Famille Chic’s Sixteenth Arrondissement Apartment in Paris

Entrance/hallway

Walls hung with portraits of ancestors in gilded frames.

Living room

Decorated for socialising, not lounging.

Upholstered armchairs facing inward to promote
conversation.

Classical music played after dinner on an antique record player.

Dining room

Dining room table dressed for dinner with a tablecloth and a fresh bouquet of flowers.

Food served on blue willow patterned china.

Wine poured from a crystal decanter into crystal glasses.

Freshly pressed coffee sipped out of delicate blue and white teacups.

Kitchen

Functional items.

Small breakfast table.

Bathroom

Sparkling clean.

Tiled floors. 

Small mirror.

Freestanding sink with no counter space. 

Situated in front of a very large window was the ample sized bathtub with a handheld showerhead fixture.

No separate shower unit.

* Post inspired by 'Lessons from Madame Chic' written by Jennifer L. Scott *

Dining with Famille Chic

Le Petit Déjeuner

Tea or coffee served in a breakfast bowl

~

Fresh fruit

Fromage blanc 

(fresh cheese with a consistency similar to yoghurt)

A slice of last night’s homemade tart 

(apple, apricot, or strawberry)

Toasted tartines/baguette with real butter and homemade jam 

(strawberry, blackberry or orange marmalade)

Déjeuner

Fish and steamed vegetables with a delicate sauce

or

Quiche and salad

Dîner

 Sole with buerre blanc, new potatoes and haricot verts 

Crème caramel

or

Leek soup

Roast chicken with braised endive and new potatoes

Salad

Strawberry tart

Cheese

or

Salad with select cuts of cured meat from the charcuterie

or

Prosciutto salad

Tomato tart

Cheese

Espresso 

Apéritifs

Whiskey

Port

Tomato juice

* Post inspired by 'Lessons from Madame Chic' written by Jennifer L. Scott *

Dining with Madame Bohemienne

 Location

Apartment in the Eleventh Arrondissement of Paris

Aperitifs

Champagne cocktails

 Rhum de Martinique cocktails

Oyster Party

Fresh raw oysters from Brittany

Mignonette sauce 

Crusty French bread and creamy butter

Camembert

Flourless chocolate cake

Cheese Party

Salad with chicken livers

Cheese tray of 12 different kinds of cheese

Slices of baguette

Cake

Wine

* Post inspired by  'Lessons from Madame Chic' written by Jennifer L. Scott *

How a divorcee gives the illusion of receiving plenty from the divorce settlement...

 ...and that you're weren't left with 'just' £12 million and that you're not renting an apartment with an air mattress for a bed and no other furnishings

~ Pretend to be dealing with the decorator.

~ Pretend to be waiting for wall hangings to be delivered from Syria.

~ Erect a protective curtain between the living area and the sleeping area to give the illusion that your home is undergoing construction and that it goes on for another 5000 square feet.

~ Purchase an original piece of Mondrian artwork for £11.5 million.

~ Pretend to have Philippe Starck Ghost Chairs.

~ Purchase an antique Savonnerie rug for £30,000.

~ Continue your subscription to Blimp Aficionado.

~ Insist that your dog continues receiving professional massages to keep up appearances that your dog is not stressed out.

Post inspired by episode 2:3 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Letter from Mr Wolowitz

Howard knowing and not knowing the contents of his father's letter can be achieved by creating a macroscopic example of quantum superposition - the principle that a physical system exists partially in all its possible states at once. 

Each member of the friendship group presented Howard with an account of what his father wrote to him. Only one of which is true, and they don't tell him which one it is. Howard will forever be in a state of epistemic ambivalence.

Raj: It was a card for your 18th birthday. Inside it said: "Happy birthday, Howard. I love you. Dad." 

Sheldon: It was a map leading to the lost treasure of famous pirate 'One-Eyed Willy'.

Amy: You didn't know it but your father was in the auditorium at your high school graduation and he cried because he was so proud of you.

Penny: It was a letter explaining that your dad wasn't who he said he was. Eventually his other life caught up to him and the only way to keep you and your mom safe was to leave.

Leonard: Your dad wrote about how family is the most important thing and that you should never throw it away like he did. 

Bernadette: Inside the envelope was a picture of your dad holding you the day you were born. On the back he wrote, "Howard, my son, my greatest gift."

S6:E19

Sheldon Cooper's Public Restroom Kit

Contents:

~ Toilet paper
~ Purell (hand sanitiser)
~ Rubber gloves
~ Air freshener
~ Noise cancelling headphones
~ Danger whistle
~ Pepper spray
~ Multi-language 'occupied' sign
~ Seat protectors 
~ Booties for shoes
~ Clothespin for nose
~ Mirror on a stick (to make sure the person in the next stall is not some kind of weirdo)

S8:E19