Comments on: Accents, G-strings and Rum: Cocktail Hour Down South http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/ Writer. Home Cook Extraordinaire. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:56:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: happymeal8 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1244 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:04:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1244 Love the blog, have been poring over the archives as well as enjoying the latest entries. I'm sure your book will be fantastic. This post, however, while interesting, made me a little uncomfortable. Your "friends" invited you over to dinner and this post openly mocks their attempt to entertain you and your boyfriend. Obviously, they are short on New York sophistication, but that is no excuse to be less than gracious to friends who have welcomed you into your home. I hope your friends did not read your scornful depiction of their "dinner party." I'm sure it would be quite hurtful to them. Still, I love the blog and it encourages me to continue working on my own material. Love the blog, have been poring over the archives as well as enjoying the latest entries. I’m sure your book will be fantastic.

This post, however, while interesting, made me a little uncomfortable. Your “friends” invited you over to dinner and this post openly mocks their attempt to entertain you and your boyfriend. Obviously, they are short on New York sophistication, but that is no excuse to be less than gracious to friends who have welcomed you into your home. I hope your friends did not read your scornful depiction of their “dinner party.” I’m sure it would be quite hurtful to them.

Still, I love the blog and it encourages me to continue working on my own material.

]]> by: twosox http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1243 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1243 "..invited Southern Boy and I" is incorrect usage. Your editor will probably tell you this though. “..invited Southern Boy and I” is incorrect usage. Your editor will probably tell you this though.

]]> by: Suzanne http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1242 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:04:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1242 The funny thing about blogs is that they are public. Even people who don't agree with the writer feel will comment because of the openness of the medium. That's just the way it goes; take it in stride. At any rate, I thought this was an interesting post that nicely captured how people can love their home and also find that it doesn't quite fit them as well as it used to. The funny thing about blogs is that they are public. Even people who don’t agree with the writer feel will comment because of the openness of the medium. That’s just the way it goes; take it in stride. At any rate, I thought this was an interesting post that nicely captured how people can love their home and also find that it doesn’t quite fit them as well as it used to.

]]> by: stephen http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1241 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:10:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1241 What's an apertif? Seriously? What’s an apertif?

Seriously?

]]> by: Bama Girl http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1240 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:19:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1240 Who ever said anything about Reese Witherspoon? I love Alabama. I go home and see all of my friends with their new husbands, houses and babies and I thank God I moved to New York. Who ever said anything about Reese Witherspoon? I love Alabama. I go home and see all of my friends with their new husbands, houses and babies and I thank God I moved to New York.

]]> by: Erin http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1239 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1239 Bravo Belle! Bravo Belle!

]]> by: Ex-Addict http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1238 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:46:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1238 At least you bother going home to visit. I am so ambivalent that I don't even go home anymore (it's been like 6 years). And yes, this friend is Tacky with a capital T. Who puts Playboy out for company to see? Gross! At least you bother going home to visit. I am so ambivalent that I don’t even go home anymore (it’s been like 6 years).

And yes, this friend is Tacky with a capital T. Who puts Playboy out for company to see? Gross!

]]> by: Belle http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1237 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1237 if you had read any of my other blog posts, "getoveryourself77" (which, indeed,you do need to do), you would know that i love the south and will always call it home. i am, in fact, speaking of isolated occasions because this is MY BLOG. that is what a blog does--speak of isolated occasions/moments/thoughts. you, sweetheart, need to check yourself off my blog and write one of your own (no matter how pathetic it might turn out to be). if you had read any of my other blog posts, “getoveryourself77″ (which, indeed,you do need to do), you would know that i love the south and will always call it home. i am, in fact, speaking of isolated occasions because this is MY BLOG. that is what a blog does–speak of isolated occasions/moments/thoughts.

you, sweetheart, need to check yourself off my blog and write one of your own (no matter how pathetic it might turn out to be).

]]> by: getoveryourself77 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1236 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:07:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1236 as a girl from alabama who has lived in nyc for over 5 years now, i find your comments absolutely appalling. who do you think you are? reese witherspoon already played the life you're dreaming up for yourself in Sweet Home Alabama. i'm not so sure that you should codify an entire region of the country based on your isolated experiences. i don't know which is worse - the way you exploit your "friends" as being stereotypical classless southerners or the fact that those really are your friends. like attracts like, sweetheart. as a girl from alabama who has lived in nyc for over 5 years now, i find your comments absolutely appalling. who do you think you are? reese witherspoon already played the life you’re dreaming up for yourself in Sweet Home Alabama.

i’m not so sure that you should codify an entire region of the country based on your isolated experiences. i don’t know which is worse - the way you exploit your “friends” as being stereotypical classless southerners or the fact that those really are your friends. like attracts like, sweetheart.

]]> by: Melissa http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1235 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:04:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/12/21/accents-g-strings-and-rum-cocktail-hour-down-south/#comment-1235 I am from the South, too. Born in Mississippi, then onto Birmingham, then to north Florida. Every time my plane takes off form LaGuardia, a mental countdown begins until I touch NYC ground once again. I am from the South, too. Born in Mississippi, then onto Birmingham, then to north Florida. Every time my plane takes off form LaGuardia, a mental countdown begins until I touch NYC ground once again.

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