Girls, It Is Bastille Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Ooo La La, darlings!  Today, in 1789, the Bastille prison was stormed, marking the start of the French Revolution.    Today it is an excuse to indulge in exquisite French cuisine, or maybe reread Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities," or watch the MGM 1936 film, where Blanche Yurka steals the show as Madame De Farge.  You just have to love her, girls, knitting away as the heads fall into the basket from the guillotine.

I think I once had a toy guillotine, where you could repeatedly chop off the guy's head over and over.  It is amazing that I did not grow up to be a serial killer.  Perhaps it all changed when I saw "The Song Of Bernadette" for the first time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a day to be celebrated as one pleases; just celebrate If I owned a copy I think today, I would watch "The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg," one of, if not the most, romantic films ever.

Happy Bastille Day, everyone!  Set off your own fireworks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!