RIP Julia Child
Julia Child died today at 91. This saddens me. She was an amazing woman, and her life should give all of us who suspect we might be late bloomers a glimmer of hope. (She didn't start cooking seriously until she was 34).
From the NYT's obituary:
Mrs. Child was a breast cancer survivor, a cat lover, a fervent advocate of Planned Parenthood and an unabashed sensualist with a sly sense of humor. One year she and her husband sent out Valentine's cards with a photograph of them together in the bathtub in Paris....At her funeral, I hope they show the old SNL sketch of Dan Aykroyd imitating Julia - I think she'd find it amusing.To the end, Mrs. Child maintained her image as the ultimate bon vivant, a California girl with easy French tastes. Whenever she was asked what her guilty pleasures were, she responded: "I don't have any guilt."
Comments
Oh, I hate these kinds of deaths! (Not like I LIKE any kind...) The ones where you I know someone really but I hear about it and want to tell other people, and then I end up feeling morbid.... I (like my mom who does this all the time with people I met once, when I was two...)
Posted by: Kim Wells | August 13, 2004 2:35 PM