make an horrifying photo perfomance given that the original versions, as you can see, aren't fairytales for children. The book is a vintage one from the 60's and it's in Catalan: <i>'La Caputxeta Vermella'.</i> My sister, Nata, gave it to me as a present because she saw it at a book fair in Barcelona :)<br />
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After reading this, I think <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaVc8S-kjfg">'Red Hot Riding Hood'</a> </b>it's a sweeter version, although she perfoms in a night club, the wolf goes absolutely insane over her and the granny is oversexed man-chaser hahaha. I love Tex Avery! Check out two posts , I wrote about him some months ago: <a href="http://beboplashes.blogspot.ie/2012/05/in-cartoon-you-can-do-everything.html">In cartoon you can do everything</a> and <a href="http://beboplashes.blogspot.ie/2012/08/symphony-in-slang-1951.html">Symphony in slang</a>. Bravissimo! :)</div>
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Y si queréis leer una carta realmente sorprendente, de Charles Alexander Lesueur a los Hermanos Grimm, pinchad en este <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/47427515/Carta-a-los-hermanos-Grimm">enlace</a>. Yo aluciné leyéndola.</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com27Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082553.197787600000005 -6.5759395000000005 53.5010976 -5.9442255tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-14078131734952814472012-10-30T23:57:00.000+00:002012-10-31T16:21:08.887+00:00╬ Be-Boo series: A star is born ╬<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello!! Just one day left to Halloween, and I'll keep posting <b>Be-Boo series</b>, but firstly I'd like to make a comment in relation to my blog. Since I started to write it, I am very proud of two things:<br />
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1. My Be-Bops, I mean my followers, thank you very much! I really appreciate your great reception.<br />
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2. As far as you know (I have written it in two' award posts') My family, friends and boyfriend have coined a new word: <b>'Be-Bop'</b>. We name 'Be-Bop', everything that might be an inspiration for the blog: either a book, a film, a song, a soap...It's a broad concept that covers all things vintage and therefore <a href="http://www.pollybland.com/2011/10/difference-between-retro-vintage-and.html">retro</a> too. My sisters usually ask me 'Is that Be-Bop?', and I have to say they have familiarized so much the concept, they are lately right. It's great because<i> 'Four eyes see more than two'</i> :D<br />
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Be-Bop is a lifestyle, a character and a quality. I usually go shopping to a toy store because I love dolls, miniatures and reproductions. I am always searching little things as props for photography perfomances. Today, I have been looking at some shelves and I saw the <b><a href="http://www.monsterhigh.com/">Monster High</a></b> dolls. I'll write about these dolls, just in case of you don't know them:</div>
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<b>Monster High</b> is a line of fashion dolls released by Mattel in July 2010. The characters are teenagers who are inspired by monster movies, literature and horror fiction. I know, it's such as childish concept...hahaha please, it doesn't make any sense. Among them, we'll find the offspring of famous monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, Medusa, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Phantom of the Opera etcetera. The dolls are very original because they have various skin tones (blue, green, pink, purple...), lovely hairstyles, impeccable makeup and aside from physical attributes, the dolls are quite different in the characterization of their clothes. All of them have various attributes of the monsters they are related to (i.e. fangs, stitches, wolf ears, fins, bandages, scars and so on). Also they have their own likes, dislikes, friends and pets. They are so beautiful!</div>
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I already knew them as I told you, I completely love dolls, but I never paid too much attention until today: I have met Operetta, she is Be-Bop!. As you can imagine, I was really taken a liking to that toy and I bought her along with a lovely dress. It seemed 'The Three Wise Men Day' (For the readers who don't know what I am talking about, I leave you this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi">link</a>. It's a tradition in Spain, all the children who have been 'good-children' will get their gifts on the 6th January at the end of every Christmas).</div>
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Operetta has purple skin and bright red hair with 50's inspired Victory Rolls. She has flashy makeup, a music-related arm tattoo, and a similarly music themed scar-like beauty mark' on her face which, she can cover with a spiderweb patterned, heart/musical note shaped eye mask. Despite her opera inspired name and background, Operetta seems to be highly influenced by Elvis Presley :)</div>
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Her outfit is very 50's too: patterned shirt, capri jeans and saddle plataform shoes. She comes with her pet, a rockabilly spider hahaha. If you want to see her <a href="http://www.monsterhigh.com/bios/operetta">bios</a> on the official website, check it out!</div>
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Well, I'd like to introduce you, my Operetta, ' A star is born':</div>
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From now, she is christened Flame Lo, Flame by her red hair and Lo as my nickname among my relatives :)</div>
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Flame, darling, you are the image of my blog. </div>
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Aww I almost forget it, her pet names Elvys :P</div>
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Lorena Be-Bophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991598060093714123noreply@blogger.com24Dublin, Ireland53.3494426 -6.260082553.197787600000005 -6.5759395000000005 53.5010976 -5.9442255tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772401426487412568.post-68124279209335298742012-10-29T22:24:00.003+00:002012-11-01T13:03:27.736+00:00╬ Be-Boo series: Vampirella ╬<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>Forrest J. Ackerman</b> was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia. In 1969, he was the creator of one of the sexiest women in comics: The superheroine <b>Vampirella</b>, in the company founded by <i>James Warren</i>, <b>Warren Publishing</b>. </div>
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This company published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades. These magazines, which were only for adults amusement, had the American letter format and offered brief articles, well-illustrated with publicity stills and graphic artwork, on horror movies from the silent era to the current date of publication, their stars and filmmakers.<br />
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Vampirella was born by chance. Firstly she was a secondary character for the magazine <i>'Creepy'</i>. However a voluptuous vampire had to own her magazine. She was drawn by the artists<i> <a href="http://www.americanartarchives.com/frazetta.htm">Frank Frazzetta</a></i> and the Spanish <i><a href="http://www.vampilore.co.uk/artists/gonzalezJ.html">Pepe González</a>. </i></div>
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In spite of the fact that the comics were a big success, the true reason behind was both their covers and illustrations. Pepe González was a great pin up artist, but he wasn't a good comic creator. It reads, he wasn't crazy about the comics, and he used to draw characters out of proportions without previous sketches, poor-quality staging and strip layouts. However his pin up illustrations were masterpieces, he used to contract real people as models. Moreover, Vampirella's adventures took up 5 or 6 inside pages and the rest of the magazine was other comics, therefore readers were utterly pleased. Vampirella had been enchanting fans around the world with her eroticism.</div>
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James Warren, little by little, replaced Pepe González on the 'Vampirella throne'. One of my favorite is <a href="http://www.vampilore.co.uk/artists/torresE.html">Enrique Torres</a>. If you want to see the best top ten of Vampirella artists, check out this <a href="http://www.vampilore.co.uk/artists/topten.html">link</a>.</div>
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Have you ever read a Vampirella comic? (I used to borrow them from the library). They epitomize a purely 70's aesthetic! The superheroine wears 70's makeup trends such as false lashes, bold eyeliner, the ever-present blue/green eyeshadow and tanned body (although she's a vampire). She is always drawn by artists as a busty woman, wearing a red suit with gold bat emblem, with a white cotton collar attaches to suit, gold ringa, bangs, snaps, and a pair of black leather boots. Vampirella always shows a suggestive pose, that's why male audience loved her comics.</div>
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It's not only Vampirella and other characters, the comic's atmosphere is full of 70's references: cars, upholstered sofas and walls, mirrors, furniture, psychedelic backgrounds etcetera.</div>
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Unfortunately, the company <b style="text-align: justify;">Warren Publishing </b>demised in the early 80's, Vampirella slept in her coffin during a limbo period. Then, <b>Harris Comics</b> bought the Vampirella stories....and so on But as far as you know... Be-Bop Lashes doesn't like either 80's or 90's ;) so if you want further information check out this <a href="http://www.vampilore.co.uk/index.html">website</a>. </div>
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Vampirella is an inhabitant of the planet <b>Drakulon</b>, a world where a vampiric race live because blood flows in the rivers. Drakulon orbits around two suns, Satiro&Circe. The first one usually erupts and causes droughts across the Drakulon, marking certain doom for Vampirella and her race. Due to those effects, the race of which Vampirella is born, the <b>Vampiri</b>, are able to transform themselves into bats at will, have superhuman physical attributes, spread wings when require to fly, and of course they drink blood.</div>
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The story begins with the inhabitants of Drakulon dying slowly due to the drying up of its blood. The last few lie dying when a spaceship from Earth crashes on the planet. Vampirella, sent to investigate, is attacked; retaliating, she discovers that the astronauts have blood in their veins. In order for her race to survive, she manages to pilot the ship back to Earth where her adventures begin. Vampirella becomes a 'good' vampire, and devotes her energy to ridding our world of the homegrown 'evil' kind.<br />
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