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Default Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee: Picnic of Doom 2

On Wed 22 Mar 2006 06:40:17p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
Ubiquitous?

> wrote:
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>>I saw this for the first time this evening. What a riot! Whatever cold
>>medicine they had her on at least slowed her down a little, so she
>>wasn't as annoyingly spastic as usual. The dress was awful -- loved the
>>way they had to keep cutting to a different camera angle because the
>>screen was filled with sleeve and you couldn't see the food. That
>>tablescape was a riot. Yeah, I'm sure you thought of Shakespeare as a
>>theme for your picnic and that caused you to drag heavy library-style
>>furniture into a park and then set a poetry book on fire. And isn't it
>>illegal to cut flowers in a park? Not to mention unsanitary if you use
>>them as a garnish.

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> I still can't get over her burning poetry books to make napkin holders
> and not only hanging on a tree, but putting lit candles in that
> chandelier.
>


I didn't see the show, and I can't argue about her burning poetry books,
but we did have a crystal chandelier for many years in which we always
burned candles, along with matching wall sconces and candleticks. The
totally candlelit dining room was lovely, and it was always safe.

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