I write a BLOG so I am bound to read a few.I recently stumbled upon this blog of an AMERICAN in PARIS who had married a FRENCH MAN and was now residing overseas.I found her from FACEBOOK which I have to say I seldom go on but that day my DARLING Friend down south MADAME PENELOPE BIANCHI  had done a bit about ELEANOR(thank goodness I saw it!).Her blog is called:

                                have some decorum

I am suppose to be sharing an item I caNNOT live without for FALL for the INTERNATIONAL BLOG PARTY put on by the lovely GRAND DAME………. MARSHA of SPLENDEROSA.COM……….

That item would be my purchase from CASHMERE LOVER in ENGLAND.My grey long, long ,very long shawl.I have just shown you a photo of me in it in the previous POST. CHATEAU D’EMALLEVILLE but here it is again.It worked so lovely on the airplane too to cover my legs and or neck and shoulders………….so that’s MY ONE ITEM for FALL.

Then you get TWO For the PRICE of ONE. What I REALLY canNOT LIVE withOUT for the rest of the YEAR for that MATTER is…………..ELLie and HER BLOG.

ELLie, loves cashmere socks………….I think CATHERINE sells those too on her site.So, ELLie take a peek………………..CASHMERE LOVER.COM.

The rest of you too if your LUSTING after my CASHMERE WRAP!

It comes in OATMEAL and PINK!!!!!!!!!!!

 

NOW let me tell you a bit about ELLie………………….

I LOVE The TITLE of HER BLOG.

I started to FOLLOW her.

I couldn’t stop reading the older POSTS.

I think I read them ALL.

ELLie and I have a few things in common and the more I read her the more WE have in common!

So, I want to meet her.She is gracious enough to allow me to come by for tea in her home in PARIS.

She lives behind the PALAIS ROYAL.IN the FIRST ARRONDISSEMENT.

Third Floor.I walk.

I’m completely out of breath when her CAREGIVER opens the door.I walk in as if I have been there already a thousand times and do my deepest curtsy.I am so thrilled to be in HER home and to MEET this GORGEOUS woman who I have spoken to on the phone years before!

You see she had an antique shop in MONTECITO,CALIFORNIA.

She has MY TASTE.

She had an AD in SANTA BARBARA MAGAZINE years ago.I called HER about something in the AD wanting to know the price knowing darn well I wouldNOT be able to afford it,but I HAD TO KNOW.It was a chaise lounge, I think…..either leather or tattered I cannot remember now!Plus, she had a white TAXIDERMY PEACOCK in the AD too.I think I inquired about that as well.

Even more years ago…….

She went to PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY in MALIBU,California for ONE YEAR………..So did I.

I worked at a snack shack called MALIBU MUTTS.ELLie ate there every other day!

She likes TAXIDERMY and CEMETARY’S so do I.

She has a FRENCH husband…….Mines ITALIAN( close enough)………both men seem to adore their wives!

ELLie loves the BAREFOOT CONTESSA………SO DO I.

ELLie has a cat……….that looks to be the twin of my MOTHER’S CAT!

ELLie loves beautiful things…………DITTO.

ELLie tells it as it is……….I have been known to be just a wee bit BLUNT!

The more ELLie BLOGS the more I comment………………THE CAPS go WILD and the!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GO ON FOREVER!

I absolutely ADORE this girl…………

SO, I will SHARE HER with YOU!

I really want HER all to MYSELF but I will be a NICE person TODAY.

Please visit ELLie at www.havesomedecorum.blogspot.com

She covers a WIDE range of TOPICS.

She speaks from the HEART.

She is FUNNY!

She has ALS………………..

She is only 44.

WILL YOU PLEASE go by and visit her if NOT sign UP for her BLOG POSTS.

She is a MADEMOISELLE  to listen too!!!!!!!

www.havesomedecorum.blogspot.com

DEAR ELLie,

THANK ~ YOU for letting this overly enthusiastic woman calling herself LA CONTESSA come knocking on your door!

You were THE BEST  part of PARIS for ME.I sincerely mean THAT ELLie…………… I DO!I could have stayed all night chatting away.I hope I did not stay too long…………….I sailed back across the river SEINE to my abode thinking this BLOGGING is pretty POWERFUL STUFF!

XOXOXO

Please remember to visit all the other sites with their FABULOUS FALL canNOT Live without items…….at WWW.SPLENDEROSA.COM.Can someone tell me how to do the bit about click this link HERE.Which YOU all seem to do so GRACEFULLY and I have no idea.BABY STEPS………