Well, I can't put my finger on it but I will say that both featured prominently in my pre-birthday festivities.
Last night I went with a friend to see a production of "John Gabriel Borkman" with Alan Rickman and Fiona Shaw. I'm coming right out and saying that i don't like Ibsen--his plays are silly and overwrought, but on the other hand, this was so Gothic and darkly Norwegian, with shadows and snowscapes, very suggestive, and there was a staggeringly lovely scene of falling snow and a none-too-subtly erotic scene where Borkman listens in closed-eyed ecstasy to a young girl he has procured to play the piano in a private audience in his dark lair, by the light of a dripping candelabra no less...and most importantly, we had the. Best. Seats. Ever.
Not fifteen feet away from Alan Rickman at his gloomy and drawling finest. Wearing a frock coat.
We rounded out the evening with a lovely gossip over a plate of sticky toffee pudding. Have you ever had sticky toffee pudding? The experience of eating it is as erotic as the experience of listening to Alan Rickman's voice.
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Happy birthday, Leah!
My story about losing my stick toffee pudding virginity is here.
Sticky toffee pudding? I've never heard of it but it definitely sounds like something I'd eat... Off to MJ's to read more about it. :-)
Alan Rickman. Have nothing but smiles there.
And Ibsen sounds perfect for this time of year...
Pearl
Happy Birthday Leah!
Sticky toffee pudding and Alan Rickman... Marvelous combination.
Oh Happy Happy...
Oh my god MJ!!! I totally lost my sticky toffee pudding virginity!!!! That's the only way to describe it!!!!!
Pearl, you must MUST try some. Must!!
Thank you dear Princess!!!
Exactly what I was going to say when I saw the title of this post. Sticky-toffee-puddingness of the throat.
PS. Down under we call it Sticky Date Pudding! Bwahahahaha....
I think there were actually some dates in there all chpped up and hidden.
Hazel, lol!
You must have been in seventh heaven, Leah! Rickman so close you could almost reach out and touch him!!! (And in a frock coat, no less!)
Isn't sticky toffee pudding the best??? I love that stuff. :-)
Damn I miss NYC already, you never know who or what you will run in to.
I have never heard of the pudding! You make it sound like an orgasmic delight so I'll have to try and find some.
I saw the title and was like "OHHHH, I know this one!!" I want Both of these things!! ;)
ok, it's your birthday, so i'll try and not let my jealousy overcome my good manners...eventually!
hehehehe happy birthday, hunniebunniee!!! xoxoxoxox
That show is playing in a fantastic venue! Crumbly walls. I, too, am not a big Ibesn fan but might go just to see Fiona Shaw. She's a British national treasure. I saw her (at BAM) doing Beckett's absurd Happy Days. I also caught Ian Mckellen as King Lear there a few years ago. And it's walking distance for you! What a treat!
Not a fan of Ibsen either, days of Hedda Gabler at Uni left a sour taste. Unlike stick toffee pudding which is orgasmic 'tis true. Especially with a mammoth dollop of triple cream. Damn, hungry now.
Oh. My. God.
I'm in heaven with you, vicariously, of course.
as princess said, we call lit sticky date pudding here and as a very small boy liam would call it "dicky date"
we still laugh at the innocent aptness
i was so busy with my story i forgot...
i'm so glad you had a wonderful time :)
Sticky Alan Rickman in a frock coat. Happy, happy birthday.
I've never had sticky toffee pudding. But I love Alan Rickman's seedy insouciance, it's so wonderfully laid back. Can't say I care much for Ibsen either.
Happy Birthday!
Alan and Fiona - interesting duo -who was the butchest?
It's a tough choice between AR and sticky toffee pudding. But since you normally have to share sticky toffee pudding, it has to be AR.
Lovely! I adore Rickman. Happy birthday.
I'm not an Ibsen fan, either. But Rickman rocks.
I know it's banal and cliche at this point, but he's still responsible for the best "spoon" line in film history.
His delicious voice makes me swoon. I'm green with envy. Green.
Dream come true!
The only thing that would have been better is if you'd been out here the very next night for Ann Magnuson's Bowie show...but don't tell anyone I went. I'm not supposed to be spending money. :)
Had to come here to find out what Alan Rickman and sticky toffee pudding had in common- it was a tantalizing hint into your post on someon's side-bar.
I'd like to be as laid-back as Alan Rickman, and how exciting to be in such close proximity!
I've had only one claim to being near a celebrity, Elton John at Heathrow, but have had many encounters with sticky toffee pudding (dicky date! hahah!) and loved them all.
I always remember Alan Rickman in the slightly less highbrow, Robin Hood - prince of thieves, when playing the sheriff of Nottingham he uttered that line, "I want Robin's heart cut out with a spoon."
Meg--wow, the Ann Magnuson Bowie show. Now I am jealous. Very.
I am a bit late, sorry: Happy Birthday, dear Leah!
Sticky Toffee Pudding is one of my absolute favourites! Sublime! Have you tried the Hagen Daaz Sticky Toffee Pudding ice-cream? It's not quite as good ... but still yummy!
Love Alan Rickman and can totally see him in a frock coat.
I haven't heard of sticky toffee pudding, but am off to google it.
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