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bookling
11/02/09

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I fucking love Eloise. Not only does it make a RAWTHER awesome read-aloud book, but it's all about imagination! Yeah, Eloise is a brat (poor Nanny), but I loved the way she made up marvelous adventures when she was pretty much alone. Plus, I loved Skipper Dee and Weenie, and totally wanted a pet turtle. #hilaryknight
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Heydiddler: Sabbath Lily Hawks
11/03/09

@bookling: The best part about Eloise is how there is really no need for punctuation because everything is to be read at the pace of a very self-assertive 6 year old which is really why it is the best read-aloud book of all time especially for people who aren't smokers like me and don't get short of breath when reading the amazingly hilarious elevator excerpt which is mostly due to the fact that it is so difficult to stop laughing and most especially when it is time to braid Skipperdee's ears in the morning so he doesn't get cross

My mom used to read this book aloud to me - it is truly a performance. #hilaryknight
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sympathyforthebasementcat
11/02/09

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Eloise is larger than life, but I think the live-action movie did a good job. Sofia Vassilieva was precocious to maximum annoyingness and maximum cuteness. And hello, Jeffery Tambor and the one and only Julie Andrews? I liked it. #hilaryknight
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Kivrin
11/02/09

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I am ashamed to say that I have never read the Eloise books. I blame my parents, who probably kept me away from books about a naughty child who was disrespectful to adults. Or maybe I just missed 'em somehow, who knows. Anyway, I know what I want for Christmas! #hilaryknight
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bklyn155
11/02/09

@Kivrin: I haven't either! But I have read another illustrated by Knight, called That Makes Me Mad! and it is fantastic. One of my fav books as a kid, I always wanted to be able to draw like that. Still trying, still not there yet :0) #hilaryknight
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Fatwetdog
11/02/09

@Kivrin: Me neither! But my mom read me "Little Miss Bossy" every day. (I suspect I was not supposed to idolize her, but I did.) #hilaryknight
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GoodBadNotEvil
11/02/09

@Kivrin: I never read them either and I was a voracious reader as a little kid, I read literally anything I could get my hands on. I'm thinking I've missed out terribly! #hilaryknight
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rodmanstreet
11/02/09

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(nerd alert)

I feel compelled to be the trivia geek who says, "You know, Eloise was (allegedly) based on Liza Minnelli as a child!"

Okay, go ahead, throw the off-topic tomatoes at me. #hilaryknight
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sympathyforthebasementcat
11/02/09

@rodmanstreet: Liza is never off topic.

Perhaps, she should be Eloize with a Z. #hilaryknight
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LaFemme
06/16/09

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I actually did this as a child. My grandparents took me there for 4 days and we did room service, tea in the Palm Court, trip to FAO Schwartz, broadway play, etc. It didn't cost anything NEAR this price though.
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Lucille van Pelt
06/16/09

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oh, but that's for a 6 person slumber party so it's only $600 per child. That makes it completely reasonable!

/sarcasm!!!
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colormeroutine
06/16/09

@Lucille van Pelt: This will never be a problem for me because I will be broke forever, but I have already decided that if by some miracle I wind up with tons of money I'm going to do everything possible to keep my kids from knowing about it. Sleepovers? Those should be supplied by the Oriental Trading Catalog and the Target dollar section
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bluebears
06/16/09

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Isn't this the sort of nonsense that goes on in boom economic times?
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colormeroutine
06/16/09

@bluebears: I know, right? And it seems like it's directed at children mostly too. Kind of makes me throw up in my mouth a little
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Laulau
06/16/09

@bluebears: I would at least expect the Plaza to put in a bit more effort. The hotel room is already there; you expect people to shell out thousands of dollars to add on a book and a sundae bar? I have no idea how much that suite would cost normally, so maybe this isn't much more, but show a little more creativity people.
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hortense
06/16/09

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I wonder what the author of that Hepburn/Hilton book would think of this?
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