Writers Andre and Maria Jacquemetton are working on Versailles, a period drama centering on the Court of King Louis XIV. Just imagine Don Draper invoking the divine right of kings!
Top Chef
François Vatel, "the first celebrity chef," set the bar high. Preparing a dinner for Louis XIV, "he was informed that the fish for the meal would not arrive on time, so he committed suicide." [TheSmartSet]
Getting Gorgeous Used To Be A Lot Less Complicated
Over on the blog called The Smart Set, Paula Marantz Cohen writes a requiem for the beauty parlor. Cohen recalls an age when you went out just to get your hair did, not mani-pedi massage with full-body deforestation: "When I was growing up, my mother used to go twice a month to the beauty parlor. That was what it was…
