Monday, October 31, 2011

Yes, I Would Love addition Cup of Tea: An American Woman's Letters to Turkey by Katharine Branning

Yes, I Would... comprises a series of imaginary letters written to Lady Mary Montagu, whose famous Embassy Letters were written in 1716-1718 during her stay in Turkey as the wife of the English ambassador. The author uses themes dear to Lady Mary, such as culture, art, religion, women and daily life, to reflect on those same topics as encountered during the author's past 30 years of travel in Turkey. Bio: Katharine Branning has degrees from the University of Paris, Sorbonne and the Ecole du Louvre, where she majored in Islamic arts, with a specialty in Islamic glass. A graduate of the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science, she has been a librarian at the French Institute of Architecture in Paris, France, at the French Embassy Cultural Services and the Alliance Française in New York City. For her work promoting the French language and culture through the creation of numerous libraries in both France and the United States, she has been awarded the Ordre national du Mérite from the President of France, one of the nation's highest honors. She has studied the Turkish language and literature at the Institute of Langues Orientales in Paris and with Prof. Talat S. Halman at New York University. As an independent researcher and glass artist, she has conducted annual field work relative to architecture and decorative arts in Turkey every year since 1978. She currently lives in New York, where she is Vice President of Education at the French Institute Alliance ...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YZdFlKBEbE&hl=en

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Hallowed Grounds

Hallowed Grounds Coffee Roasterie of New Brighton, home of heavenly roasted coffee, specialty tea, and gifts, is celebrating their second anniversary! Owners David & Kathy Chabala invite you to stop by for the best cup of coffee you'll ever have! Hallowed Grounds has tasty treasures from around the globe roasted fresh daily!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC1Rhb3OnQs&hl=en

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

White Horse Coffee & Tea Company

White Horse Coffee TV commercial. White Horse Coffee & Tea is a specialty coffee roastery in Sutherlin, Oregon. Website: www.whitehorsecoffee.com



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8OlYKJtRck&hl=en

Monday, October 24, 2011

Daleks in the Household: WOULD YOU CARE FOR SOME TEEA?

Tea -- a specialty of the British Daleks that never made it into the plain vanilla Daleks made on Skaro. The little flag is the clue to distinguishing this interesting but little-studied variety.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsHTH9lV-QM&hl=en