Where the elite meet
La Cieca recalls the words of her old, old, old friend Eve Harrington: “In good conscience, I must give credit where credit is due.” And far be it for La Cieca to begrudge her cher public something so freely given by Little Miss Evil.
And so, my appreciation goes to all of you little pubes, who indeed deserve the credit for parterre.com’s latest milestone: our highest number of monthly pageviews ever.
And how many times did you (and the rest) look at parterre.com during the month of March 2010? That would be 425,327 times, to be exact.
As for me, I can only say that I am proud and happy and that I regard this great honor not so much as an award for what I have achieved, but as a standard to hold against what I have yet to accomplish.
Lloyd Richards: A Hollywood movie star just arrived.
Margo Channing: Shucks, and I sent my autograph book to the cleaner.
I think All About Eve ends with “Phoebe” holding that award and posing in the mirror(s), no?
Yes, Ana…an unending number of Phoebes ready to give Miss Eve Harrington her due.
Congratulations La C, though I will admit to my addiction as well. Hi, my name is Carlos and I am addicted to Parterre.com. Thank the Goddess for your facebook posts. I look there see that you posted something delicious and then pop over. Kinda cuts down from my every 15 minute routine I had for years so that I didn’t miss a Catty Comment or Queenly Quip.
Yes, I fear the tally does not take into consideration how many times one backs up a screen that must reload, or actual reopening of the home page, just to see if something as been added. No matter… this is a wonderful site view by more people than all those who ever saw Enrico Caruso sing Il Guarrany or Julien.
The unique viewers are 96,606/month on average.
Yes, All About Eve (‘La Malvada’ in Spanish) ends with Phoebe holding the award in front of reflecting mirrors, but that is not the most fun in the movie.
Hello, this is my first reply. I have been coming to this website for all of March delight in topics selected by La Cieca and the mostly professional opinions posted. This applies from current “issues” at the Met to comparisons on various historical, or near historical, figures whom I have not had the pleasure to hear in person.
Sadly I don’t have any specific opera-related experience or education and, for that reason, I have refrained from posting in other threads. I sincerely hope to come back here many more times without ever posting again.
O Vendorune, what a delight it was to see your message first thing. I’m so glad you decided to say something, although it felt something like that first moment of true inter-species communication between the happy monkeys inside the cage with the bemused audience on the outside. (I’m not saying which of us I consider which.) Please feel welcome, and don’t feel held back because of your lack of experience. But if you prefer, just throw us a banana once in a while — you’ll be simple AMAZED at what uses we can put it to.
Re#17–As another relative to this site, I just wanted to tell Ercole and others not to concern yourselves about whether you’ve told particular anecdotes before. You’re getting new readers every day, and we LOVE those posts!
Young, young, young people are very lucky, they have Bette Davis at the click of a finger in the computer. In the fifties and sixties you had to track her down whatever big screen she was on. Later, you had to read TV Guide very carefully so as not to miss a significant Late, Late Show. Ah! La technologie! C’est merveilleux!