MY FIRST COMPLAINT!!!

January 20, 2015 125 Comments

NOT MY FIRST person to UN~SUBSCRIBE to VINTAGE HEN HOUSE as I get that on almost EVERY POST I DO………BUT my first e~mail telling me that MY CAPS and EXCLAMATION MARKS are bothersome………….

HERE YOU GO from the source HERSELF!I received this e~mail about two weeks ago.

“I enjoy your blog but unsubscribed as I find the language use so bizarre as to be a complete distraction. Is there some rationale/purpose/method to the punctuation and capitalization?”

In my response I did say I write the way I TALK, so if you know me YOU MOST LIKELY GET IT!Or as my dear friend JAN said, “I CAN HEAR YOU SPEAKING WHEN I READ YOUR BLOG!”

If YOUR My BLOGGING buddy PENELOPE BIANCHI the response was this:

It is purely a REFLECTION of your PERSONALITY!!!

She is trying to make you FIT INTO A BOX of her making!(frankly….it is hard to do those caps and stuff)I couldn’t do it;but it truly does…..(do you agree?If not, don’t say it!)(I know you wouldn’t!!!!)

I hope you will post it just like I said using your caps the way you do…..and NEVER NEVER NEVER stop writing the way YOU DO!

WE LOVE YOU

IT IS you!

No, one can imitate you!I cap all the wrong things…….You are the master of the caps and exclamation points……how sad for her.

XXOO

PENNY

I recently was mentioned on a BLOG called HAVE SOME DECORUM and one of ELEANOR’s commentors EXPLAINED me PERFECTLY!

Let me see if I can COPY & PASTE that here for you to see!

“And lastly, Contessa’s selective CAPS mystified me until I read her blog. Now I understand it as an exuberant act of emphasis and love how lighthearted it is. It’s like talking with some carefree woman at a party after she’s had 1/2 glass too much rosé. It’s nice to read a voice in a blog that’s not trying to be anything other than ITSELF :)”

I was so touched by this as this is from a MAN I have never met,but who understands me perfectly!

SO, do my CAPS Bother YOU?

Should I STOP at one exclamation point or give the REAL meaning of what I am saying with a FEW more?

MY DEAR FRIEND ELEANOR had this to say…………..

Side note: you may know my friend Elizabeth as La Contessa. My friend RJ calls her “All CAPS Contessa” as she distinguishes her writing with perfectly placed capitalization that I love. I have to tell you, this woman is quite remarkable. She is quirky, kind, generous, loving, interesting, forthcoming, a true friend, and is an absolutely magically unique woman. She has a charming blog that you all should check out:

THANKS RJ………….you made MY DAY as well.

As for MADAME ELEANOR sitting over YONDER in PARIS……………..I CANNOT THANK YOU enough!I had over 4065 people PEEKING at MY BLOG because of YOU!!!!!!

YOU HAVE quite THE FOLLOWING!!!!!!!

AS for MADAME PENELOPE……….who came to MY rescue when I wasNOT certain how to respond to this query.Well, let me tell you…………….

Penelope is a FORCE……….she LOVES to comment on BLOGS and has VERY GOOD TASTE!

She lives in a REAL HOUSE!(NOT TO BIG!)

A house she had built and decorated on HER OWN.

She is a DECORATOR EXTORDINAIRE!

Her Home has BEAUTIFUL things but is LIVED IN!

It is NOT UN~TOUCHABLE……………it is REAL.

She reminds ME of MYSELF in so MANY ways.

We both have chickens,dogs and cats.

Married ITALIAN MEN.

Have DEFINATE IDEAS On the way THINGS need TO BE!

She adores FESTIVITY CROWNS…….and if YOU GOOGLE FESTIVITY CROWNS she POPS UP!

We both wear our CROWNS out in PUBLIC!

I could go ON and ON about PENELOPE but why don’t YOU pop over to her site and say HELLO.

Her Blog has been recently RE~VAMPED by a techy genius’s so saunder over and take a PEEK.

Do say THE VINTAGE CONTESSA sent you……..as that will be my NEW NAME for the NEW YEAR!

Click Here FOR PENELOPE’s BLOG………check out the DUCK POND!

I am VINTAGE 55 this year and since LA CONTESSA was taken by a shop back EAST I decided this WILL DO!I will be changing my BLOG SITE to READ:THE VINTAGE CONTESSA, so if that lands in YOUR inbox just know it is I with a NEW NAME but still VERY much ME!

The VINTAGE HEN HOUSE is retiring……………since I closed the shop almost TWO YEARS AGO I thought it was time to LET GO!

I hope YOU will continue to FOLLOW me and my EXCLAMATION points!!!!

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contessa
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January 21, 2015 at 5:08 PM

VIA A LOVELY EMAIL WITH A PHOTO THAT I CANNOT GET TO APPEAR!!!TRUST ME THIS MADE MY DAY!

Well!!!! I had considered writing you to tell you of the effect your CAPS are having on my life so clearly the time has come.

I also use caps. Not as much as you :), but I find they are Most Useful. Over the last couple of years I’ve come across people (not anyone I know, fortunately) commenting that they really don’t like caps and they take it as someone screaming at them. I never thought of it like that because it’s all in how you use them. However, I think I did tone them down just a bit so as not to offend.

Recently my husband was promoted. He is no longer in charge of one restaurant but now he oversees three and sometimes 6 so he is not able to have direct communication with the employees all the time and he depends a lot on emails in which he sometimes uses CAPS to emphasize important things. Just before the holidays he was told that his use of caps was offending some people and was asked to Tone It Down.

That provoked some lengthy discussion between us about the use, or not, of CAPS while we were at our annual Christmas Eve dinner at Balthazar in NYC having a fine time stuffing ourselves with the most succulent oysters and a bottle of champagne. I contributed my feelings on the matter as he did his plus I told him about your writing style and the exuberance and humor it expresses and how it always leaves me feeling plumped up, lighter in spirit. After some consideration we agreed then and there that we didn’t want to live in the flat grey world of monotone communication and that we want to live with gusto and joie de vivre (“Toujours Gai” has always been our motto), and so we wrote out our new MANIFESTO right there on the paper tablecloth – that from now on we are going to be PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CAPITOL LETTERS!!!!!!! We ripped it off the table as we left, took it home and posted it on our refrigerator.

Amitiés, Lindy NYC

P.S. 1: I definitely HEAR YOU when you write. I GET IT and I’m obviously not the only one. You are a blazing star on a brilliant trajectory. It would seem that’s too much for some people. Pay no mind.

P.S. 2: I read Ellie’s column (thanks to you) and love it and loved the reference to you as All CAPS Contessa.

P.S. 3: That’s our dog Harry as a pup on the fridge.

P.S. 4: DON”T CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. 5: Of course you can use any of this however you like.

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contessa
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January 21, 2015 at 5:05 PM

EYE EYE……….STYLE NUDGE!I promise to KEEP on TRACK and CAP AWAY!I have had so many WONDERFUL responses to this………….I feel I need to write this LADY and say THANK YOU NOW!!!
XO
cherie james
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January 21, 2015 at 4:53 PM

MY DEAR VINTAGE CONTESSA!!!,

As I get older I appreciate people who have a personality, who aren’t afraid to be themselves, who are free spirits, who have guts, who put themselves out there, and people who express themselves however they like (I love the CAPS and !!!!!)!!
When I first discovered your blog I immediately knew who you were. Your blog captures the essence of you and is a wonderful expression of you!! Because of your CAPS and !!!! your blog stands out from all the others, so keep on CAPPING and !!!!!!

XO,
Cherie
http://www.stylenudge.com
Sandra Sallin
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January 21, 2015 at 11:56 AM

You introduced me to Ellie. So you can do no wrong. At first I was confused by your blog but then I saw it as an extension of who you are. So “You GO Girl!” Be who ever you are. We’re all here to enjoy your exuberance, dash and style.

PS. If Suzanna would like some help with how to start a blog I would certainly give any help I can.
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:34 PM
  
  THANK YOU!IF One of you wants to write me at my email iolacontessa@gmail.com I will pass on the others email!
  THANK YOU…….it is a bit confusing……..NEWS verses GOODS FOR SALE.It started as a web site for my little antique shop now that I have closed that I call it a BLOG!
Donna
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January 21, 2015 at 11:07 AM

La Contessa~
I realize that I have ALREADY commented but this has just occurred to me; you write in “ZUMBA”! Energetic, sassy, and fun!

Write on, my friend,
Donna~Faded Velvet
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:30 PM
  
  ZUMBA…………THE ZUMBA CONTESSA!
  I LIKE IT!
  May I ask HOW that thought POPPED into YOUR HEAD!??
Heather in Arles
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January 21, 2015 at 10:59 AM

65 comments? Thousands and thousands of new visitors? I think that you have your answer right there, lovely one. Oh the blog world is filled with far too much same old same old – never here! You are as unique as you are wonderful and it makes me so happy to know that I am only one in many that see it.
With much Love,
Heather
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:29 PM
  
  NO NO NO………..half of those are MOI RESPONDING to the NICE people who did take the TIME to COMMENT!
  I LOVED MY CHICKEN REFERENCE on YOUR POST!I need to go see if YOU answered me!
  YOU are a GEM………and I CANNOT wait for SUMMER!
  XO
Jody Brettkelly
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January 21, 2015 at 9:20 AM

Hilarious!!! DO NOT GO CHANGING!!! I love you just the way you are
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:26 PM
  
  OKAY KIWEEEEEEE……….I will REMAIN the SAME I promise!
Jennifer
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January 21, 2015 at 9:09 AM

Your first compliant? That should tell you something. You touch a cord with people…people who are kind and creative. Those criticisms can be so hurtful if you let it be. Good for you, speaking out and getting the confirmation you have! If people were all the same, imagine how boring it would be.
When I first started to read you I was surprised by the time you were taking to use the caps and exclamation points. I had always read that typing in all caps was yelling in print. Then I met you and realized it’s your zest for life and how you express exuberance.
Your joy and feeling shines through in an honest way that many blogs don’t have.
You are an original. What could be better than that? Nothing.
Have a great week!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:25 PM
  
  THAT was NICE of YOU to SAY…………….THANK YOU JENNIFER!
  I too FEEL if you know me it makes MORE SENSE!I mean no harm or disrespect for the English language.
  JUST ME BEING ME!
Catherine
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January 21, 2015 at 8:21 AM

Hello Contessa…I just find it strange that people have such opinions on things and need to tell you…very ODD!!!
You are perfect just the way you are and I love your blog…capitals and exclamation marks too 😉
Have a good week xx
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:22 PM
  
  LOVE The NEW CASHMERE PONCHO’S……………BRAVA!
  I know…………I FEEL it was MORE of a WHY do you DO THAT email.
Cherry
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January 21, 2015 at 7:32 AM

I came to your blog via Corey Amaro. WOW, was my thought, is this lady ever flamboyant!!! Synonyms for flamboyant are exuberant, confident, lively, animated, vibrant, vivacious. And your script relays that. Let’s hear it for differences and variety. And those adjectives are so upbeat and light. Blogs have opened up the world to the variety in the world. We will probably never meet but thanks to your sharing my life has been enlarged to a world I would have not had access to. So keep on sharing. I for one am very thankful you do!!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:20 PM
  
  HELLO CHERRY………..do you live in Willows?COREY, writes an excellent BLOG TOO!These woman who married FRENCHMAN and move themselves across the ATLANTIC.So ROMANTIC isn’t it?
  THANK YOU for SPEAKING up and COMMENTING on my BEHALF!I really am a QUIET person in REAL LIFE!!!!!
Renee
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January 21, 2015 at 12:19 AM

I LOVE your WRITING!!!! Please don’t change!! I too, thank you for introducing me to Ellie’s Blog…she is AMAZING!!!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:15 PM
  
  What a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ELLIE IS……….happy to have POINTED YOU in HER DIRECTION!
  HOW ARE YOU????
diane
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January 20, 2015 at 11:10 PM

i don’t understand what her problem is. . . . .
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:14 PM
  
  She thinks I’m YELLING!!!
Mala
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January 20, 2015 at 10:01 PM

I LOVE the way you write!!!!
Xoxo mala
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:13 PM
  
  GOOD……..because at MY AGE I doubt I could change!
  XO
Doré @ BurlapLuxe
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January 20, 2015 at 9:42 PM

Oh my dear CONTESSA!!
Who would not get your message here behind your CAPS? It’s your excitement, your language, your getting the message across….I have had the beautiful pleasure of speaking with you by phone and anyone who has delighted in a conversation with you my dear would so understand your charm and why you write the way you do. Keep on Capping, and LOWER CASING all you want !!! This is what we so love about you :))

You have my support in CAPPING, you have my love and my attention.
Maybe next post you should throw in a few LOL’s
Keep entertaining us with your grace and beauty in all you do.

Xoxoxoxo
Dore
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:13 PM
  
  I shall TRY to PLEASE………………onward and UPWARD with the CAPS!
  XO
kim
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January 20, 2015 at 8:43 PM

I love your exclamation points and you just as you are!! DO NOT EVER CHANGE!!! Glad more people are finding you and the blog. I’m going to check out Penelope’s. I love Have Some Decorum because of you.. xxoo Kim
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:11 PM
  
  GOOD…………….what’s NOT to LOVE there!WIT< HUMOR
contessa
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January 20, 2015 at 8:06 PM

VIA EMAIL:

I think some people take themselves waaay too seriously. I hear your emotion and it does not have to conform to grammatical punctuation. Xoxo
Bonny

Bonny Neiman Antiques & Artisan
bonnyneiman@gmail.com
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:10 PM
  
  YES,I think YOUR RIGHT BONNY!THANK YOU for your comment!!!
contessa
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January 20, 2015 at 8:03 PM

VIA EMAIL:

Oh yes….I shall continue to follow you and all your CAPS and EXCLAM POINTS! Calm down and carry ON!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:09 PM
  
  THIS was TRUELY a SURPRISE……….I thought YOU ONLY FOLLOWED SHARON!
Stephen Andrew
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January 20, 2015 at 6:18 PM

Oh I’m so glad you received my comment so well on Ellie’s blog. Right after I wrote it, I worried I shouldn’t have! Perhaps I understand you because we speak the same language! your blog and writing are wonderfully unique and I’m glad you feel no need to change!
CARRY ON!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:08 PM
  
  NO, NO STEPHEN…………I LOVED IT!I just bought a CASE of ROSE at TRADER JOES so I can KEEP on TRACK!I truly APPRECIATE what YOU SAID…………perhaps I should FLY out to OHIO for a HAIR CONSULT!I am planning on visiting FADED VELVET come early summer I just wonder if YOU two are CLOSE BY…………something to ponder………..I LIKE MY GREY STREAKS however!NO TALKING ME OUT OF THOSE!
Cheryl
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January 20, 2015 at 5:37 PM

Carry on with the CAPS is all I will say ……
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:03 PM
  
  DONE!
Susan
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January 20, 2015 at 5:18 PM

You can satisfy some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time. I say, just keep being you. Truely, be yourself. I find you refreshing, high spirited, and authentic. A breath of fresh air. With a wonderful flair for life. You live life to the fullest and this speaks to me. Thank you for being you! LOL Susan
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:00 PM
  
  I appreciate that SO much!THANK YOU SUSAN!
Michele
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January 20, 2015 at 3:47 PM

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I capitalize too thanks to you! Especially when I want to make a point with my sisters in a text. I LOVE it! Keep doing what you do naturally and too bad for those who don’t take the time to get it.
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 1:00 PM
  
  RIGHT OH…………TALLY HO………. Onward and Upward……!!!!
contessa
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January 20, 2015 at 3:34 PM

VIA EMAIL:

You are Marvelous!!!!!!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:58 PM
  
  MERCI!!!!
contessa
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January 20, 2015 at 3:33 PM

VIA EMAIL:

That lady that unsubscribed is full of balderdash… she clearly doesn’t know you all that well – she’s missing out on fabulous’ness, her loss, hah!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:58 PM
  
  GRAZIE!!!
contessa
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January 20, 2015 at 2:51 PM

VIA EMAIL:

HA HA
Did make me giggle, my first complaint. REALLY!!!!
Put on your crown, don’t CHANGE!!!
Your Aussie British friend, who also adores Crowns????????????????????????????????????
Susie xx????????????????????????
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:57 PM
  
  GOOD DAY SUSIE……………HOW MANY CROWNS DO YOU OWN?I collect them!
Anita Rivera
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January 20, 2015 at 2:44 PM

Sweet, sweet Contessa! I LOVE YOU! See? I used caps and I do so a lot in my comments. I agree. Write as you are. I comment as I am and those caps are showing emphasis. It is art. We love you because we can “hear” you and I really hope we can meet one day. I know that when I do meet you, you will be as bubbly and fun as you are here.

I had NO idea that people could unsubscribe! I guess that explains the numbers going up and down on my members’ page!

Well my friend, do call me when you can. I’d love to hear those capitals in person. LOVE! Anita
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:57 PM
  
  TRA>>>>>>>>LA!!!
  SO what did YOU think?AM I what YOU thought I would BE?!!!
contessa
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January 20, 2015 at 2:40 PM

VIA EMAIL:

Hello my dear Beth, E-Beth, Elizabeth, Contessa!
Wonderful approach to dealing with complaints! As long as I’ve known you -since I was all of two weeks old- your name may change periodically but you have always retained a consistent, effervescent, jubilant personality. And your caps and punctuation declare that perfectly! ????
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:55 PM
  
  LOVELY TO KNOW YOUR OUT There READING ME!
  I had NO IDEA………….I owe you an email!!!!
  WILL DO!
  XX
Maryllen Candace Reichard
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January 20, 2015 at 2:39 PM

ok, I guess a Blog is different than E mail? so where do I find your Blog? I don’t want to miss anything. Candace
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:54 PM
  
  NO NO…….YOUR NOT MISSING A THING!THIS IS THE BLOG which comes VIA email if YOU SUBSCRIBE which YOU DO!!!
Maryllen Candace Reichard
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January 20, 2015 at 2:28 PM

I never noticed any problems——I just find you DELIGHTFUL!!
hugs, Candace
ps Hope you always stay in touch.*<&<)<!<@, no meaning just got carried away—:)
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:53 PM
  
  GOOD……..cause YOU have been ONBOARD since the VERY beginning I DO BELIEVE!
Jennifer Rankin
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January 20, 2015 at 2:27 PM

That was a fun read. And think the name change is a great way to start the new year. GONE WITH THE OLD……………..IN WITH THE NEW. P
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:53 PM
  
  GRAZIE BELLA!
Miss Mary
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January 20, 2015 at 2:24 PM

I CHOOSE TO FOLLOW YOU, Dearest Contessa, and always look forward to your words of love and wisdom along with your delightful pictures of gardens and critters. Your JOY and BEAUTY and ENTHUSIASM shine through every blog posting, and we LOVE you for that!!!!!

BLOG ON!

What if someone told MONET that he painted too many flowers? I don’t THINK so!!

You are free to express, exude, enliven and enrich those of us lucky enough to have found you in the great wide world of blogs.

You are LOVED !!!!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:52 PM
  
  MISS MARY……………..LOVE your example of MONET!Especially, since YOUR daughter and I sauntered through MONET’S GARDEN TOGETHER!!!!!!AND she SO nicely pointed OUT to ME that NO photos were allowed in the SALON ………..AFTER I had clicked AWAY!!!!OPPS!!!!!!AT least I got some GOOD ones of HER.
  I do BELIEVE I have HER this WEEKEND……………
  Will it bother YOU if she HOPS on the back of a DUCATI and ZIPS over the GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE??MY ITALIAN HUSBAND in control………I PROMISE TO TELL HIM TO GO SLOW!!!
- Miss Mary
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  January 23, 2015 at 10:29 AM
  
  I LOVE to think of you at Giverny. Your words are like flowers- some tiny, delicate and fragrant; others, BIG and BOLD; but each lovely in their own way.
  
  Who amongst us has not sneaked a photo here and there, even without STRICT permission? Ask your guest about this!
  
  As for the Ducati- I am happy to have raised a strong, smart and fully self-actualized person. If she wants to go, I will happily look forward to hearing all about it. (be that as it may, a photo of this activity would NOT go un-wanted) 🙂
  
  I DO HOPE you all have a wonderful week-end.
Jan Schechter
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January 20, 2015 at 2:17 PM

You go girl! I have loved your style whether written, home decor or the brilliant way you live your life for over 25 years. I think we ALL should use more CAPS in our writting. Perhaps we would all do better to EXPRESS ourselves as clearly as you!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:46 PM
  
  I will CONTINUE to CAP AWAY……………THANK YOU GIRLFRIEND D I V I N E !!!
Tara Sayers Dillard
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January 20, 2015 at 2:06 PM

Understand you completely, deeply, intuitively. From the 1st sentence.

The ‘complaint’? Alas, those people are like plants in my garden. I choose the plants in my garden and the people in my life. Think any of my plants EVER complain? Not in my realm. They perform, make me & others happy, enrich the earth & me & others and so very dearly much more.

Knew you were in my realm at the first blog post. How couldn’t the Duchess of Hambrick know this? Terrible language but you KNOW what I’m trying to say.

If a plant does not pay the rent in my garden, it’s gone. Always more joy to be found. Always.

You go Contessa.

Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 9:02 AM
  
  THANK YOU!
  MY HUSBAND LOVED THIS!
  XOXO
Beth
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January 20, 2015 at 1:54 PM

Congratulations! Tolerating negative feedback then letting it go and moving on is a sign of grace and growth 🙂
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 9:01 AM
  
  Well, said……………
  When are you coming WEST?!!!
Gabriella Kirkpatrick
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January 20, 2015 at 1:54 PM

I love the way you write, I love your points, capitalization, the way you talk and do things, for me you are the only and special vintage contessa…I just love YOU ZIA!!!!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 9:00 AM
  
  LOVED THIS!
  MILLIE GRAZIE ZIA………………….UN BACIO,TANTI BACI!!!!!!!
  XOXO
Bungalow Hostess
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January 20, 2015 at 1:51 PM

It seems to happen to all bloggers at some time or another…I know the first time I received a nasty comment I was surprised and hurt but I figured out pretty quickly that some people are NEVER happy and they thrive on trying to drag others into their toxic web….

Keep on writing and I owe you big time for introducing me to Ellie at Have Some Decorum.
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:59 AM
  
  SO HAPPY YOU FOUND ELEANOR……………
  SHE IS SOMETHING!What a BUSY week she has……….I hope she doesNOT OVER DO!!!!!!!!
  SHE will have WRITING MATERIAL for WEEKS AFTER ALL of HER GUESTS AND SOIREE’S!
  I CAN HARDLY wait for HER BOOK to be PUBLISHED!!!!
  THANKS HOSTESS………….
FIFI
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January 20, 2015 at 1:49 PM

WRITE ON my Contessa! I am with PENELOPE and ALL who LOVE YOU just the way YOU are and the way YOU write. CACA-POOPOO on those who do not approve. C’EST LA VIE et LA VIE EST BELLE because of YOU !XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:55 AM
  
  LOVE THIS FIFI and SO did my ITALIAN HUSBAND!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  I SHALL CARRY ON!
  
  XOXO
Linda T
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January 20, 2015 at 1:34 PM

Life is too short for complaints. Just be yourself. You can’t please everyone and would only be boring if you tried.
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:54 AM
  
  RIGHT!
  I DONOT WANT TO BE BORING!!!!!!
Constance
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January 20, 2015 at 12:37 PM

It’s always hurtful to be criticized.
it’s much easier if a blog reader just fades away quietly, and keeps their personal upsets to themselves. If she (or he), was a happy person, they wouldn’t have wanted to be hurtful or controlling.
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:53 AM
  
  I do not think SHE meant to be HURTFUL……….I think she was a GOOD ENGLISH STUDENT In HER day and was just CURIOUS as to WHY I write that way.My bet is SHE got an A in ENGLISH every year and NEVER touched the THEATRICAL DEPARTMENT!!!!
Penelope Bianchi
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January 20, 2015 at 12:37 PM

Oh you darling!!!

I am so proud of you for posting that!! I KNEW that everyone would support you!!

My blog list is still having problems; I switched to a different service or whateveritis; and I’m not sure every subscriber is getting it!

I am so glad you like it!!! Thank you for the shout-out!!!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:51 AM
  
  ADORE YOU!
  CANNOT wait to hear how the FILMING went on MONDAY!
  How many DUCKS in the POND NOW?
  XOXO
Loree
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January 20, 2015 at 12:30 PM

Well, we love you and your exclamation marks! Now I’ve never met you but somehow, the exclamation marks and caps make me hear you speak. And thanks for clearing up that misunderstanding I had about the snake. Phew, I was wondering how on earth you could put up with such a creature. Now I am sure snakes are wonderful animals in their own right but I just can’t abide them. Give me rabbits and dogs any day.
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:50 AM
  
  THANK YOU LOREE over there on the tiny island of MALTA!Happy to hear that YOU adore ME and I am HAPPY to have cleared up the PLUMBING SNAKE!
  XX
Tamera Beardsley
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January 20, 2015 at 11:35 AM

I never give an audience to complaints. Life is much to short. I prefer to use my energy celebrating life with like minded individuals. You have too much zest for life and love to share … to be bothered giving time to this.

You are much loved … simply … because of your tremendous exuberance for life. Keep on being you my friend. No one thrives living in a box of sameness.

xoxo
Tamera
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:48 AM
  
  THRIVE……..that is a WONDERFUL WORD.MY medical services use that WORD in their advertising campaigns and I think it WORKS!
  THANK YOU for your SUPPORT!I will CARRY ON being ME!
  XO
Anita@letshavelunch
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January 20, 2015 at 11:04 AM

Elizabeth, someone stops following you because of punctuation?
I don’t understand why someone would be bothered to write to you about this.
Why can’t these people just fade out quietly, show a little decorum……hmmmm, don’t comprehend this behaviour.
See, I am one person who likes the caps and the exclamations.
I’ll share a secret with you………..I have appalling eye-sight….he he.
Going to look at Penelope’s blog now.
Forget about all this sweetpea……….you’re fabulous, you write with style and that’s why we all love you so.
xx Neat
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:45 AM
  
  DECORUM……………..I hope I have some of THAT!IT’s a LOVELY WORD even to write………..
  I have FIFI’s book for YOU!Will mail TOOT~SUITE down under to YOUR BIG ISLAND.
  JINIVICK, I hope I spelled that correctly would be the IDEAL SETTING for a few PRAIRIE STYLE WEDDINGS!
  ADORE YOU TOO!
  XO
- Anita@letshavelunch
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:58 PM
  
  YOU have decorum sweetpea……….it’s the spiteful person who wrote to you is the one lacking in it!!!
  Jindivick……it’s a tricky one!!!
  xx neat
Donna~Faded Velvet
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January 20, 2015 at 10:11 AM

La La LA Contessa~
When I first started reading blogs, YOUR’S was the one I kept coming back to; BECAUSE of the all the caps and exclamation points! I could tell that you obviously had MUCH personality and lived life aloud. You type your stories in the same manner that you tell your stories. Excitedly and exuberantly! I love that you are confident enough have to have little regard for the grammar police (I’m always amazed at those that are so free to criticize).
Your joie de vivre pops off the page. Due to your contagious,bold happiness, I have a new friend.
Go Elizabeth!

Much love,
Madame Faded Velvet
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:39 AM
  
  CAN YOU IMAGINE if we had PASSED in the NIGHT on INSTAGRAM…………
  THANK GOODNESS for YOUR UP~DO and MY COMMENT!!!!
  2015……….will be the YEAR of MADAME FADED VELVET meets the VINTAGE CONTESSA!!!!
  That wil BE WORTHY of a BLOG POST!
  XX
Katie Clooney
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January 20, 2015 at 9:57 AM

My dear Contessa… as you know I am new to your blog. I don’t consider myself THAT new considering the fact that I spent THREE HOURS reading all of your posts. I love your style of writing and find it quite entertaining. Do the caps bother me in your posts? NOT IN THE LEAST!
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:33 AM
  
  THANK YOU!
  I shall CONTINUE in my FORM Then…………….
  I just wanted to CHECK IN with the REST Of YOU to be certain it was OKAY!!
  From the RESPONSE I have received I THINK SO!
  CAPS AND EXCLAMATIONS AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NIta
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January 20, 2015 at 9:52 AM

…to say it Contessa style “MORE FOR US!!!” …and don’t let the henhouse blog door hit you on the way out 🙂
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:31 AM
  
  I can SEE OUR yesterday morning CHAT about PLAYDATES put some SPUNK IN YOU!KEEP to YOUR WORDS………DONOT GIVE IN!That other MAMA should be sent to TIME OUT for buying her kids candy at 10AM in the morning!!!!!!!!!After YOU telling YOURS NO!
  XO
Karena
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January 20, 2015 at 9:28 AM

I love your enthusiasm and your blog reflects you!! It is like a PR person trying to correct my punctuation/ writing, just because they have connected me to an artist. Really?! I support the artist and artisans, authors, designers etc. gratis!

Most are wonderfully grateful and appreciative, as I am!
Thank you for all you do Elizabeth!

xoxo
Karena
The Arts by Karena
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:28 AM
  
  KARENA,
  
  I doNOT DO MUCH!I hope to put a SMILE or TWO on your FACE thats about it!I adore taking photos……..LOVE TO SHARE TOO!
  XO
Charlotte Des Fleurs
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January 20, 2015 at 9:00 AM

Dear Elizabeth, I also was taken aback by all the Caps you use, that is, until I read your Blog several times. Years ago when first starting to use email, we were told NEVER to use all Caps because it was like shouting. NOW I GET IT. Your exuberance is just as delightful as the topics on your Blog. If you weren’t so classy and so interesting, it might not work. But…it does work! While searching for your site (thanks to Andrea from The French Basketeer) I stumbled upon a “Vintage Hen House” somewhere on the East Coast. Definitely NOT your site. Glad you have cleared that up with your new name. It is so much more representative of YOU.

À bientôt, Charlotte Des Fleurs
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:26 AM
  
  EXUBERANCE……….is a GOOD word for ME!I get EXCITED about the SMALL STUFF.
  Now, lets see HOW LONG it takes me to make the SWITCH……….fingers and toes crossed by the NEXT post YOU will see CHANGE!
  AND MANY THANKS for your KIND words!
suzanna
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January 20, 2015 at 8:53 AM

Bonjour Elizabeth, I understand in cyber world caps mean emphasis, I often use them. For me blogs are sharing, supportive, fun, new ideas, connecting globally, inspiration, passing along the love, creativity..”sweating the small stuff” like someone using caps is low on my totem pole. These things happen in a world of many personalties. With ALL the blogs available, I am sure this person can fish other blogs. I have been “missing in action”, been really sick with bronchitis for 15 days starting New Years, now my computer, I named Jack, is in repairs, responding on this cellphone is not the greatest while packing and moving. I behind checking on you & Ellie,Vicki, along with my others FAVS! ! ! I am so looking forward to your new blog. I want to start a blog, but have no clue how. Would you share with me a start tip? I have my idea it’s the technical start that I need. I would love that. XOXO
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:23 AM
  
  OH, JACK probably got SICK from YOU breathing on HIM and huffing and puffing away on these WONDERFUL BLOGS you mention as YOUR comments are ALWAYS AWESOME!You take CARE……plenty of fluids.
  I caNOT HELP YOU IN the BLOG techy STUFF at ALL………….mine is done on a format called WORDPRESS thats about ALL the HELP I can give!YOU would have a GREAT BLOG!DO IT!!
Stacie
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January 20, 2015 at 8:49 AM

Yeah, well, she’s a FF.
- contessa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:19 AM
  
  If YOU say SO…………XX
La Pouyette - Karin
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January 20, 2015 at 8:46 AM

Don’t boder! Just wright the way you like, the way you feel, the way you TALK!
That’s Democraty – Free Speach – and blogging.
To be with Voltaire;
“Even if I don’t like what you say, the way you say it…YOU have the damn right to say it”
Everybody who don’t like your posts can easily undiscribe. No need for negative comments.
Karin
- Maryllen Candace Reichard
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  January 20, 2015 at 2:33 PM
  
  love your style !!K A R I N !!!!! regards, Candace
- lisa clifford
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  January 21, 2015 at 12:42 AM
  
  Hi there from Florence,
  As a professional writer I must say I did notice the CAPS, as when we write CAPS means someone’s speaking loudly – or yelling!
  So I kind of raise my mental voice whenever I read your Blogs and just imagined that was what you were like.
  Someone got stuck into me once for excessive CAPS usage. Go for it. Stuff the critics!
  CAPS away,
  Lisa
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  January 21, 2015 at 8:18 AM
  
  ABSOLUTELY RIGHT KARIN!THANK YOU for YOUR wonderful ADVISE!Love the quote from VOLTAIRE!