tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701904820206643192.post1383849822235120813..comments2023-07-22T05:55:45.076-07:00Comments on Shab-n-Chic: Grey Gardens In My NeighborhoodShab-n-Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17236453527826362217noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701904820206643192.post-21734158649983744702009-05-06T09:18:00.000-07:002009-05-06T09:18:00.000-07:00Oh your doggie in the scarf is a delight! Found yo...Oh your doggie in the scarf is a delight! Found your blog by way of Liz's (Mabels House) I thought Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange really nailed it with their performances of Big and Little Edie. They are such amazing talents!Cathy Santarsiero, "The Christmas Corgi"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16049165329630322893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701904820206643192.post-50118113565492754482009-04-25T19:52:00.000-07:002009-04-25T19:52:00.000-07:00It's always sad to see people/things not reaching ...It's always sad to see people/things not reaching their potential isn't it? So many historic houses in our town are being revived, but so many still need to be loved and restored.<br /><br />Sophie in the scarf is absolutely HI-larious!Tarnished Royaltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05997517495097208416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701904820206643192.post-4976269770055594182009-04-23T21:45:00.000-07:002009-04-23T21:45:00.000-07:00Hi Elizabeth, I hope I live long enough to see the...Hi Elizabeth, I hope I live long enough to see the old grey home restored. It's such a shame, really. I remember seeing a puggie on your blog! You need to get another. Pugs are the BEST! I'm sorry you miss your babies.<br /><br />Hugs~<br />NancyShab-n-Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236453527826362217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701904820206643192.post-47262328602913423312009-04-23T21:28:00.000-07:002009-04-23T21:28:00.000-07:00Oh, how I would love to get my hands on your neigh...Oh, how I would love to get my hands on your neighbor's home!! I LOVE it!!! And I love Sophie too - I have two pugs - Monty and Lulu. Monty is fawn and Lulu is black and they live with their daddy in Texas - I miss them more than ever. Monty looks exactly like Sophie! As soon as I saw her, I said, "awww!" to my computer and felt a pang in my heart.<br /><br />Thank for sharing,<br />ElizabethElizabeth Maxsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301271156213625334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701904820206643192.post-62804820993982180472009-04-22T18:47:00.000-07:002009-04-22T18:47:00.000-07:00Oooooo I was so sad to miss this movie...I hope to...Oooooo I was so sad to miss this movie...I hope to get it on Netflix before too long.<br /><br />I LOVE older homes.....we own a 1909 home in Washington State and I have always been curious of the past owners..... I hope to REALLY fix it up some day.<br /><br />Hope you are well...see you soon:)TUTU Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398061802564939399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701904820206643192.post-77075621937566912642009-04-22T07:21:00.000-07:002009-04-22T07:21:00.000-07:00Nancy! The wildest thing just happened this morni...Nancy! The wildest thing just happened this morning... I had a comment on my blog from a blogger I hadn't heard of before... the more I read her blog, the more familiar it all sounded. She lives right here in town and I've known her since college!!! lol But what you may find interesting, is her recent posts about San Diego and Coronado. I had totally forgotten she and her family are originally from California and have roots in that part of the state. Her fav shop is Vignettes! lol SMALL WORLD! Here's her post about Vignettes and the area:<br /><br />http://rose-brier.blogspot.com/2009/04/street-fair.html<br /><br />Grey Gardens looks lovely, by the way! I REALLY need to see things from a Pacific Coast point of view (I've only been to CALIF once)!Cape Cod Rambling Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02101217926712078715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701904820206643192.post-87530607397388821492009-04-22T06:20:00.000-07:002009-04-22T06:20:00.000-07:00never heard of it?? sounds like a good one though ...never heard of it?? sounds like a good one though & I'll have to check it out:) not lots of details bud...just we're moving;) It will be crazy over here for a few weeks...but worth it in the end;)..that's a great old house..there is one like it next to me...on the national historic register..yet the owners are just letting it fall to the ground:( xoAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652086563988783910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701904820206643192.post-22960032042145911182009-04-21T21:53:00.000-07:002009-04-21T21:53:00.000-07:00Oh my gosh Sophie is sooo cute! I've never heard o...Oh my gosh Sophie is sooo cute! I've never heard of Grey Gardens I am going to check it out now though!<br /><br />All the best,<br />AllisonAllidinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18431527725096571401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701904820206643192.post-60205519174827548662009-04-21T21:52:00.000-07:002009-04-21T21:52:00.000-07:00I loved all the costumes in Grey Gardens too! And ...I loved all the costumes in Grey Gardens too! And Sophie looks quite smart in her Little Edie scarf (I really, really, want a pug, Sophie is so cute!). <br /><br />We had a touch of Grey Gardens in our life too. My Aunt was exactly like Big Edie, except she wanted to be an artist rather than an singer and she never had any children (which was a real good thing, believe me, they would have been tortured souls). There was even an old Cadillac parked outside that was filled with trash and empty cat food cans. <br /><br />My Aunt Harriet was estranged from our family & then one day we got a call. A neighbor had turned her in to the health department. We had no idea what was going on but went to rescue her. We found that her house looked just like Grey Gardens, decrepit, piled with cat food cans, newspapers, trash, rats, rat droppings, and lots of other horrid things. The smell was ... well, you remember the scene where Jackie Kennedy comes to Grey Gardens when the Edies have been turned in to the health department? And Jackie recoils at the stench as she steps inside Grey Gardens? Yeah, it was exactly like that. We couldn't believe that anyone could get to that state and be okay living like that. But just like the Edies, aunt Harriet was oblivious to the decay.<br /><br />Our Grey Gardens has a little happier ending though. We rescued my Aunt, cleaned her up (she didn't like to bathe, just like the two Edies) and she went to live with my Mother where she happily resided for almost 12 years until her death at the age of 93. Her house, a historic house, in a part of town where all the houses are antique, got cleaned up and restored, and it stayed in the family. My daughter and her family now live there. The house is beautiful now with a charming cottage garden filled with lots of flowers and an equally charming inside, beautifully decorated. You would never know it was once so filled with trash (literally six feet high) that there was just a narrow trash-lined path through the house.<br /><br />My Aunt Harriet and the Beales would have, no doubt, gotten along famously.Cottage Way of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08644759703009830174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701904820206643192.post-83498964917448695102009-04-21T21:03:00.000-07:002009-04-21T21:03:00.000-07:00i looove grey gardens too and have been waiting fo...i looove grey gardens too and have been waiting for the hbo movie and i was sooo not disappointed either. it was wonderful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com