Monday, September 17, 2012

Expensive cakes. A melancholic Call me Maybe ?



Sunday lunchtime. Half an hour down the motorway to the departmental capital. A mini Paris. A place with a museum full of stuffed birds, an eye wateringly expensive restaurant and the headquarters of the local tax authority. The second and third facts may somehow be related.

 In the square facing the ' fiscales ' a very upmarket patiserrie . Angus eyes a strawberry cake for €40. ' The font ' points out that's $50 at todays exchange rate.We have a coffee instead.

 Every college sports team has done a video lip syncing to ' Call me Maybe ' . A catchy little tune that a lot of us find ourselves, involuntarily, humming as we drive along. What do you think of this version filmed on campus in New Haven ? Clever or melancholic ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itZI6hd_qZs
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18 comments:

  1. WFT NobbySeptember 17, 2012 at 8:05 AM

    One suspects a bloated tax authority...

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2012 at 8:25 AM

    Great song.

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  3. Jo's WorldSeptember 17, 2012 at 8:34 AM

    You really need to get your new pups soon, I just can't handle the endless bakery!

    Cheers,
    Jo

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  4. Bella Roxy & MacduiSeptember 17, 2012 at 9:17 AM

    We hear the song every morning...ad nauseam. The cakes are too steep for our pockets. We'll just enjoy looking at them.

    XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy

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  5. 10NISNE1September 17, 2012 at 9:31 AM

    Not my favorite version, but still very enjoyable.

    The cakes are little works of art.

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  6. CliveSeptember 17, 2012 at 10:04 AM

    Just adore those cakes! One of the things I miss most about living in Brussels - the wonderful cakes available in the local patiserrie. Our local bakery here just isn't the same!

    Good version of Call Me Maybe - have you heard the Obama version? http://youtu.be/hX1YVzdnpEc

    cheers
    Clive & Co

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  7. Whispering WallsSeptember 17, 2012 at 10:12 AM

    Love the look of that fruit tart!

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  8. ~Kim at Golden Pines~September 17, 2012 at 12:19 PM

    I think this version of 'Call Me Maybe' is clever and a lot melancholy, especially on a Monday morning. I wouldn't mind trying each 'version' of the cakes with strawberry!

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  9. houndstoothSeptember 17, 2012 at 1:03 PM

    That's some expensive cake!

    That is a bit melancholy. My favorite version is the one with Corgi Rae! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Dldlfmr3U

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  10. KariSeptember 17, 2012 at 2:37 PM

    The little orange cale! So outrageous! I want it!
    Madly!
    I love your patiserrie photos! The thrill of it all and staying slim too! But, if I were there I'd easily succumb.
    Love to all.

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  11. tammy jSeptember 17, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    a fifty dollar cake. i'm sorry. somehow it loses me in translation.
    gives a whole new meaning to marie antoinette's flip answer . . . "let them eat cake!"
    no wonder she lost her head.
    i would rather eat one of the font's delicious creations.
    or better yet . . . i'd rather sit and share stories about wilf over a dish of coconut
    ice cream.
    love and hugs to my lad,
    tammy j

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  12. Jake of FloridaSeptember 17, 2012 at 3:04 PM

    I enjoyed the singers and musicians having so much fun!

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  13. rottroverSeptember 17, 2012 at 5:24 PM

    I'll take the fruit tart - and I loved that version of the song! I agree with Jake - the singers and musicians looked like they were having a great time. Also enjoyed the US Olympic Swimmers' version and the Romney/Obama version! Is one of the cost centers preforming in the Yale version?

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  14. LouiseSeptember 17, 2012 at 6:00 PM

    Oh my goodness, the tarts look delicious, but I wouldn't pay that kind of money for them.

    I think it is clever, everyone it seems is doing their rendition of this song, so why not the orchestra.

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2012 at 6:10 PM

    Iv'e never seen a black cake before.

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  16. MrsDuncanMahoganySeptember 17, 2012 at 6:35 PM

    That tarte aux fruites look absolutely delicious!

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  17. The Life of RileySeptember 18, 2012 at 6:59 AM

    I'm guessing "the font" thinks in US dollars, not UK pounds. I love the "Tarte Aux Fruits" - it looks delicious and not just because it has Kiwifruit on it. It still amazes me that New Zealand could rebrand a fruit in the 1960's from "Chinese Gooseberry" (which is the name I first learnt) to Kiwifruit (based on our flightless bird). The power of marketingmeant while living in London buying Kiwifruit, from Italy, just didn't seem quite right to this New Zealander!

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  18. UnknownSeptember 18, 2012 at 2:35 PM

    They took one song and turned it into a full-on operatta - brilliant arrangement!

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