INSTAGRAM IS A WORLD OF ADVENTURE AND FUN!
ESPECIALLY for those of us at HOME during this NON TRAVEL period………..within less than a minute WE can be overseas exploring, chatting or finding new friends!
I do not recall how I found ALEXANDRE or if he found me………..I think he found me!
Maybe he will remember how we became to be!
It’s not often I allow Men to follow me………I actually spend many minutes each day now BLOCKING BOTS.
“A ‘bot’ – short for robot – is a software program that performs automated, repetitive, pre-defined tasks. Bots typically imitate or replace human user behavior. Because they are automated, they operate much faster than human users. … Internet bots can also be referred to as spiders, crawlers, or web bots.”
They come across as Men who are using INSTAGRAM as a dating APP……..Usually, very few photos if any!
There is your TECHY FACT for THE DAY!
BACK TO ALEXANDRE AND HIS HOMELAND of FRANCE WE GO!
ALL PHOTOS BY ALEXANDRE
Let me tell you a little bit about ALEXANDRE.He LOVES DOGS.
Owns THREE and walks them on the beach in front of his house every single day.
WHICH he and his partner are RESTORING in FRANCE!
He knew I would LOVE it and he was RIGHT!
How did he know this……Because he follows my INSTAGRAM!
CONTESSA_AND_HER_PIG
TAP HERE!
What he did not know is that was MY DREAM to buy an old ruin in ITALY or France or England anywhere for that matter and restore it!
In ITALY I had a friend she was BRITISH……….who had restored an old BARN and I was SMITTEN!
I also had a DUTCH FRIEND WHO DID THE SAME THING!
Could have been the HOG HOUSE as long as it was OLD and had potential; I would have been all over it!I donot have the energy to even think about doing that NOW in my 60’s……….not that I would be doing the LABOR but I would have to be a GOPHER and ASSIST the WIZARD in my household now known here on the blog as THE ITALIAN!
I had an esthetician for over 20 years who would say to me,” Elizabeth, you are wasting away here!”
THAT HAS NEVER LEFT ME AND I’m AFRAID SHE WAS RIGHT!
That in its self is worth another BLOG POST!
I believe ALEXANDRE walks across the street to the OCEAN of the ATLANTIC?
I hope he will correct me on that if I am wrong!
He has sent me a couple of short videos like 40 seconds of an installation!
Worth watching just to HEAR the FRENCH!
He promised me it was all polite chatter!
THE HOUSE.
I believe the FORGE is on the RIGHT SIDE?
ALEXANDRE, can you tell us a little bit more in the comment section?
HERE WE GO!
Look at those sliding barn doors!
Look at the DEMIJOHN WiNE BOTTLE.
I would dig these out of the TRASH CANS in ITALY before they became A THING in the USA!
Demijohns were used in Europe as early as the 1400s for fermenting wine and beer.
I still have THREE!
Do not miss the TWO BEASTIES IN THE CHAIR BELOW!
1. What made you buy this ANCIENT BLACKSMITH SHOP?
TO FIX UP AND BE YOUR HOME?
I was not really looking for anything, but since two years suddenly I had this feeling living in a town was not very satisfying.
As for the first lockdown, I found myself in a very privileged position, enjoying my time by the ocean, I realized how nice it was to be living in the outdoors. Walking down the street where I stayed, I saw this house for sale, facing the ocean. Not a beautiful house (to my taste) but a fantastic location. When I finally was able to visit it, the broker showed me first the forge, and I fell in love immediately with such a unique place!
24 ft under the ceiling…. All untouched from the 1920’s. The house had enough comfort to move into immediately.
So we bought the house, and I had the forge renovation in my mind.
TILES FOR THE KITCHEN FLOOR.
24 FEET TO THE CEILING!LOOK AT THOSE STONES!JUST MAGNIFICENT!
ALEXANDRE IN HIS PEARLS!
I ADORE THIS………..what else is hanging around his neck?
Looks like a petite chandelier!
What is that ALEXANDRE?
Close up PLEASE!
I may NEED ONE!
BIRTHDAY BOY DECEMBER 12.
HOW GORGEOUS ARE THESE EXPRESSIONS!
2. Were you creative as a child?
I was very creative as a child, a very good dancer, and was drawing all the time.
FANTASY STUFF!
BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BOY!
LOOK AT THOSE DARK EYELASHES!
THAT COAT WAS A HEAD OF ITS TIME!
Then again maybe NOT after all this is FRANCE in the 1960’s!
3. Do you find people enjoy your JOIE de VIVRE or do they feel awkward around you?
People can be shocked by my freedom, but they love coming over for endless dinners, drinks, and picnics.
I like to dress up in a very striking way not to shock but to spread JOY!
(Another CONTESSA TRAIT!)
THIS RUIN IS EXTRAORDINARY TO ME!
DO you think the CONTESSA could CAMP OUT HERE?
4. What are your favorite things to collect?
I have a lot of forms of interests.
So I like to go to antique shops, as well as garage sales …
I never know what I want, but when I see it I know if it’s coming home with me ….
(THIS IS EXACTLY HOW YOUR CONTESSA WOULD OPERATE!)
5. Do you enjoy cooking?
CAN you share a recipe with us?
A SIMPLE ONE!!!
Love cooking! I even cook for myself. One of my favorite recipes is making risottos as I lived in Italy for a while. I hope the COUNT (the Italian) will agree with me (HE DOES!). First I make my own chicken, fish, or vegetable broth.
Olive oil in a sauté pan, risotto rice ( a glass for two) and a chopped shallot, stir, a glass of cheap white wine, broth on top, put anything you want in it, I like to combine something green with something creamy: like morels at the beginning, and raw spinach at the very end. Always make sure rice is al dente, and still a little bit liquid. Never boil it until it dries out.
Add some grated parmigiano at the end. If it’s a fish base, don’t ………….
Contessa says…..(PAT R. GOT THAT!!! THIS IS A FRENCH MAN TALKING NOW!)
NEVER ADD PARMIGIANO TO FISH SAUCES.
THE ITALIANS WOULD BE HORRIFIED and THIS FRENCHMAN TOO!
6. How do we find you on social media?
7. Do you have a website for your ARTWORK?
Instagram is my only public social media TAP HERE @glasc649
along with whatsapp ( for my private life only).
No website for my artwork only Instagram again TAP HERE! @glasc_art
THE 1930’s HUGH OAK BED.
The INSTALLATION of the two tiered Chandelier is below in TWO short videos.
Listen for the FRENCH!
THE CELEBRATION OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE CHANDELIER!
A WALK WITH HIS THREE 4~LEGGED LOVES……..BELOW.
8. Where were you born ALEXANDRE?
Pays Basque , Bayonne
9. How old are YOU?
Sixty!
As always … happy to be!
10. ARE YOU married with kids?
Damn Elizabeth, I thought you would be more insightful…happy relationship for 10 years with a wonderful man, so no kids even from a previous life where it could have happened.
11. HOW DID YOU FIND ME ON INSTAGRAM?
I think I found you through Nick’s account
(PERIOD PORTRAITS).
SO a Countess with a Pig, that’s my kind of universe!
12. What kind of work did you do in your 20’s…
Hubert de Givenchy’s assistant, Paco Rabanne´s assistant,
then antique dealing for 7 years, back to fashion in my 30´s Gianfranco Ferrés assistant.
My Italian experience for a year and a half in Milan.
And Fashion Director in a house which does not exist anymore: Jean Louis Sherrer
..40’s?
New York City and Los Angeles for 7 years as a manager of high-end fashion and eyewear store:
Bond 07 for SELIMA OPTIQUE (NYC) and Selima Optique on Rodeo Drive , Beverly Hills,California.
13. Have you traveled to the United States?
YOUR ENGLISH IS EXCELLENT………..HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!!.
SO NOW YOU KNOW!!!
CONTESSA HERE……..OH MY GOSH!
WHAT A LIFE YOU HAVE LIVED AND BEEN INVOLVED IN!
PACO RABANNE, I recall well and as I told you GIANFRANCO FERRE WAS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE DESIGNER!
I still have earrings from his collection!The ONLY reason that happened was I worked in the DESIGNER area for NORDSTROMS and we got 50% off the clothing and jewels!ALL my money went RIGHT BACK TO NORDSTROM’S!
It was quality and I still have some of the clothing which is over 35 years old now!
Escada was THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK back then and they did a collection of WHITE & GOLD LINEN!
Which I HAD TO HAVE!
FOR WORK OF COURSE!!
Well this was a WONDERFUL SURPRISE FOR ME AND FULL OF JOY!
I had NO IDEA when YOU started Following me that your LIFE was SOMETHING of FAIRY TALES for this GAL!
We were in ITALY at the same time only you in MILANO and me a FIRENZE!
What a small, small WORLD!I hope we can meet one day as YOU are a MAN with VISON and LOVE ALL THAT I LOVE!
NOW tell me were you dealing in ANTIQUES in that FLEA MARKET in PARIS?
I did not get there until later in life,but I can see you having a booth there chatting it up with the customers!
I probably would have never left your SPACE!
BELOW A LITTLE TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO LEFT US LAST WEEK
WHO YOU KNEW AND I ADMIRED FROM A FAR……..
MR. ANDRE LEON TALLEY
“PHARAOH OF FABULOSITY”
says a Vogue editor.
With The passing of ANDRE LEON TALLEY this week I had a text with ALEXANDRE which said,
“Here goes my youth…so many fun moments with ALT….at #lepalace or #club7.
Last time I saw him.
He was at the REGENSBURG FESTIVAL,orgnaized by
PRINCESS GLORIA VON TURN AND TAXIS.
But he was already in bad condition.
Extremely inflated in a wheelchair…you knew this couldn’t last forever….he was
SO CREATIVE!
AND VERY FUN,SUPER BITCHY FUN!
I LOVED THAT!
ANDRE OPENED SO MANY DOORS FOR NEW FASHION DESIGNERS!”
HE HAD A VERY BIG HEART!
AND SO WE SAY GOOD BYE TO YET ANOTHER WONDERFUL BEING!
Who went after a LIFE he wanted and the likes of Diana Vreeland saw his potential.
JANUARY has had so many passings of the people we grew up admiring…..
THE CROWNING GLORY TO ALL THOSE THAT GAVE US JOY!
THANK YOU ALEXANDRE………MERCI and MILLIE GRAZIE for sharing your piece of this world!
XXX
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