Alot AboutHats...ABit About Julia

Ahhh, Julia!!! You've Come A Long Way Lady! From Milliner to French Chef to Actress.

And now to SKW NewWordList...'Hat~Tress'.

Bonjour Ya'll...I've been brushing up on my French since seeing Julie and Julia. Somehow, the Texas accent keeps slippin in there, so keep in mind that GirlsRaisedInTexas CanSpeak French...with a TexasTwist.

We do love a 'Soriree', that's French for 'HatParty'...

The WednesdayKnitTrio of Julias 'Sorireed' right on over to the Wool N Cotton Shop with the best intentions of Knitting away the rest of Wednesday afternoon.

Which we did...for about five minutes.
It was the big 'HatDistraction'!

Shop 'Hat~Tress' and owner of SKW's WhitePetalPompadour (that's French forBigHairHat), Judith Lester joined the Soriree.

Pronounced...SworeA...TexasTalk


One thing that Judith and Julia have in common is Hand-Made Hats!
'Oui Oui', Judith has a collection of hats made by

'Katie, TheHatLady', from Whitefish, Montana.
These beautiful reproductions of vintage hats each have a story to tell and are embellished with vintage trims.

1926 Silk Cloche 'Field&Stream'

Judith models another Silk Cloche with the back shown in the VintagePinkVanity mirror.
'Tea In Lilac Park' and 'A Very Good Year' are featured on the vanity.
*Ces Fabuleux Chapeaux sont pour vente a' le Wool N Cotton Shop dans San Angelo, Texas

PostScriptum...*These Fabulous Hats are for sale at the Wool N Cotton Shop in San Angelo, Texas. Whew! I'm sure glad this is not an 'AudioPost'....I'm bettin Ya'll are too!

JULIE & JULIA...TheTexasConnection

Girls Raised In Texas Can Cook!!!

Yep, It'd sure take a GRIT to tackle that 'Aspic' Recipe'....that's French for CalvesFeet...and I'd have dumped it in the sink on purpose.

Julia Childs Recipe...French LaTeDa Recipe...or not...it would have been last on my list.

I could stick a duck no problem, but CalvesFeet.

No Thank-you, Mam'm.

Yes, the WednesdayKnitTrio went to see Julie & Julia.

Do I recommend it to You, my now TexasSpeakin&Spellin readers?

YouBetcha! Make that DoubleYouBetcha!

I remember watching Julia Childs on our BlackNWhite TV and her distinctive voice saying 'Bon'a Petite' !

But I don't remember my Mama ever fixin 'Aspic' or any other French dishes...unless you count Spaghetti and TexasFrenchBread (recipe..take semi-stale sliced white bread, slather with butter, sprinkle with GarlicPowder and Toast in the Oven Broiler...for not very long). There were eight of us around the table, so it was a Loaf of Rainbow Day Old Bread...and Oh! we thought we had died and gone to Paris heaven. About those 'CalvesFeet, we had a herd of calves feet out in the pasture...never crossed our minds to eat any...knew what they stepped in.

I'm pretty sure 'The Art of French Cooking' never made it into our CookBook Collection.
And here I am many years later getting on Amazons Waiting List for a CookBook.

So, Yes.....Go See Julie & Julia. Did it make an Impression on SuKnitWitty?

You be the Judge......

The Wednesday After

Julie & Julia......

SusanB-Knits...One of Trio...Fixes lunch.

Did I say Fixes...

Pardo'ne Madam...Prepared a Bona'Petite Fancy French Luncheon.

Maryland Crab Quiche

Recipe & Menu

You knooow I had to look up the spellin on that one, and it was not in 1961 Websters....really!

So I called SusanB....who knew it would be a 'Q' word....not in Texas Spellin....no wonder I didn't find it under 'C' or 'K'.

Anyway...LOOK at this SPREAD!!!

The Trio of Julia's.....not Julie's....determined by age.

Our Hostess Served a Texas Wine..sorry Julia..when in Texas....

Gina, also a GRIT, wonders about the weeds in the Salad.

Sorry again, Julia....but it really does look like weeds.

However, the FancyFrench Vinegarette' made that the BestTastinWeedSalad ever.

SuKnitWitty, the original GRIT...Drank...I mean Sipped wine...GRIT manners, you know.

Are you wonderin about the Aprons, Hats and Pearls? If you have seen Julie & Julia....you know...and if you haven't...well, you will.

While 'Dinning' at our 'GirlRaisedAsAYankee's Table, SKW had to address the use of 'Tools'. As you can see SusanB, 'Bless Her Heart',while very adept with the knife as a loader to the fork, was encouraged to try out TexasStyleFinger...as it works even better as a weed pusher....with the side benefit of gettin a finger lickin good taste of that FancyFrenchVinegarette'.




How do you tell the Hostess "It's the 'Best You EverAte'?

In Texas...We Simply Clean the Plate!

Oh, and say, "Bone A Pet-te"!


PS...I must Share a couple of things about BeingJuliaForADay...#1, a SKW 'KitchenFAVQuote'..."Good Food - Good Friends - Good Times". And, #2... Big Girls can Play DressUp, too....It's a SuRule 4Ever....afterall, BigGirls Just Wanna Have Fun, too! But, oohhhh, my EarLobes....those ClipOn Pearls.