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Langtry Literature

  • Graham Joyce: The Silent Land: A novel

    Graham Joyce: The Silent Land: A novel
    Chilling, beautiful, sad and deeply thought-provoking. Also oddly it makes us want to go skiing despite the opening avalanche. Book Club LOVED this one and the twist at the end evoked much feeling. To love someone that much is something you would wait and wait for.

  • Marina Lewycka: A Short History of Tractor in Ukranian

    Marina Lewycka: A Short History of Tractor in Ukranian
    The person in charge of marketing this book must have had some sleepless nights over this title. It does lead you to believe it to be about foreign machinery. Clearly we have a thing for large chunks of Eastern European metal as we LOVED every page. The story will draw you in immediately and envelop you in the author’s dilemma. This teaches us to be more open-minded when selecting books based on their covers.

  • David Nicholls: One Day (Vintage Contemporaries Original)

    David Nicholls: One Day (Vintage Contemporaries Original)
    Langtry Book Club LOVED this. They meet at university and the same day every year you find out where they went from there. It is a very honest book and reminded us of all the things we should have said and done but never did.

  • Barbara Kingsolver: The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)

    Barbara Kingsolver: The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)
    As a Book Club we found this quite difficult to discuss, partly due to the fact that half of us had skim read it, and partly because it is very gritty with lots of separate story lines and we didnt really know where to start. A personal read but a very good book.

  • Lily Koppel: The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal (P.S.)

    Lily Koppel: The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal (P.S.)
    We read this book and had such a strong desire to start walking round art galleries and owning couture dresses. We misspent our youth if this true story is a reflection into the possibilities of young womanhood. Such a lovely read if not slightly risque.

  • Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence

    Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence
    The Age of Innocence will be part of our Langtry Club Film Club season, so we thought it best to read the book first. The story is quite heartbreaking and gives a fascinating insight into how the morals of society have shifted since the 1870's. You do want the ending to evolve in a certain way, but we are hopeless romantics.

  • Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler's Wife

    Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler's Wife
    A brilliantly bizarre concept, and one which kept this book at the top of the literary charts for simply ages. It takes a while to get your head round what is actually going on. The love story is realistic, although we personally would have thrown in the towel and been completely exasperated with the Time Traveller by page 2. A marmite book - you will love it or loathe it - but all the fuss was about something.

  • Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca

    Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca
    Classic book so one to tick off on the lifetime literature list. The Langtry Club Book Club felt the main character was weak and we were utterly bemused by her husbands allure - also he nearly let a little dog be drowned - not attractive. Generated some lively debate about whether you would marry a widower and be able to live in a late wife's shadow. Worth reading with a good twist at the end.

  • Stephenie Meyer: Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)

    Stephenie Meyer: Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
    Okay, so we saw the film first...but it was a BIG mistake. DO watch the film (Robert Pattinson is beyond yummy if not a little too intense), but read the book FIRST. Basically a vampire who has been alone for hundreds of years finally falls for a girl. The girl falls for the vampire - now he looks like Robert Pattinson so no shock there. It isn't straightforward due to said vampire's penchant for sucking blood - sort of an obstacle (unless you are into that sort of thing, hey, we're not judging). Apparently it is all meant to be a metaphor for promoting abstinence. Now, there is a MAJOR flaw in this plan by the author - as soon as you read this book/watch film all you want to do is pounce on the next attractive male/female available. Or is that just us? Anyway, read it.

  • Lauren Weisberger: The Devil Wears Prada

    Lauren Weisberger: The Devil Wears Prada
    We read this about six months before the film came out - and we are SO pleased we did. This book is a favourite. Unlike the film, the conflicts the female character experiences are very realistic...and heartbreaking at times. It is also laugh-out-loud funny at many points too. We actually worked in that industry in London - it was cutthroat & crazy and all we ever got was a lousy free Vogue AND i'm a Glamour magazine reader! Anyway, buy it - read it.

  • John Grogan: Marley & Me

    John Grogan: Marley & Me
    Ok, so I saw the film first, but then i did buy and read the book so I can legitimately write a book review on it. Its a nice story and autobiographical so you get lost in the story knowing the events actually happened. Worth a read but not my favourite book - and the film is sunday afternoon, rainy day viewing.

  • Various: Love Letters of Great Men

    Various: Love Letters of Great Men
    I had a poem written for me once, I was 8 and it went along the lines of 'roses are red, violets are blue...'. No one has written one for me since, (despite the fact now if they did they might get more in return than a daisy chain made in the playground field). So, as no-one is writing them for me, im reading ones written for other women. This collection of poetry was put together following the Sex and the City film but the poems were written long ago. Who knew Napoleon had such a way with words - maybe i should stop ruling out those short men afterall. So pour yourself a glass of red and curl up on the couch with this beautiful book. Lose yourself in a time when men poured their hearts out onto parchment with a quill, instead of texting 'lol' while slightly drunk at the football.

  • Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics)

    Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics)
    Bought this book as it is meant to be his (the author, Gustave Flaubert's) greatest work. Also I always think if you buy a book which has been made into a film you can always cheat if it becomes dull. Well, this one doesn't and the film version does not do it justice (what! I watched the film afterward, I promise - it even has a different ending!) The story is basically about a women who has read too many great works of romantic poetry, gets married too young and then becomes restless when her life does not resemble anything she dreamed it would. She goes on to have a series of ill-fated affairs. A modern day version would be me watching Dirty Dancing a million times, then marrying Butlin's version of Patrick Swayze, only to find he has a penchant for Liza Minelli & Steps. My version isn't written quite as eloquently as Madame Bovary so I suggest you buy the book and give it a read.

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12/04/2011

Langtry Advent Calendar - Day Four - La Belle Gourmande Deli

263416_226845234004877_171401772882557_730516_8105615_nThe gorgeous new deli in St Aubin is my new favourite Langtry Location.  Made with much love and attention and full of yummy savoury and sweet treats. 2012 will see much of their stock making its way into my kitchen and will feature at the Langtry Loves evenings I am sure!

You can 'Like' their Facebook page or follow them on Twitter for updates.  

Here are their deets:

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Tue - Sat: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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La Belle Gourmande Delicatessen - great food and wine in St Aubin

 

Description
Our delicatessen is in the beautiful village of St Aubin in Jersey.

La Belle Gourmande offers a great range of cheese, charcuterie, anti pasti, and fresh local seasonal produce. We have daily deliveries of fresh bread and milk. 

Our basement houses an emporium of goodies from across France, Italy and Spain, and our well stocked wine area has plenty of choice to complement your shopping basket. 

Come and visit us, we would love to meet you!
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Email
info@labellegourmande.com
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04/19/2011

Langtry Locations - The Sanderson Hotel, London

If you HAVE to go to London with someone you love, if you HAVE to stay in a nice hotel, if you HAVE to have a romantic meal and drinks in a very hip location  - you HAVE to say at The Sanderson. Oh life is hard, twist my arm then.

http://www.sandersonlondon.com

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The hotel has the most gorgeous courtyard which hosts by day an Alice in Wonderland Afternoon Tea full of Eat Me and Drink Me yummies.  In the evening it transforms into lush yummy eatery full of beautiful people and scandalous conversations.

The rooms are achingly fashionable...the bathrooms are um...intimate and not for the dull...or sleepy.

 

 

 

 

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01/20/2011

Langtry Love of the Day - Ski trips with just the girls.

10 reasons why skiing with the girls is the way forward:

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 1. Vin Chaud whenever you want, and not having to justify it with 'just three more runs'.

2. Conversations on chair lifts sorting our lives out.  Short, sweet and to the point...and on one very short lift "blunt but constructive"...it's a talent.

3. The camaraderie that helmet fashion is a problem - THEY JUST DO NOT LOOK GOOD!!!

4. The gorgeous tiny learner skiers - almost worth borrowing one just to take one with you.

5. Sitting in the snow at the bottom of the piste rating the snowboarders.

6. Text messages on the slopes in the sunshine which make you laugh, especially those containing the number 12.

7. Having a guy bring your skis down the mountain after a fall, and ski with you all the way home just to make sure you are safe...almost worth falling over on purpose.

8. Listening to Kenny Rogers, surrounded by people dressed as donkeys, whilst having a Jager Bomb (or multiple, we really dont remember).

9. Being nosy and listening at the door whilst high-fiving great personal decisions on drunken nights out.

10. Sauna's with bubbles and face masks and hair treatment...bliss.

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01/09/2011

Langtry Love of The Day - Our Favourite Things

As we go into our first 'Langtry Lifestyle Month' we are celebrating Our Favourite Things...here are some ideas to get you thinking...

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1. http://www.musicontherocks.it/.  A place in Positano which is cut out of the rocks.  Our favourite place in the world where we spent the best night of our life.  It is straight out of a Bond Film..and our wedding reception will be there too...you can all come.

2. Bonfires & BBQ's on the beach in a Jersey Summer...followed by lighting Chinese Sky Lanterns...and ideally not getting them caught in trees and setting these on fire. WAS NOT US.

3. Pablo Neruda - best poet of all time.

4. Aaron Sorkin for creating The West Wing and giving us Josh Lynam...sigh.

5. The Railway Walk in St Aubin.  Safest place to walk/cycle off a hangover and there is a bacon roll at the end of it.

6. Babies - clearly life is slowly changing shape...we mind them less now.

7. Black & white photos - you just look better.

8. Bank Holidays - it is a present for no reason.

9. Mint and Basil - the only two herbs you need to grow in your garden.  Mojitos and Italian food...done.

10. The purple dress hanging in our closet that we wore at our Graduation.  It has the rip in it where we caught it on the rocks when we went down to the sea for sunrise.  We had our favourite kiss ever in that dress and it marked the end of an amazing amazing time. 

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12/23/2010

Langtry Love of the Day - Paris (I'm glad I didn't die before I met you).

The lessons we learned after a weekend in Paris:

You should only ever see the Eiffel Tower with someone you love. Tick

You should only ever see the Eiffel Tower with someone who loves you. Tick

You should only ever see the Eiffel Tower at night. Tick

You should NEVER go back there in the day. Tick

You can only ever LOVE Paris. Double tick tick

Paris Langtry Lessons in how to be Parisian:

1. Watch Coco Before Chanel - you will instantly feel more intelligent watching a film with subtitles.

2. Eat a croissant in a French cafe - no one wants to be sat opposite the girl with the fruit salad.

3. Visit Le Bar du Marché and drink a neat Jack Daniels with ice (we appreciate the problem with this)..

4. Walk the whole of Paris for one of Fauchon's chocolate Macaroons.

5. Wake up to a breakfast left outside your door by a French man who had walked across Paris to the only bakery open on a Sunday for you.

6. Drink red wine - it tastes better there.

7. Learn that Turkish photographers are not the same as Turkish waiters.

8. Don't go out in Paris - just stay out in Paris.

(You should also eat a big chocolate crepe under the Eiffel Tower as it tastes REALLY good).

 

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05/10/2009

Langtry Locations - Abaco, Mallorca

We have to pretend the Euro is not a ridiculously expensive currency when going to Palma, Mallorca this year.  It was pre-booked and with some of our favourite women in the world so are going to pay now and panic later.


Abaco

Abaco is a hidden bar in Palma, the door is old looking and you would just walk past it if you didnt know what was hidden inside.  As soon as you pass over the threshold you feel you have entered into some magical place...i went to Disney far too much as a child clearly.  Do not worry, Mickey is not crouching round the corner trying to shake your hand, just a hot waiter waiting to take your order.

There are tropical birds flying overhead and fresh fruit piled everywhere randomly..sounds weird but is good.  The cocktails are a must have but very lethal so have journey home planned.

It is not cheap but one drink is plenty! 

Pre Abaco you MUST eat at Barco by the sea in Portixol.  It is one of the best restaurants in the world - order the beef for main and chocolate fondant for dessert.  Also they give you pink matches...we dont smoke but we like free stuff...so we took them.

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The Adventures of Modern Day Lillie

  • Follow the exploits of our own Modern Day Lillie - A Langtry Club member has offered to throw herself into every aspect of island life and will be reporting her verdict in weekly blog updates. We are sending her to spas, to restaurants, to gyms to poker lessons to surf lessons.... If you want to send Lillie on a mini-adventure send us an e-mail and we'll suggest (order) she does it.

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