Trivia Tuesday… with some hard to fill BOOTS :)

As I miss and reflect on Wolf Hall — I always keep coming back to… please don’t laugh…. Henry’s boots!

Look at them — they are FANCY and they are BIG!

source: farfarawaysite.com
source: farfarawaysite.com

We talked earlier about the meticulous work the Wolf Hall team put into designing and building the costumes for the cast here and here, and Henry’s boots are no exception.  They look FANCY, and it turns out they really are! Lucy Worsley tells in her Daily Mail article that they are “thigh-high, square-toed black boots, custom-made on the Isle of Wight using traditional techniques.”  Continue reading “Trivia Tuesday… with some hard to fill BOOTS :)”

Damian Lewis in The Baker: Everybody Deserves A Second Chance :)

“Everybody deserves a second chance.” — Milo Shakespeare

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What happens when you have Nicholas Brody, Jaime Lannister (Nicolaj Coster-Waldau) and Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) together in a movie?

The Baker happens!

 

source: wikipedia
source: wikipedia

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I don’t know about President Obama but I am SOLD…

source: itv.com
source: itv.com

No, no, I’m not talking about Homeland. Both President Obama and I are sold on that one 🙂 I’m talking about Wales.

How come?

Well, March 1 is St. David’s Day — the Feast Day of St. David, the patron saint of Wales, and it is a public holiday. Thus, in honor of St. David’s Day and Damian Lewis’ Welsh roots, why not talk about Wales today? Continue reading “I don’t know about President Obama but I am SOLD…”