02/27/13 - NNHS Newsletter -
Where Do You Go To, My Lovely?
“Love is the greatest refreshment in life."
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Pablo Picasso
(25 Oct 1881 - 08 Apr 1973)
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02/27/13 - NNHS Newsletter - “Love is the greatest refreshment in life."
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Pablo Picasso |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
We can't have
enough love songs in February, right?
BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE89OeM5nmU - Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To, My Lovely?
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Do_You_Go_To_%28My_Lovely%29%3F:
"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" is a song that was written and performed by Peter Sarstedt. Its recording was produced by Ray Singer and engineered by John Mackswith at Lansdowne Recording Studios and released in 1969. It was a #1 hit in the UK charts for four weeks in 1969 and was awarded the 1969 Ivor Novello Award, together with David Bowie's "Space Oddity". In the United States, the record reached #61 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles and #70 on the Billboard Hot 100 that May. The music is a faux European waltz tune.[1]
The song is about a fictional girl named Marie-Claire who grows up from the backstreets of Naples to become a member of the jet set, and lives in Paris. The lyrics describe her from the perspective of a childhood friend; it is left unclear whether they have remained close. The rhetorical question of the title suggests that her glamorous lifestyle may not have brought Marie-Claire happiness or contentment.
Sarstedt himself was not French, but the song may have benefited from the contemporary awareness in Britain of such singers as Serge Gainsbourg and Jacques Brel.
The lyrics contain a large number of contemporary and other references...
It is often suspected that the name Marie-Claire is inspired by the originally French Marie Claire magazine, a women's fashion weekly first published in 1937. One theory says that this song is about the Italian star Sophia Loren, who was abandoned by her father and had a poverty-stricken life in Naples.[citation needed] Another theory has the song being inspired by singer and actress Nina van Pallandt.[citation needed] In reality, Peter Sarstedt wrote the song about a girl he fell madly in love with in Vienna in 1965.[citation needed] She died in a hotel fire.[citation needed] The song was written in Copenhagen (confirmation of this fact can be found on the CD cover of The Best of Peter Sarstedt, EMI, nr. 8297622, Australian CD)...
In 2007, the song was prominently used in Wes Anderson's short film Hotel Chevalier. The film is a prologue to his movie The Darjeeling Limited, in which the song also appears..
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy
Birthday today to 
Evelyn
Vretos ('55) of VA
AND
Phil Hammond
('64) of FL
AND
My
Grandson, Azrae Woods of IL - who is turning seven today!
Happy
Birthday tomorrow to
Wayne Agee ('58) of FL
Happy Birthday this week to:
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29 -
What WOULD Be a Happy Leap Year
Day Birthday to:
01 - Alan Cohen ('57);
04 -
05 -
Many Happy Returns to You All!
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THIS DAY IN WWII:
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February 27, 1933 -
Reichstag fire:
Germany's parliament building in
Berlin, the
Reichstag, was set on fire.
February 27, 1942 - During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied strike force was defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies. February 27, 1943 - The Rosenstrasse protest started in Berlin. |
TODAY IN 1963:
| Wednesday, February 27, 1963 - The
Dominican Republic received its first democratically
elected
president,
Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by
Rafael Trujillo. Wednesday, February 27, 1963 - Politician Pär Nuder was born in in Täby north of Stockholm, Sweden. |
From Mickey ('54) and
Carol Moell ('56) Marcella of VA -
02/26/13:
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Glad to hear
good news on everyone's good health, including yours.
Carol and Mickey
Thank you so much,
Sweetie-Pies!
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BONUS LOVELY CROCHET SCARVES PATTERNS:
| http://tipnut.com/crochet-scarves/ - 25+ Lovely Crochet Scarf Patterns: {Free} - "Here’s a nice mix of different scarves you can crochet, some are unisex and work well for both men and women while others are more lacey and feminine. I also made a separate list for cowls and neck warmers plus added a vintage head scarf pattern (you’ll find those at the bottom)..." |
BONUS LOVELY RECIPES:
| http://www.lovelyrecipes.com/ - Welcome to Lovely Recipes Web Site! - "If you are looking for tasty delicious recipes or quick pasta recipes, birthday cake recipe, we got them all here. Simply select your recipe category below and get access to over 4000 recipes online, all for free. In return we would appreciate that you explore our web site and perhaps you share your cool recipe with us and with all other people in the world. That way all world can enjoy delicious recipes." |
FINALLY:
| From
www.ajokeaday.com
- 02/26/13: “How did school go today? a mother asked her little boy. “Fine”, the little fellow replied. “We had a new teacher and she wanted to know if I had any brothers and I told her I was an only child”. “What did she say?” his mother asked. “The teacher said, “Thank goodness.” |
DATES TO REMEMBER:
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1.
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - The NNHS Class of 1955 holds Lunch
Bunch gatherings on the first Thursday of every month at
Steve & John's Steak House on Jefferson Avenue just above
Denbigh Boulevard in Newport News at 11:00 AM. The luncheon
is not limited to just the Class of '55; if you have friends
in that year, go visit with them.
2. Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - The NNHS Class of June 1942 meets at noon on the second Wednesday of every other month for a Dutch treat lunch at the James River Country Club, 1500 Country Club Road. PLEASE JOIN THEM. Give or take a few years makes no difference. Good conversation, food and atmosphere. For details, call Jennings Bryan at 803-7701 for reservations. 3. Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, 2013 - The NNHS Class of 1963 will hold their 50-Year Reunion at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hampton on the Water. SEE: The website which has been set up for their class at www.nnhs1963.com; CONTACT: Frank Gibson, frankgibson@cox.net, Joyce Williams Nettles, joywnet@cox.net, or Susie Overton Jones, tnsjones@charter.net |
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PRAYER ROLL: http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html - updated 02/04/13 |
BLOG: http://nnhs.wordpress.com/ - updated 03/13/11 |
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http://www.nnhs65.com
PERSONAL WEB SITE:
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Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)
You talk like Marlene Dietrich
And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire
Your clothes are all made by Balmain
And there's diamonds
and pearls in your hair, yes, there are
And you live in a fancy apartment
Off the Boulevard of St. Michel
Where you keep your Rolling Stones records
And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes, you do
But where do you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you
I want to look inside your head, yes, I do
Well, I've seen all your qualifications
That you got from the Sorbonne
And the painting you stole from Picasso
Your loveliness goes on and on, yes, it does
And when you go on your summer vacation
You go to Juan-les-Pins
With your carefully designed topless swimsuit
You get an even suntan, on your back and on your legs
And when the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz
With the others of the jet-set
And you sip your Napoleon Brandy
But you never get your lips wet, no, you don't
But where do you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you
I want to look inside your head, yes, I do
Your name is heard in high places
You know the Aga Khan
And he sent you a racehorse for Christmas
And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh, ha-ha-ha-ha
And they say that when you get married
It'll be to a millionaire
Ah, but they don't realize where you came from
And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn
But where do you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
You better tell me the thoughts that surround you
I want to look inside your head, yes, I do
Well, I remember the back streets of Naples
And two children begging in rags
Both touched with a burning ambition
To shake off their lowly brown tags, yes, they try
So look into my face, Marie-Claire
And remember just who you are
Then go and forget me forever
But I know you still bear
the scar, deep inside, yes, you do
I know where you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
I know the thoughts that surround you
'Cause I can look inside your head
"Where Do
You Go To (my Lovely)" midi courtesy of
http://jhfoster.tripod.com/the60s.html - 02/25/09
at the suggestion of my #5 Son,
Nathaniel
Harty (Hillsboro HS,
IL - '97) of IL - 02/25/09
Thanks, Nathaniel!
"Where Do
You Go To (my Lovely)"
lyrics courtesy of
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarstedt-peter-where-do-you-go-to-my-lovely-lyrics.html
- 02/25/09
also at the suggestion of my #5 Son,
Nathaniel
Harty (Hillsboro HS,
IL - '97) of IL - 02/25/09
Thanks again, Nathaniel!
Image of Cherubs Statue courtesy of http://www.cutelovequotes.info/ - 02/26/09
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!
Marine Corps Seal clip art
courtesy of the late
Herbert Hice of MI
- one of my
Famous Marines who served in the South
Pacific during WWII.
Thanks again, Herbie!!
