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This year's 107 completed public library building projects, like the Fountaindale Public Library District (above left), and 19 academic libraries, such as Elgin Community College's Renner Academic Library & Learning Resources (above right)—completed between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012—display innovative design in partnership with the community and in reference to the past. The data expands to include other costs, storage capacity, and revenue sources, along with our comparative six-year summary. And imagine the ideas you will glean from these galleries of beautiful and striking images. The future is here!
This is an expanded version of the Architecture Issue that appeared in print November 15, 2012. Left opener image: The Fountaindale Public Library District, Bolingbrook, IL. Architect: Nagle Hartray Architecture. Photo: ©2012 Balloggphoto.com. Right opener image: The Renner Academic Library & Learning Resources, Elgin Community College, IL. Architect: Dewberry. Photo: ©2012 Balloggphoto.com.
This year's library architectural landscape encompasses combination spaces, meticulous renovations and restorations, and innovative thinking in the reuse of existing structures. The 107 public library capital projects and 19 academic buildings completed between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012, present fascinating and functioning responses to library service needs that are shaking up the design waterfront.
A number of libraries have gone "open concept," featuring an atrium around which service areas revolve. The new Visitacion Valley Branch Library in San Francisco has a central atrium and arched entryways, while the Spencer Road Branch of St. Charles City–County Library District, MO, has a two-story atrium, a gas fireplace, and a water feature in what it is referring to as its Community Commons. The new Lyman Beecher Brooks Library at Norfolk State University, VA, introduced a three-story atrium along with a circular staircase, glass curtain walls, mobile service desks, and tables that are curved, waved, or elliptical. Malibu Library, CA, has retractable glass walls that open the inside space to the outside reading garden.
Perfect partnerships
Combination spaces in partnership with civic institutions keep the library at the center of the community. The Ocotillo Library and Workforce Literacy Center, Phoenix, provides one access point for the Phoenix Workforce Connection, while the Fairview Park Branch, OH, incorporated a Job & Career Center on the second floor.
The new Millcreek Community Center Library in Salt Lake City joins with a senior center and a café in a building that is state-of-the-art. Several public libraries invoke academic terminology and a unified vibe in referring to their locations as a civic campus. The new West Jordan Library and Viridian Event Center, UT, home to an outdoor amphitheater, overlaps municipal and recreational spaces. Bifold doors connect interior library areas with the outdoor event zones. The Fountaindale Public Library in Bolingbrook, IL, was conceived as a dream environment within its "civic reality." The South County Library in Roanoke, VA, is on a 26-acre parcel of land situated across from an elementary school, adjacent to athletic fields, and accessible by 1100 miles of pedestrian and bike trails. Even the new Chicago Theological Seminary Learning Commons is integrated with chapels and academic and administrative centers.
The renovated Ortega Branch in San Francisco is at the center of a civic plaza that resides near a playground and three schools. The Loveland Public Library, CO, has achieved Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification in its civic center locale. The Ramsey County Library @ New Brighton, MN, also calls a community center collaboration home, inviting patrons to enjoy its fireplace and comfortable reading room.
Talk about partnerships, the Kent Branch of Toledo-Lucas County Public Library transformed into a Library/Technology Access Center through a collaboration with 56 community-focused partners, e.g., Mayor Michael Bell, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, and a dozen local businesses and foundations. Also, it revved up a cybermobile tech classroom on wheels.
Kid stuff
Focusing on our younger users, a creative children's space took center stage at the renovated Farmingdale Public Library, NY, with the installation of a 500 gallon saltwater aquarium. The children's wing at Los Gatos Library, CA, includes a pop-out teen room that is cantilevered over a plaza, providing the teens with great views.
The innovation sphere rocked with Oakland's Rockridge Library Teen Zone, the 9800 square foot teen space at Central Arkansas Library System in Little Rock, the Dansville Public Library, NY, Teen Mezzanine, and New York's Sachem Public Library in Holbrook with its desTEENation.
Student unions
Academic libraries are doing their bit to offer amenities and flexibility for their clientele. Renner Academic Library at Elgin Community College, IL, focused on making connections through social spaces and lounge seating and connecting with nature through courtyard views that make the most of natural light. The Pattee and Paterno Library at Penn State has a demountable wall system that is easily scalable and reconfigurable.
The Richard J. Daley Library at University of Illinois at Chicago offers an IDEA (Information, Data, Expertise, Access) Commons for high-tech collaborations.
The Levi Watkins Learning Center at Alabama State University in Montgomery incorporates open flexible learning spaces with a wide range of exhibit options. A sunken outdoor courtyard with media walls at the Yale University Center for Science & Social Science Information combines three formerly separate spaces.
Innovate while renovating
Many of this year's projects are targeting LEED certification for sustainability or have already achieved it—Topanga Library, CA, Gold; West Hollywood Library, CA, Gold; Manoa Public Library, HI, Gold; Patrick Heath Public Library, Boerne, TX, Gold; and Franklin Avenue Library, Des Moines, reaching a LEED Platinum rating. The Old Town Library in Fort Collins, CO, has carried through on its dream of net-zero energy usage.
The "greenest" library, however, is often the one created from an existing structure and making adaptive reuse of that building. The Lincoln Branch in Peoria, IL, is a restored 1911 Carnegie building, plus a 12,000 square foot addition that features a hot-air balloon theme in the story time room.
Major building projects have brought New Orleans back in part with four new libraries that replaced facilities destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center project managed to restore a historic bungalow and add a library space. The Stone County Library in Crane, MO, is the result of the remodel of a 100-year-old historic-district structure, and the Washington Public Library, MO, reconnected two floors of what was formerly the library and the police department. A new central staircase with glass railings, clerestory windows, a new entryway, and a children's garden/plaza update the facility. The Sherburne Public Library, NY, project restored a 1911 Carnegie building that was originally designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton.
Problem-solving while preserving
After converting a 10,000 square foot chain restaurant, the Union Township Branch in Cincinnati established laptop "touchdown areas" so patrons can make use of the building's Wi-Fi service. The Allendale County Library, SC, was an auto-parts store, and the Otay Ranch Branch Library in Chula Vista, CA, has a three-year "rent free" lease on its former pizza restaurant shopping center site. The Mesa County Palisade Branch, Grand Junction, CO, started out as a lumber yard, but the most impressive conversion project has to be the McAllen Public Library, TX, which transformed an abandoned Walmart store into a 124,000 square foot library, the biggest single-level library in the country.
With movable furnishings, transportable stacks, and flexible configurations, this year's library buildings were designed for long-term service and room to grow. Creativity, innovation, and a big wave to the future.
ARCHITECTS Showcase
AA4 Architects, Carbondale, CO; 970-963-6760; www.a4arc.com
Adjaye Associates, New York; 212-965-8420; www.adjaye.com
Aguirre Roden, Inc., Austin, TX; 512-478-3020; www.aguirreroden.com
Alley Poyner Macchietto, Omaha; 402-341-1544; www.alleypoyner.com
Apicella + Bunton LLC, New Haven, CT; 203-777-2121; www.apicellabunton.com
arcari + iovino architects, Little Ferry, NJ; 201-641-0600; www.aiarchs.com
Architecnics, Inc., Quincy, IL; 217-222-0554; www.architechnicsinc.com
Architectural Nexus, Inc., Salt Lake City; 801-924-5000; wwwarchnexus.com
Architectural Resource Group, Fort Collins, CO; 970-484-0124
Architectural Resources Group, Inc., San Francisco; 415-421-1680; www.argsf.com
Architecture Plus Inc., Honolulu; 808-945-2311
BBaker, Bednar, Snyder & Associates, Warren, OH; 330-856-7222; bakerbednarsnyder.com
BCWH, Richmond; 804-788-4774; www.bcwh.com
Beatty, Harvey, Coco Architects, LLP, Hauppauge, NY; 631-300-1010; www.bhc-architects.com
Beatty, Harvey, Coco Architects, LLP, New York; 212-213-1339; www.bhc-architects.com
Belford Watkins Group, Fort Collins, CO; 970-212-1242; bwgarch.com
Benjamin Design Collaborative, PC, Ames, IA; 515-232-0888; www.benjamin-design.com
BHDP Architecture, Cincinnati; 513-271-45202; www.bhdp.com
Bleigh Construction, Hannibal, MO; 573-221-2247; www.bleighconstruction.com
Bostwick Design Partnership, Cleveland; 216-621-7900; www.bostwickdesign.com
Buehrer Group Architecture & Engineering, Inc., Maumee, OH; 419-893-9021; buehrergroup.com
CCarpet One, Modesto, CA; 209-523-5664
Carlson, West, Povandra, Omaha; 402-551-1500; www.cwparchitects.com
CAS Architecture (Chad Alexander Smith), Grayson, GA; 678-646-7736; www.casarc.com
CBLH Design, Cleveland; 440-243-2000; cblhdesign.com
Larry Chilese, Lincoln, NE; 402-474-6885Clark Nexsen, Norfolk, VA; 757-455-5800; www.clarknexsen.com
Colley Architects, Blacksburg, VA; 540-953-2724; www.colleyarch.comCollins Cooper Carusi, Atlanta; 404-873-0001;collinscoopercarusi.com
Colome & Associates, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL; 561-833-9147; www.colome-architect.com
Cornerstone Architecture, Saint Peters, MO; 636-244-4045; www.cornerstonearchitecture.com
Crafton Tull, Oklahoma City; 405-787-6270; www.craftontull.com
Craig Gaulden Davis, Greenville, SC; 864-242-0761; www.cgdarch.com
Crawford & Stearns, Syracuse, NY; 315-471-2162; www.crawfordstearns.com
DJanice Davis Design LLC, Brooklyn; 917-520-7354; www.janicedavisdesign.com
Joe DeVorss Construction, Spickard, MO 64679; 660-635-0585
Dewberry Architects Inc., Elgin, IL; 847-695-5840; www.dewberry.com
durkin + durkin, llc, Phoenix; 602-254-8644; durkin-durkin.com
EEllis, Ricket & Associates, Valdosta, GA; 229-242-3556; www.eraarchitects.com
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, New Orleans; 504-561-8686; eskewdumezripple.com
FFarnsworth Group, Peoria, IL; 309-689-9888; www.f-w.com
FEH Associates, Inc., Sioux City, IA; 712-252-3889; www.fehassociates.com
Ford3 Architects, LLC, Princeton, NJ; 609-924-0043; www.ford3.com
GGant Brunnett Architects, Baltimore; 410-234-8444; www.gba-architects.com
Gensler, Boston; 617-619-5744; www.gensler.com/boston
Gensler, Houston, TX; 713-844-0000; www.gensler.comGkk Works, Pasadena, CA; 626-666-6906; gkkworks.com
Gould Evans, San Francisco; 415-503-1411; www.gouldevans.com
Gould Evans Affiliates, P.A., Kansas City, MO; 816-931-6655; www.gouldevans.com
Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning, Inc., South San Francisco; 650-871-0709; www.g4arch.com
HH3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, New York; 212-677-6030; www.h3hc.com
Harley Ellis Devereaux, Chicago; 312-951-8863; harleyellisdevereaux.com
Harvard Jolly Architecture, St. Petersburg, FL; 727-896;4611; www.harvardjolly.com
hatch ulland + owen, Austin, TX; 512-474-8548; huoarchitects.com
HBM Architects, Cleveland; 216-241-1100; hbmarchitects.com
HGA Architects & Engineers, Minneapolis; 612-758-4000; www.hga.com
Calvin L. Hinz, Architects, PC, Elkhorn, NE; 402-291-6941; www.clarchitects.com
HMC, Ontario, CA; 909-989-9979; hmcarchitects.com
Horn Architects, Washington, MO; 636-239-0309; www.hornarchitects.com
Humphries Poli Architects, Denver; 303-607-0040; www.hparch.com
Hutteball & Oremus, Kirkland, WA; 425-828-8948; www.hoarch.com
Jjdms, inc., Sumter, SC; 803-773-3318; firstname.lastname@example.com
Johnson Favaro, Culver City, CA; 310-559-5720; johnsonfavaro.com
JRCA Architects, Inc., Salt Lake City; 801-533-2100; www.jrcadesign.com
KKA Oldham Design Inc., Newnan, GA; 770-683-9170; www.kaod.com
KBA, Inc., Cincinnati; 513-752-7800; www.kbainc.com
Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt, Syracuse, NY; 305-446-9205; www.khhpc.comKlingner Associates, Quincy, IL; 217-223-3670; www.klingner.com
LLaBella Associates, PC, Rochester, NY; 585-454-6110; labellapc.com
Lee Ledbetter & Associates, New Orleans; 504-566-9669; www.leeledbetter.com
Lerner Ladds Bartels, Pawtucket, RI; 401-421-7715; llbarch.com
LPA Architecture, Irvine, CA; 949-261-1001; www.lpainc.com
LWPB Architecture, Oklahoma City; 405-722-7270; www.lwpb.com
MMcGEE DESIGNHOUSE, Inc. (Melinda McGee), Carmel, IN; 317-502-6763; www.mcgeedesignhouse.com
MHTN Architects, Inc., Salt Lake City; 701-595-6700; www.mhtn.comMoody Nolan (Mark R. Beebe), Indianapolis; 317-916-4082; www.moodynolan.com
Moseley Architects, Virginia Beach; 757-368-2800; www.moseleyarchitects.com
MS&R Ltd. (Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd.), Minneapolis; 612-375-0336; msrltd.com
NNagle Hartray Architecture, Chicago; 312-425-1000; www.naglehartray.com
NHB Group, LLC, Birmingham, AL; 205-264-9988; www.nhbgroup.net
Noll & Tam Architects, Berkeley, CA; 510-542-2200; www.nollandtam.com
OOCO Architects, San Antonio; 210-829-1737; www.ocoarchitects.com
Office Interiors & Design, Lincoln, NE; 402-484-7500; www.oidinc.com
OZ Architecture, Denver; 303-861-5704; www.ozarch.com
PPacific Design Associates, Inc., Modesto, CA; 209-557-2288; www.pacdesign-aia.com
Paragon Architecture Inc., Springfield, MO; 417-885-0002; www.paragon-architecture.com
Paulett Taggart Architects, San Francisco; 415-956-1116; ptarc.com
Perry Dean Rogers | Partners Architects, Boston; 617-423-0100; www.perrydean.com
Poepping Stone Bach & Associates, Quincy, IL; 217-223-4605; www.psba.com
John Portman & Associates, Atlanta; 404-614-5555; www.portmanusa.com
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Water Scarcity
Water Scarcity
All but the most desert-adapted mammals require free water for their survival. Bats are particularly susceptible to physiological water stress due to their large body surface to volume ratio and water loss through their wing membranes.
Research has documented bats losing up to 30% of their body weight in a 12 hour period due to evaporative water loss. Insectivorous bats - which comprise almost 75% of the 1,300+ known bat species and 44 of the 47 species in the U.S. and Canada--are especially susceptible as they receive less metabolic water from their food than bats that feed on fruit or nectar. Pregnant and lactating bats, a key demographic to maintaining population levels, experience the highest levels of water stress.
Because bats drink while in flight, they can only drink from water sources that are unobstructed and pooled or slow-moving, further restricting the availability of suitable drinking sites. In arid and semi-arid regions, the availability of water and its associated riparian foraging habitat can have pronounced effects on bat abundance, distribution, diversity, community structure, and habitat use. Long-term research on insectivorous bats in the western U.S. found reproductive fitness declined significantly with diminishing surface water.
The distribution and abundance of natural water sources in the West has decreased dramatically over the past century, even before the threat of changing climate, due primarily to expanding human settlement and associated natural resource uses such as turn of the century overgrazing, irrigation agriculture, and urban and exurban development. Bats are opportunistic, and while natural water sources have disappeared, bats will also drink from human-made water sources. In much of the West, bats now rely on water sources developed for livestock such as troughs and stock ponds, and they'll also drink from constructed waters such as reservoirs, settling ponds, swimming pools, and other impoundments. Natural water sources however have additional value to bats due to their accompanying riparian (water associated) habitat, a high-quality foraging habitat not often associated with constructed waters.
Unfortunately, the abundance, distribution, and availability of all water sources, both natural and constructed, are all decreasing due to the effects of changing climate and competing resource uses. According to the International Panel on Climate Change, the western U.S., and the Southwest in particular, have experienced 70% more warming than the average global increase for the 20th century, and this warming has been linked to changing precipitation patterns, including precipitation intensity and extremes and changes in soil moisture and runoff (i.e. surface water). The quantity of rainfall has decreased over the last century in the western U.S., and the climate models for the 21st century are consistent in projecting a continuing decrease in precipitation, river runoff, and water availability. If accurate, these trends portend severe impacts to regional bat populations.
BCI is working on climate adaptation measures that will increase the distribution and quantity of clean, accessible, and reliable water and associated riparian habitat for bats in the face of changing climate through a combination of outreach, capacity building, and on the ground conservation. Over the last decade, BCI's Water for Wildlife Program has worked with dozens of private and public forest and range managers across the west to ensure that tens of thousands of livestock water developments, now an essential water source for western bats, provide safe and accessible water for bats.
BCI has also trained hundreds of western natural resource managers in techniques for restoring and creating wetland and pooled water drinking and foraging habitat for bats, and has collaborated with dozens of agencies and organizations to actively create or restore water resources at dozens of the most species rich and water-limited sites in the West. BCI's new Public Lands Program will expand these efforts and ensure that the conservation of bat populations and water resources are incorporated into federal natural resource management policy and planning on the more than 600 million acres of public forest, desert, and rangelands across the West.
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Water for Wildlife: A Handbook for Ranchers and Range Managers
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Habitat
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
International Bats & Arid Lands Working Group (link coming soon)
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Julia Child Considered The Julie/Julia Project 'a Stunt'
July 20, 2009, 12:00 pm 97 Comments
Publisher's Weekly spoke to Judith Jones, Senior Editor and Vice President at Alfred A. Knopf, and Julia Child's editor and confidante, who shared her recollection of Child's feelings on Julie Powell's blog:
Jones says Child did not approve of Powell's cook-every-recipe-in-one-year project. The editor and author read Powell's blog together (Julie and Julia was published a year after Child's 2004 death). "Julia said, 'I don't think she's a serious cook.' " Jones thinks there was a generational difference between Powell and Child. "Flinging around four-letter words when cooking isn't attractive, to me or Julia. She didn't want to endorse it. What came through on the blog was somebody who was doing it almost for the sake of a stunt. She would never really describe the end results, how delicious it was, and what she learned. Julia didn't like what she called 'the flimsies.' She didn't suffer fools, if you know what I mean."
Also, we can't help but call out the hideous
modification of wraparound on the cover of Mastering The Art of French Cooking (buy at Amazon) to promote the film Julie & Julia — is nothing sacred?
Update: Matt in the comments informs us that it's just "a wraparound band on the cover promoting the movie. Take it off and it's just 'Mastering The Art Of French Cooking'." That's not so bad then.
Earlier on Eat Me Daily
Tags: Judith Jones, Julia Child, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell
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Oh, dear. It's the 40th anniversary edition, too. Poor Julia.
I whole heartedly agree with Julia's sentiments. J&J Project is totally unreadable for anyone who loves and appreciates cooking and food. Flimsies indeed.
I thought I was the only one who thought that! I couldn't read it. I tried. It was just a bunch of ranting from a very angry person, in my opinion. Very disappointed.
Me too. I assure you. You are not the only one who couldn't read it. Made it to page 95 and considered it a triumph. Then, I brought it back to the bookstore for a full refund!
I haven't read Julie/Julia but that ugly book cover alone probably has Ms. Child rolling in her grave. I might give the Julie/Julia movie the benefit of the doubt because of Meryl Streep though.
Eek. That kind of hurts... I reckon if you pitch the jacket cover the hardback cover is unmodified, though. I understand the value of the cross-marketing potential, and pity the apparent death throes of the publishing industry, but this is a serious toughie. For a lot of folks, this is like cross-branding a Holy Bible with the Jesus du jour. The saving grace is that Streep does not make for a strange bedfellow with Child, their contributions are on the same level of quality and authenticity. In Powell's defense, the generation gap is not something to be underplayed. Not to say that Child couldn't possibly understand Powell, but Powell's effort was seriously authentic as well, in its own way.
AMEN. the book cover, to me, is just the final straw...
I just got copies of the books at a giveaway and you can take comfort in knowing that the book shown above only has a wraparound band on the cover promoting the movie. Take it off and it's just "Mastering The Art Of French Cooking".
Thanks for the info!
Astonishing. This makes Mr. Henderson's well wishes for my site all the more dear to me.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who didn't like the book. I've only found good reviews on it, but when I started reading, Julie's utter disdain for the families of the 9/11 victims was very disturbing and insulting. Although none of my family or friends were hurt, I was in NY during that time and had friends whose family members who were hurt or went missing from the event and the rescue efforts. Later I worked with the NYS Museum on their commemorative exhibit and the feelings attributed to objects by survivors and family members was dizzying! To glorify this heartlessness was so frustrating that I didn't even get half way through the book.
Me too. I was dumbfounded by her lack of compassion. You got farther than me though. I slammed it down when she told her husband to "F....Off!" on Page 95. I said, "Enough!"
I didn't read the book but to be fair when working at a call center can do that to anyone. The compassion gets drained from you. I am sure working at a call center in that particular field you'd have to force yourself to detach just to keep from crying with every caller.
I have to completely agree with this comment. After being beat up on a daily basis from customer or callers, it is emotionally draining and you need to let out your frustrations somehow. I'm sure if she had not been working that job, she would have felt differently.
I didn't read Julie Powell's book -- I had the audio CDs and listened to her read it while I commuted 'cause I was so interested in what that experience had been.
It didn't surprise me in the least when she got to the part where JC declined to meet Powell. I wouldn't have either. And it wasn't about how seriously or unseriously she regarded food. She just sounded like a whiney, overly entitled, self-absorbed person. And more than a little obsessive.
I know that's a hard thing to say. I wouldn't say it if I had been reading the book in my own imagined voice -- I'd think I might not be being fair. But when it was her own version of what her intentions are... At some point you've got to let the chips fall where they are. ::shrug::
Meanwhile, if you read Child's nephews reconstructions of JC's Paris diaries you've got to fall in love with such an exciting woman and generous soul. Julia's the real deal. She deserves better than to be defined for a new generation by this wannabe.
I agree completely. Julia's biography was delightful! She was the antithesis of Julie! Love, love, loved that book!
Why didn't they just make the movie about Julia Child, she's the interesting one! I realize this is based on a book, but honestly, I could care less about a blog writer. I want to hear about her Julia given that her life story is actually very interesting and inspiring.
First of all, this isn't news. Julie wrote about learning about Julia's rejection of the idea of the project in the book.
Second, let me interrupt the pile-on in progress by saying that the Julie-Julia project was inspirational to me and I think to a lot of other readers. In particular, @Gastronomer, I think you paint with too broad a brush. Lots of us love food, writing, and honesty. Not every cook can attend Cordon Bleu--in fact, most American cooks have their learning experiences with food mediated through cookbooks, and what Julie showed us was that you could set a high goal, accomplish it, and change yourself through it.
Raven Rose
Right On! I loved the movie and found it very inspiring from both Julie and Julia's stories. I think it's completely rude of Julia to be such a snob about the meeting, she obviously made a huge impression on Julie, and that's no way to treat a fan.
Bon Appetit!
Because of the generational difference, maybe that's the reason yuo think Julia was being "snobbish". The movie, which I saw the other day, was quite a treat, but I was searching around the internet and found the blog of Julie (wasn't that hard to find, actually) and I didn't get why she wasn't writing about the actual food. She seemed to be writing about her life first, and kind of wrapping that story around the point of the blog. I had to go very far back to see just names of some entrées she was going to be preparing that night. I couldn't bear to try harder to find anything like "describing the end results, how delicious it was, and what she learned". Saying "I cooked this-and-that from Julia's cookbook and it went well" doesn't really seem like something someone would look at seriously, and I don't wonder why Julia was angered at this. I'm not saying Julie didn't risk things, I'm saying Julia really risked things. And the movie was a bit of a disillusionment. I was so heartbroken when Amy adams uttered, "Julia hates me!" but when I looked around and saw what was actually written in the blog I thought, "I wouldn't be too fond of you, meself".
Also, it's good that this story is inspiring, because either way you look at it, it is about setting goals and staying with them, and hopefully making yourself a better person/ finding something great in yourself in the process. I don't want to seem like I'm spitting on Julie Powell, I'm just not disagreeing with Julia Child. If she was writing a blog about cooking, she should've focused on the food more. Of course, write about your life, and it's especially interesting to see how it's being affected by something like this, but don't write solely about how you lost your job.
But this is my personal opinion and I don't expect anyone to agree with me.
Wow. I'm surprised at all of the negativity I've seen directed at this whole thing. Make no mistake, I hate the new MtAoFC cover as much as the next person, but Julie Powell? I totally get her. The book wasn't really supposed to be about food, and Julie never claimed to be any sort of real chef. She was a person who was floundering around and looking for a reason to wake up in the morning and go to her secretarial at the "government agency" that oversaw the aftermath of 9/11. God, I'd find that so incredibly draining. This project brought her back to life, and then completely changed it. Julia Child inspired someone so different and disconnected from her, and that? Is awesome. I, for one, would love to have my own personal "Julia" rattling around in the apartment of my brain. I know a lot of people (Julia Child being one of them)don't get it, and that's ok. I know it spoke to at least one person!
Why are serious foodies acting as if you have to take sides (it's either Child or Powell) but why not see the good in both? I love Julia Child, I watched her cooking shows all through my childhood & reading her book, My Life in France, confirmed just how amazing she really was...but this doesn't mean I can't be inspired by Julie Powell too.
I do agree about the wrap around on the book though. When I walked past a huge Julie & Julia display on my way to work I gasped (but really I am almost NEVER on board for slapping a photo from a book-adaptation movie onto the book...it just feels cheap).
I got no love for Julie Powell, necessarily, but to hear her complaining about the swears is pretty hilarious. Wasn't Julia Child, especially as a young woman, notoriously ribald and blunt?
Princess Crazypants
Hey if Julia Child went around saying "f" this and "F" that and saying stuff like "Sh*t" and "Jesus F'n CHRIST" then why isn't MERYL STREEP saying it all in the film? For that matter, why is Amy Adams not giving us a dose of Julie POwell's trench mouth?
Because the movie is a "softer" Julie. See interview with Julie Powell here: http://www.bordersmedia.com/bookclub/powell
The part about "Julie/Julia the Movie is where she says that the character in the movie is NOT her.
The real Julie probably would not be very appetizing to the general public, and the movie would be rated "R".
Rob the Cook
Oh lord, I smell something cooking and it isn't from Child's book. I've spent most of my life in NYC and you self righteous NY snobs make me want to puke. And for the record I'm shocked that Child herself wouldn't welcome another take on her book and her life. Julie Powell may not be a cook, a great writer (I didn't read her book), or even a great person...but the jealousy simmering from you Carol because Powell has a best seller and you do not is really f'ing gross. Viva Julia and Viva Julie.
Hey Rob, I am sorry if I offended you. I am not sure why you think I would be jealous or want to have a bestseller? I am just a reader and had an opinion. It doesn't make me jealous because I have an opinion, does it? I feel really misunderstood, and that makes me pretty darn sad this morning.
Also, I'm not from NY, never even been there. Just didn't like the book. I ran into a lady at an office when I was buying the tickets to the movie that thought she was a real "prude" for not liking Julie's book. She is not even a super conservative person (or a snob). She was just really disturbed by it, and she was a lot farther than I was and said it got much worse.
Back to Julie Powell. If you read all my comments, you can see that I do think that Julie did a great thing by bringing Julia Child's cookbook back off the book shelf. She had a brilliant idea, and I applaud her for that alone. I am just sorry that her book will probably not appeal to the general public (I am not sure what a NY snob is, to tell you the truth).
My friend came here and saw your angry post and told me about it. Again, I am very sorry for offending you. I would be happy to resolve this in private if you feel that is necessary.
RJ Johnson
With the state of the country, WHO CARES? Go call your Congressperson...do something for someone who has NOTHING!
Which makes me wonder why YOU are commenting and not out saving the world? Are you going on every site that has nothing to do with your agenda and wagging your finger? It's quite a bore, but you've probably been told that already.
andrea 3
If Julie hadn't been writing about a famous person, hardly anyone might have noticed her blog so one is left with an uncertainty over whether this is "poaching." When Julia Child refused to meet Julie she was elderly and ill and blogging was a brand new phenomenon. Had this happened today, Julia might have met Julie. Whether or not she'd have liked her we'll never know.
I am finally reading "Julie and Julia" after hearing so much about the book. I cannot get over the cold personality of Julie Powell. The comments about 9/11 were cruel and hurtful. Whatever happened to compassion? I hope Amy Adams will make Julie much warmer than in the book. Also, clean up your language Julie..
I just saw the movie today, and it's very obvious that it was, indeed, a stunt. There was so much more substance and style to Julia Child than Ms. Powell seems even close to possessing, although, to be fair, Child was 49 when MTAOFC was published, so Powell has time to create her own identity.
i think that it wasn't a stunt. the way that the movie Julie&Julia portrays the story, that Julie's intentions were fantastic and she DID do it for the sake of cooking and that you all are extremely hard on her. plus its her first book. Depending on what you define as a "stunt", i think she did do that to get somewhat known or get published but why is that bad??? I think maybe she should be questioned but ganging up on people is hardly exceptable which is why i don't care too much for these comments because you don't even know either women personoally or know what either was thinking or what exactly happened. personally, i think it is a charming story....most of it.
True North
Women being hard on another woman. So sad but so prevalent. Cmon ladies, let's show a little support for one another.
In some way or another, every blog, including this one, is a publicity stunt. In fact, every kind of publication is a publicity stunt. That is true for all books, both Powell's, Child's, this blog, and every book out there. It is a means for getting other people to read, listen, or watch you.
It is sad that Child, who claimed she set out to share her joy of food with Americans who didn't know how to cook, took such a negative attitude toward Powell who was setting out to do just that. To me, it definitely casts a shadow on an otherwise extraordinary life.
I have seen the movie, but I think it is ridiculous to think that the movie gives anyone insight into either Childs or Powell. It is a movie. For entertainment. Nora Ephron is not a biopic movie producer. She is a feel-good movie producer and that is what she did. The same goes for the books and the blog. Powell didn't write everything about her life on the blog, and neither wrote every detail about their life in their books. It is crazy for anyone to think they 'know' either of these people.
A Friend
One of the rare books I couldn't finish. Mrs. Child suffered no fools. She was direct and straight forward to a fault. A passion for food and cooking was everything. Judith Jones hit it on the head. Make no bones about it, Mrs. Child had her wits about her enough to know what this woman's intentions were. After reading the book when it first came out, it was obvious that someone figured out how to ride on the long strings of her apron. I don't know Ms. Powell, but I was fortunate enough to know Julia. An indelible person on my soul and a positive force in my life.
You knew Julia! Well, by all means, share with us how you knew her, what you learned. How exciting to have known her!!!
Katheen Tsitsilianos
I have just seen the film Julie/Julia and felt that it was a lovely film. Meryl Streep did an admirable job and I enjoyed so much learning more about Julia Child as I grew up watching her early shows on television. I think it is a shame that the two never met, Julie and Julia I mean. The film portrays Julie as idolizing Julia.
The movie is not the real Julie though.
To my mind, the difference between Julia and Julie is not generational -- it's a matter of quality. Julia was authentic, passionate, intelligent -- it was about the cooking, the experience, the expression. Meeting and maintaining a standard. Not about HER. What a concept!
Julie, on the other hand, is the opposite. Rain down curses upon my head, but blogging is a blight, and is, in the high majority of cases, not writing. Any yahoo can start a blog, and any yahoo does. The Internet has destroyed the line between an opinion and an informed opinion. Julie pulled a stunt, she came up with a gimmick and wrangled herself a deal. Look at how she came to get her book published, and look at how Julia went about it. It's the difference between smoke and substance. It has nothing to do with Julia's age or infirmity. She saw something cheap being attached, not only to herself, but to something she loved and respected. Such standards are dying with the Julia Childs of the world.
And by the way, how do any of us know that Julie really cooked those dishes, someone that self-obsessed and whiny is not going to bone a duck and prepare it en croute...
Blogs are a blight? If they are so bad, why are you reading one and commenting on it?
And Julia Child didn't cook all the recipes in MTAFC either. Remember, she had two co-authors.
Shirley Jackson
My husband and I just saw Julia/Julie at the movies and loved it. While I would have enjoyed it just as much if not more with just the Julia part, I think perhaps the intertwining of the two stories may also draw the younger crowd to see the movie and learn a lot about Julia Child which they may not have done otherwise. Meryl Streep did a fantastic job playing Julia Child and made me want to go look up everything I could find about her. Whether the original blog was simply a means for a young dissatisfied woman to get a let up in the literary world I don't know, but it seems to me that in a way she was doing the same as Julia Child--trying to find her niche' in the world.
I think everyone is taking this too seriously. Who doesn't try a gimmick now and then to get yourself noticed? I saw the movie and loved it. I also liked Julia Child when I was growing up but I don't feel the need to "choose" between Julia and Julie. Julie P did something very interesting and they made a movie about it. See the movie with an open mind......don't feel like you are betraying Julia C by liking the movie...I think Streep will win an award for her portrayal...loosen up and enjoy the film...it is a new tribute to a wonderful person and I , for one, am glad this generation will at least know who Julia Child is.
Here, here! I agree. This is going to lead people to explore French Cuisine! MTAOFC would have remained on my library shelves gathering dust. Now, it will be a hot book.
I think Julie had a brilliant idea. I do believe she cooked every recipe too. I just wish she would have had an editor who would have cleaned the book up a bit. It just is so crass. That is my only complaint.
Lisa Eichman
I agree with Julia's sentiments too. I just saw the movie and came away feeling that Julie Powell is nothing more than an egotist seeking attention - what a spoiled brat!!!! (And I'm sure they cleaned her up for the movie.) She is NOT a serious cook and Julia was right to not endorse the project! As for the move, I would much rather have seen a movie based on Julia Child's life in France with the cast used in those seens in "Julie & Julia"!! There is hope for that, though. I seem to remember an "American Masters" production (from PBS) that focused on Julia and Paul Child's life and how she became an American icon. So maybe we'll get a movie someday too.
I don't endorse the movie....but you have to admit Julia Child is once again popular. Before watching the movie I read the book Julie/Julia and hunted down my VHS from my basement to watch with my family The French Chef...all 54 episodes. I then cooked Julia's boeuf bourguignon in honor of julia child and judith jones after watching the movie. this is what all the hype about julie/julia did for me.
A Friend
Passion. You see it in a painting. You read it in a book. You taste and revel in flavors introduced to your tongue as if for the first time. Old flavors mingled with new techniques and imagination brought on by the passions of the cook and chef. That is what Mrs. Child brought to the people in this country. The sparkle in her eye catching the excitement in something as simple as a perfectly risen souffle. That is what Julia was like. Eyes of a surprisingly, brillaint cornflower blue. A stoop, possibly from standing over a myriad of stovetops. Never tiring. Never tired. And you knew to never utter that profane word 'tired' for you'd be reprimanded by a frozen stare. Julia was passion, energy and had a tireless thirst for knowledge regarding all things food and to those that shared that passion and same spark. To gain a true insight read Appetite for Life by Noel Riley Fitch and Backstage With Julia written by Nancy Verde Barr.
I just saw the movie and LOVED IT! Found it very inspirational. I think alot of the pissing and moaning going on in this chat is based on one thing, JEALOUSY! Enough Said!
The film proves that you don't necessarily need to be a great writer to be successful, but you do need a great idea. Julie Powell had one. But it's Julia Child who had a lasting impact on American society. I suspect the film will give a whole new lease on life to Beef Bourguignon.
LOL! So true! I am going to attempt it tonight. I don't know why I am afraid to do it though. MTAOFC is #1 on Amazon now. Amazing.
Barbara E
Thank you for validating something I personally got in reading Powell's (later) blog. Caveat: I've never read Powell's year-of-cooking blog.
I watched the movie yesterday and the Powell character (Adams) seemed not at all like the person whose blog I scanned through last night. I think that Julia was a very astute and confident woman who trusted her instincts. I believe those instincts were correct in this case.
I just came home from seeing Julie and Julia...I LOVED the movie. I wondered why Julia didn't want to meet Julie so I googled it. I was disappointed to find out the reason. I agree with Pam...enjoy the movie...enjoy Julia Child's cook book. After reading these comments I probably won't read Julie's book...but I would see the movie again. I don't think Julie was pulling a "stunt"...I think she needed to sort something in her life out and with the help of Julia Child...she did. She said she was going to cook every recipe and blog about her experience...she did in the way it affected HER...she didn't promice anything else. She set a goal and achieved it. God Bless Julia Child..and lots of luck to Julie.
Once art is out there, the creator no longer controls it and its value is determined by each individual. The same with anything that is created. So if Julie Powell found solace, salvation, a new way of being, and love for the Julia she got to know through the recipes, isn't that wonderful all by itself? Once Mastering the Art of French Cooking was public, it ceased to be Julia Child's sole property. She was entitled to her own opinion (as it is relayed by others), but it doesn't and shouldn't change the value of what Julie Powell created. I think it's wonderful and inspiring that Julie Powell undertook the project and shared it with us. Loved the movie, too. However sparsely, it contextualized Julia Child for me in so many ways, and made me love her more, too.
Open your hearts, people.
Mary Arulanantham
I read the book and didn't like Julie Powell as she presented herself--self-absorbed and brittle. Loved the movie, and I think Meryl Streep's Julia is supposed to be the Julia as idolized in Julie's imagination. Nevertheless, it is interesting that Julie nearly wrecked her marriage over this project, all in the name of cooking!?! While Julia Child may have been flawed in her own ways (we all are, right?), her aim was to share the joy that that first taste of sole meurnier (sp?) brought to her when Americans were in love with the scientific ease of mixes and short cuts. Julia and Paul may have suffered over how long it took Julia to bring her book to fruition, but I doubt they missed the joy of the food, as Powell seems to--over and over.
Andrew Gordon
My wife dragged me to the movie last night. I couldn't care less about cooking, but I loved the movie. What Julie Powell has done is make Julia Child live for another generation! Whether you like Julie's personality or not, she has done us all a favor by drawing attention once again to the larger-than life personality that was Julia Child.
Theater Goer and wanna-be-chef
Well, I just saw the movie. I thought is was cute. I am not into this debate on who is who and what is what but I can tell you that it expanded my mind in my wanting to try and learn 'real cooking'.
Opened me to the joy that others can make in your life and you don't even have to know them. From what I gather Julie's language in her book is, well, "colorful", does that make her less or just real? I think that is what I take from the whole thing and looking over what others have written is Julie is as real to these days as Julia was to those past. Neither better nor worse (ok, well personally I think these days are worse). So what can we all take now from both of them and how do we change our worlds or those around us by our experience?
I love the idea that they both shared something they were passionate about! Take the good, let go of the bad and make a better day- I think both Julie and Julia would agree with that.
Cooking in NYC
Ok, people. Saw the movie. Loved Street and Tucci....and who wouldn't love JULIA CHILD...remember her as a kid in those PBS Shows.
Don't give a hoot about Julie Powell - whether she did this as a stunt - or where she goes from here.
Sorry that Julia Child was distressed by her. The woman definitely didn't need that in her last years.
BUT - the story did bring to the forefront ......more interest (40 year anniversary or not) ... in Mastering the Art of French Cooking...and Julia Child, the woman: Who she was, what she accomplished, represented, and what she did to help American women stop opening cans plus feeding their kids TV dinners. (Trust me...those Swanson TV Dinners were pretty bad...except for the ... very tiny ... dessert. Then again, I was a fat little kid.)
What a bigger than life woman! I've never stopped to remember her shows without smiling...and I never took up cooking seriously until last year.........at an older age than Julia when she started.
So let's end of a high note, shall we? That's what Julia would have done.....
Beef Bougeon anyone? :)
While I enjoyed the movie Julie Powell has an agenda and some obvious psychotic issues. So many issues that they had to tone her character way down in the movie.
Julia Child on the other hand is an example for all to follow.
She is and was a person of integrity and highest character.
Her marriage and her love and caring for everyone was her shining light.
I can totally understand Julia Child having a problem with cheapening her work and Powell using her celebrity as a horse to ride. Julie rode in on Julia Childs back of great work, fame and reputation.
So many people hate Powells narcissitic writing, her hateful tone on Republicans, her foul mouth as she laughs all the way to the bank.
One of the only good things Powell did is make it possible for a self centered publisher and movie studio to shine a light on one of Americas true heroes, and great people. Julia and her husband. What wonderful true American heroes.
The true Julie Powell is not in the movie. She is a clueless psychotic deceiving many people.
True North
Psychotic? Really?
PS Wouldn't using an episode with Jacques Pépin and Julia in the kitchen been nice to put in.
The times those two cooked together should be on Comedy Central.
They sparred and cooked had fun and made fun of each other with such grace and style.The respect, admiration and love for each other showed a great friendship.
Done for now another thought.
Julie Powell never talked about the food the eating the experience in her writing. She was too busy being dime store psycho fixed.
Julis Childs whole premise was her wonderful realness, confidence, grace and style and she was always teaching while being SO comfortable in her skin.
She is the antithisis of Julie Powell.
Julie Powell could be described as the anti-Christ or the opposite of Julia.
I give Powell credit if she truly was trying to be more like Julia. But it still seems so fake in her writing and not talking about the food etc.
Dale Mack
I just watched Julie & Julia and liked it, but I have to admit I could have done with a little Julie and more about Julia. I have read every book about Julia Child and that alone would be interesting. But overall, you must admit, like Julie Powell or not, she has brought Julia Child to an entirely new generation and, no doubt, sold a few more copies of her classic cookbook. That's not a bad thing.
julia hater
i think you all are horrible. this woman is just doing this for the love of cooking and if you havent even read the blog how can you hate it. you should all be ashamed.
Horrible? Really? A bit strong, don't you think? And there's plenty worse things to be ashamed about. Truth is blogging is always at least a bit narcissistic and Julie is no Julia. What the blog, movie, book and controversy illuminate is the blight of shallow reality show/blog/MeMeMe culture where image is all, publicists craft reality, and we confuse true greatness with fame. I don't know who Julie really is, and I don't really care. Julia Child will endure because she is talented and funny and strong and real. If Julie is really a writer, she'll endure. If not, she'll become a footnote to a great woman's life.
Julie is just somebody who decided they were going to get their 15 minutes of fame at any cost. She never intended on being a chef, and frankly thank god. She just rumaged through her junk until she found the first thing she thought she could make money on.
I am grateful that Julia Child is being brought back into the spotlight. But this would have happened anyway if a movie was made about just her life (which is what we all wanted to see anyway :)
I have not read the blog and honestly I am not much of a reader so I probably will never read the book. I don't think Julie ever wanted to be a chef and it was definitely a brave undertaking. I do think that it was due to a generational gab that Julia did not understand it. I am only 24 and the idea of blogging is a little annoying to me. I think Julie was probably just frustrated with her situation and she wanted something to keep her going and feel relevent. I loved the movie and if this book/blog was what made it possible, I am glad it was written.
I saw the movie today, (loved it) and read the book last weekend at our summer cottage. I enjoyed the complete enjoyment of both of them. Makes me want to cook up a storm (even my hubby wants to help me). Julie and julia carry me away aka Calgon!
The movie was a delight---no violence, unless you call the "Lobster scene" violent......my hubby and I thoroughly enjoyed it! As for all of the blog-haters of Julie....you all need to relax and just go and enjoy a recipe or two of Julia's.....Bon Appetit!
True North
Psychotic and the anti-Christ? What's going on here? Is this a town hall meeting or something?
Gene De Lisa
so what's up with boiling bacon for the boeuf bourguignon?
what does that accomplish besides removing flavor? Was 1961 bacon different from now?
I read the book - and I'm astonished that in 2009 so many people are offended by swearing. Really people? Have you not used the F word? Never heard it? OMG, coming upon these comments, I thought I had interrupted a church social circa 1926. I think American needs to unpucker its butt a little.
Julie Powell had a great idea - and she had the ability to write about it and gain a following. Sue her. Julia Child is now a household name and entity to an entire generation who didn't experience her first hand.
she's not the best writer, and she's not the worst. It isn't the best book I've ever read and it isn't the worst. She isn't the sweetest and nicest person in the world - and she isn't the most hateful and horrible. Really people - these strong opinions? Seems like some of the folks here have some issues.
I think that the opinions here are based out of jealousy and although no-one has said it yet - I think people are reacting to Julie Powells dislike of the Republican party. If you are going to slam her and her idea and her character and her work - at least have the balls to admit what your problem with her is.
Alice Liles
I haven't read the blog or the book, but just saw the movie and walked out of the theater with a smile on my face. And taken on its own merits, I thought the movie did a great job of introducing Julia Child to a generation who may not know her, could serve as inspiration for people floundering in their own lives to take up a challenge to get back on track, and to share the romances of two couples who seemed to genuinely love and care about each other. Don't beat it to death; just enjoy it.
Lizzie B
I met Julia Child in her kitchen in Cambridge, MA in the early 1990s.
A photo of she and I hangs in my kitchen.
She was a wonderful hostess and a delightful person. She was the real deal.
Kudos to Julie for getting off her rear and DOING SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE. For all of you trashing her, what are YOU doing with your lives?? Posting on blogs at night? Sad.......
I don't believe that swearing is essential in order for a book, movie or play to be successful. It leaves a bad taste. The English language has enough vocabulary that one does not have to resort to the use of profanity without really referring to the matter for instance by using such words in order to arouse interest, to show off, and express to others that the setting is informal or to emphasize something by swearing when something bad happens such as coffee spilling, people curse. It is not necessary to have to curse so that the audience then knows that you're undergoing a negative emotion. I think swearing could have been developed by those who do not have a proper command of the standard english language. Or it is often used by those as a last resort, to force others to hear that they are frustrated. What is the thrill about dropping a bunch of "F" terms? DProfanity is the exclamation point of the ignorant.
I apologize for leaving out the most important comments: I saw the movie last night and I loved it. I wanted to see the movie as soon as I heard about it. I went with my daughter (she is 22) and she is really on a roll now gathering recipies of Julia Child.
ann channack
I saw the film yesterday and even though Im English, I had seen Julia Childs a few times on cookery programmes which I think is rather unusual for out of the States. Anyway thought Meryl Streep, as usual, was wonderful and she got the voice SO right. There were times in the film to get the 6'2" effect that the effects were slightly like in a "funny" house at a funfair. We do have a couple of iconic cooks that parallel your Julia and I will wait to hear their comments too. We have Margarite Patten in her 90's now and was in the Ministry of Food in wartime and is now reveered by all the cooks today and Keith Floyd who gave birth to the TV cook that is out anywhere cooking. We had Fanny Cradock but not comparable with Julia as she was more eccentric than talented, although also trying to bring French food to us. There is Elizabeth David also who in the 50's bought Med. food to England. Anyway I thought at the end ...what would a 90 year old know even what a blog was!! but would really have just liked a film about Julia. Ann
Dennis M
I knew that Julia loved to eat, so did her husband, that is why she learned to cook. But Julie? Did she love to eat? I never got that sense. Quality wins out every time. That is why MTAOFC is in it's 40th-something printing. Cute movie, the blog, like most, too self absorbing, and the send money link? Please. The online version of a curb side window washer.
I know that many people didn't like the Julie/Julia movie & book. And while I also found Julie Powell whiny and annoying, it opened me up to learning about Julia Child. For that I'll be ever grateful to Julie Powell.
Movie was fun, lively and portrayed in Julia in an interesting and energetic manner. I was unimpressed with Julie in the movie. I'm with Julia Child on this one.
Julie's book and the subsequent movie have probably done wonders for the sale of Julia's cookbook. I was in Williams Sonoma today and people were grabbing them up and everyone was saying..."Ahhh, this is the book from the movie." Whether Julia liked it or not, it has probably introduced a whole new generation to her and her cookbook.
Not your business
Some of you people are so ignorant and quick to judge. Obviously her blog was enjoyed by many. If somebody can show me where it says she is writing this to tell people what the food taste like...oh you probably can't.
I highly doubt she did the blog for "15 minutes of fame" either.I doubt she thought that by doing her blog and finally finishing something that she would become famous.
Julia Child's should be ashamed of her behavior in the end.This is a woman who just one day decides to start cooking because she is BORED...and a woman who was turned down and criticized by others. What she said about Julie just make's Julia look like a damn hypocrite. She should have been flattered. I had no idea who Julia Child's was until this movie. Hmm.
Oh and Gloria, you appear to be the nut job by the way.
loved the movie havent read the book or the blog never heard of julia child before now but now i do and i want her cook book.
julia childs comment was probably a little hurtful towards julie powell but you get that with older people even though they themselves in there younger days somewhat crazy and more self obsessed but as people get older they become somewhat reserved all i can say is who cares enjoy the damn movie and book and julias amazing impact on the world of cooking and get over it
As a deprived child, i watched Julia Child, thinking there is no way on gods green earth that i would be able to afford, such ingredients, or the time to actually try or attempt such art in cookery. Only to find out i have been cooking like that all of my life, thanks grandmoma (nanny).
I just saw the movie and started to read though JP's old blog. To me, it was pain in your face text that showed me a woman's appreciation for good food and her cooking, actually cooking each and every recipe in that book, stunt or not, she actually did it. In turn, a blog to me (bad language included) is not a kin to publishing a book, it is a moment in time that one person jotted down a thought, a gesture, a moment of their feeling.
I can't talk for old JC, or JP but i can talk for me, it was tolerable and a wise act that brought Miss Child's book back into the forefront of plain and decent cooking.
So for mrs Powell, good for you, and well done.
I want to congratulate most all of those who have commented — generally, well written and thoughtful, with lots of variety. As for myself, I am sorry that Meryl Streep did not get the Academy Award; and I still love Sandra B. I am in a generation between Julia and Julie, and lived in NYC for five years, whatever that's worth! I love great food, and love people who try to cook it. Remember how little Julia knew at first. Both women approached the subject with passion. We can argue their cultural milieus if you wish. As for me, the movie was superb, and my appreciation for Julia's vivacity has been rekindled. Bon appetite!
The movie was amusing.
I do agree with Child and her friends that it seems a stunt to try to take someone's work and pack it into a year. The year long limitation cheapens the exploration of the book and pulls down the metaphysical relationship Julie seems to tout. I enjoyed the movie but can only imagine I would feel the same way as Julia when it comes to meeting her. The process seems very stunt like and a way of standing on Julia's shoulders.
I would've preferred a story of a woman writing a blog about her adventures with the cookbook with no time limit. Something more personal, and more about the food than her own limited understanding of Julia Child as a person, and her rush to pack all of those recipes into one year.
There are literally thousands upon thousands of blogs out there. I don't think Julie ever thought for a moment that her blog would get much attention at all. Julia, on the other hand, spent years on her book with the sole intention of having it published and "changing the world".
Julie wrote her diary online, but because she needed a goal-she used the year timeline to do it. She did this for no one but herself.
To compare the blog and Julie to Julia and her book and letters is ridiculous. Julia was putting her best self forward with lots of help and Julie was simply putting herself forward. All of us are whiny, bratty annoying in our day to day lives.
I NEVER watched Julia when I was a kid, when I saw her on TV I would change the channel as fast as I could. Now, after reading the blog, the book, seeing the movie, I wish I would have watched Julia when I was younger and have a new respect for her.
What I came away with was that even at 40, I am not too old to do what I love, even if I only do it for myself.
i'm not a republican. this eulogy of julia by julie tells all you need to know about julie. her narcissism isn't subtle.
I just saw the movie last night - cable airing....I wasn't overly impressed. Hats off to Meryl Streep for her stellar performance. Outside of that, I just didn't think much about the film other than that I wouldn't watch it again. My curiosity was piqued about whether Julie Powell ever met Julia, which is how I ended up on this blog. Took the time to peruse Powell's current blog...not overly impressed. Big difference between setting a personal goal for PERSONAL growth and finding a goal to prattle on about on the Web for the shear sake of publication alone.
I do not think Julie Powell's intentions were for stunt purposes. She was talking about something she enjoyes doing. Making a challenge out of it just made the whole experience more interesting. I can see, after seeing the movie and reading the real blog, the difference in character of Julie. Honestly, I dont think any of us can judge her as a person because HELLO.. we dont know her. Yeah she has a bit of a foul mouth, but i personally found it to be hillarious! And I am a person who enjoys cooking! She was speeking her mind thats all... as did julia did and as we all do right? I can understand why Amy Adams didnt portray her that way though. (ps... i LOVE AMY!!! haha) Anyway, i admire what Julie did... I will always admire Julia and I really enjoyed the movie. As Mr. Forest Gump says... "That's all I have to say about that."
Amy Adams and the character were annoying and difficult to take. Julia was an ICON and this should be about her; not some self absorbed girl trying to get attention. This woman was all about one thing; herself. Even in the movie her and her husband agreed to that. Julia Child was a very smart lady and it must have made her insane to read her blog. Julia was about passion in regards to cooking, fun and not being intimidated by food. Julie was about Julie. This movie was a terrible disappointment
Lexie I totally disagree; what makes you think she didn't do this for attention. In the movie it said this several times. Of course movies aren't always real, but Meryl Streep was interviewed and she said many times she wanted this to be a real movie. Julie Child and everyone surrounding Julia Child said the same thing; the blog was annoying, more about the Julie character going through issues and trying to cook things while trying to be funny. This is the internet age. The rewarding of mediocrity through reality shows, blogging, and stunts on the internet to gain attention. Julia inspired me and millions of others to cook. Julia changed the world with passion and flare; Julie just annoyed me.
Watching the movie Julie and Julia opened up the world of Julia Child to me. I read My Life in France and then on to Julie and Julia. Loved MLIF, tolerated the language in J & J. Julie Powell was redeemed in the movie by Amy Adams. Somehow she didn't seem as vulgar. I do, however, credit Julie Powell for awakening me to the joy of learning about Julia Child. She was a jewel and I will forever love reading and learning more about her and trying her recipes.
Just seen the movie and its hilarious. Props to Julie for finishing 524 recipes in a year, if it were me, I wouldnt have gone through with it after the first several weeks. great effort. and props to Julia for bringing over the french cuisine. and IMHO this isnt the place to choose sides, just enjoy the movie and relax and stop whining and moaning.
Oh my! I wonder if any of the people who posted nasty or negative comments about Julie, her book, her cooking, her tone, etc. have ever done anything even remotely cloe to what she's accomplished!!!
Something so difficult as commit to cooking (challenging recipes at that) every day for 1 year all while working at a shitty job. It's a feat most people wouldn't even attempt let alone succeed. I admire Julie's perseverance and passion. And the reason her blog got so much attention is because she pushed herself outside of her comfort zone, she gave herself a goal that most thought was crazy or unreacheable, and she found a mentor (Julia) to guide her along the way and motivate her. Sounds like a great recipe for success!
This story is NOT about Julia Child - it's about one woman's path to self discovery - and it's a shame that others can't see that.
Julie never set out to get published, to meet Julia, to become famous - she set out to challenge herself and cook some amazing food along the way. It's not an easy thing to do - challenge yourself - so I'd like to challenge you all to reserve some of your harsh remarks and look inside at yourself through he same lens. And step outside of your own comfort zone - you never know what's waiting for you...
Bon Appetit!
My mother-in-law was in the hospital, a room away from Julia in 2003. She had cooked her way through the book in the 70's, and loved her (fantastic cook). She just waned to say hi, and Julia would have none of it. Julia was just a bitter pill by that time. Maybe it was the illness, maybe it was fame's curse, but she had lost the zest for life and grace had passed, before she had.
Nancy R.
Your mother-in-law didn't get to meet Julia Child as she lay in a hospital bed and you pass judgment? You say she "lost the zest for life and grace had passed"? Please. Just please. I'd like to see how much "zest and grace" you have when you're in a hospital, lying sick in a bed. That is *not* the time to play fan and intrude on somebody. Your mother-in-law was being rude and you're being wholly unfair.
Unfortunately for all of you I think the vast MAJORITY including Ms. Child and Ms. Jones missed the point. While Ms. Child if she were living would almost be 100 who of the younger generation 20 and below even know who she is or would even remember her? Ms. Child was able to laugh at Dan Ackroyd's parody of her yet 30 years later she appears to have lost her sense of humor and wit. Julie Powell was 60 years younger than her predecessor. I suggest that while Julia Child was disapointed with Irma that she realize time does not stand still. Julie Powell could have been her great-granddaughter! When Julia Child first penned her work it was intended NOT for serious cooks but to educate the American Housewife (how sexist is that in these days) to the art of French Cusine. Ms. Child died almost 10 years ago with all this being said and McDonalds, Wendys, Pizza Hut being the mainstay of the American Diet I have one thing to say to her Ms. Child be quiet and mind your manners because of Julie Powell hundreds of thousands of children will now know who you are and what you stood for and perhaps try to be the next Julia Child or for that matter Julie Powell. While I am sorry that you have expired the majority of Americans will soon be joining you due to their poor eating habtits and diets. Something that you did not educate the Americans on!


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What do Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Simpson and Katie Holmes have in common?
All three, including masses of other stars, have their own clothing lines.
McConaughey, who made a major splash last year in the stripper saga Magic Mike (albeit with no Oscar nomination), is now venturing into the garb business.
According to WWD, his line of "active-inspired sportswear" is named JKL, after McConaughey's charity, the Just Keep Livin Foundation. JKL will be available exclusively in 150 Dillard's stores next month.
"I don't like to push reset," McConaughey told WWD. "I like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike and then out to dinner. I like to take the formality out of the day's schedule and be ready for any off-road detour." In fact, he said, when he was brainstorming about what an apparel brand could represent, he jotted down notes. "One of the first things I had written down was 'from the jungle to the opera.' That's a bit of an exaggeration, but that's the idea."


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Set for the weekends of April 12 and April 19, Coachella's other acts include Nick Cave (with the Bad Seeds and Grinderman), Modest Mouse, Lou Reed, Wu-Tang Clan, the Violent Femmes, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, Jurassic 5, Passion Pit, the Postal Service and more.
The Rolling Stones and Daft Punk won't be appearing as previously speculated.
Held at Indio's Empire Polo Grounds since 1999, Coachella's remaining tickets go on sale Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 10a.m. on their website. Most of the tickets were sold last year in a pre-sale.
Previous Coachella acts have included the Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead and a hologram version of late rapper Tupac Shakur.
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Trev Alberts Gives Major Props to Carr
I happen to agree. Look around the country at other teams that were expected to do well then faced adversity and how many of them went in the shitter? (I'm talking to you, Nebraska and Louisville)
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- Catie said...
I saw this the other day, and I have to say that he makes a great point. Not only did Carr bring this team back, but he stood tall doing it. I am quite sure that Urban Meyer could never be accused of doing such. For the "nay sayers" who will say it was the team itself who rallied and pulled through.......remember, we are quick to blame the "coach" for losing the games.......we need also give credit when we see what we have this year and that is the team we thought we would see at the beginning of the year. They had good reason to roll over and wait for next season, but they stood tall and showed the nation who they are and that credit has to go to Carr too.
Those who Stay will be Champions....never more true than this year.
Go Blue!
- October 22, 2007 8:09 AM
- TitleIX said...
Yeah, but Carr shouldn't really be staying after this year....
And,just to FIRE YOU ALL UP this Monday morning
The MUDBOWL has been tilled and the sprinklers are in sight.
- October 22, 2007 9:19 AM
- Catie said...
Oh T9, yes, I did not mean to suggest that Carr stay.........change is good and it may be time for that, particularly with the Big 10 looking a little lame this year....shake it up baby!
- October 22, 2007 9:23 AM
- Unknown said...
I agree, he's done a great job rallying the troops, and I love Lloyd to death. HOWEVER, there are a couple pretty important games left this season, so I'd wait to give him too much credit until, let's say, Nov. 18?
- October 22, 2007 10:29 AM
- DaBraylon17 said...
i liked trev alberts when he was with espn.
and i know he got fired from there, but wow, what a demotion...going from espn to CSTV. horrible.
- October 22, 2007 11:52 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
As always, from the outside looking in...
It seems like Michigan football is at the same sort of crossroads that its men's basketball program found itself in last season.
Tommy Ammaker was (still is) a good man. He did nothing to disgrace himself or the university. He cared about his players. He had a winning record.
But he didn't win enough to advance the program to a higher level. He had reached the point where it looked like the program was stuck in neutral with little hope for advancement. As an avid basketball fan, I could see this for years, but I admired Michigan for giving him the opportunity to make it work.
I see a lot of the same things with Carr. He's done a fine job righting this ship. He's won you a national championship. You should name a building after him somewhere on campus.
But once this season's over, some difficult decisions are going to be made within your athletic department - one way or the other.
- October 22, 2007 11:53 AM
- Super G said...
Coach Carr is clearly a man of integrity that has done a very good job for the most part, and most schools would love to have Michigan's program.
Still, the bowl losses and opening disaster against App State tell us there is another coaching level that we're not getting. We (probably) all want there to be: a defense built with more speed, better utilization of what is usually a great set of receivers, and (most importantly) a more consistent preparation for games.
If Carr stays it is really OK, but it would be nice to see him get results in the last two games of the year (that being tOSU and what ever team we face in a bowl game that has a mobile quarterback).
- October 22, 2007 12:41 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
liking Lloyd as a person and respecting him for what he has done for michigan, both on and off the field, does not exclude you from thinking time has come for a change. i don't think you have to "hate" him, or think ill of him to think he needs to move on.
there's a scene in the movie "Gandhi" w/ Ben Kingsley towards the end of the movie. it's during the end of WWII and he and a colleague are discussing the end of the war and setting a schedule for expelling the Brits. his colleague urges immediate/rash action to gain independence. Gandhi responds (paraphrasing here, can't remember the exact quote): we've been down a very long road together w/ the British. they must go, but when they go, i want them to go as friends.
sort of feel the same way about Lloyd. he's gotta go, but i'd prefer he be happy about it.
- October 22, 2007 3:16 PM
- CrimeNotes said...
It's a sad day when I agree with Trev Alberts. After viewing that clip, I am reevaluating my life priorities.
Even so, it's pretty dumbfounding to me that this is even still an issue. I understand the App State trauma; it killed my Labor Day plans and resulted in a three-day binge of sleeping, drinking and darkness. But for Christ's sake, a loss is a loss, and the practical effect was less than it would have been losing to Penn State in triple overtime. It isn't the program's fault (or ours) that this team was ridiculously overhyped at the start of the season when the entire defense was a question mark. Shit happens, God laughs, and if Gingell knew how to kick, we wouldn't be having this conversation -- except that we probably would, because there'd be caterwauling about how "unacceptable" it is to lose to another West Coast team.
This program and its fans do not know pain. Take a look at the ND, Nebraska and 'Bama alums who prioritized the perfect over the good. They're all still struggling to right the ship. There is literally no difficult decision to be made in the Athletic Department -- that's not how it runs things. Lloyd could've gone 5-7 and not have a job security issue. Plus, few sane coaches (Tedford, e.g) are going to be eager to head a program where a 10-2 season and a Rose Bowl appearance is viewed as failure when similar results would make them a folk hero at 100 different programs. (Again, see coaching-search problems at ND, 'Bama and Nebraska; the halo over the traditional powers isn't what it used to be.) Whether Lloyd elects to retire at the end of this season or whether the transition is another year or two down the road, the idea that we'll go from being consistently excellent to something even better has no nexus to reality. Routinely winning the conference title and contending for the national championship once or twice a decade is not the stuff of failure, or even mediocrity. It's amazing that this needs to be pointed out.
As to bowl records: Bo went 5-12.
Seeing comments in favor of a switch is a little like overhearing someone talk about dumping his Berkshire-Hathaway stock to invest in a dotcom that has some sexy buzz. It's possible that 5-10 years from now we're going to look back on the last 10 years as a golden age for Michigan football, but I'm also terrified of what's going to happen to this fanbase if the program ever has an actual setback.
- October 22, 2007 4:49 PM
- Super G said...
Surrounded ...
No - I agree - if we are to compete with tOSU then we need a change. My point was that we're more like a B+ than a C- team under Carr. I'd like to be an A.
I think Carr is playing in the 90s, but we're closer to 2010.
Same reason we beat PSU every year --- they're stuck in the 80s. Which is like only listening the the Cars and Cyndi Lauper.
- October 22, 2007 5:16 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
counting the 2001 season, we're 55-21 (or 9-3.5) thru last year. we've had one season (last year) w/ less than 3 losses in that time period.
we have competed for a national title past september in one of those seasons (last year). we have won only one bowl game (against ron zook, at that) in this time. we have beaten tosu once in this time period. we have won our first road game once in that time period.
certainly, one way to avoid a "crash" would be to adjust expectations that 1-5 in bowls, 1-5 against tosu, and that 9-3.5 is "great" and be grateful for it.
i'm not interested in that, frankly.
and Bo's record is just that. i don't compare carr to yost or crisler. different eras create different expectations.
and i don't think hoping to go .500 in bowls and against tosu is all that unreasonable. i don't think shooting for an above .750 winning percentage is way beyond reasonable. and i don't think lloyd is going to achieve any of that from here on out.
do you think psu or fsu have really done well by coaches hanging on forever? i don't think we shall either.
- October 22, 2007 5:25 PM
Time for Carr to go... thanks for keeping the program relatively clean. Thanks for the Rose Bowl appearances. Thanks for throwing on 1st down last weekend.
BTW, I had NO idea Trev Alberts was still around; thought maybe he was calling HS football on the student run radio station or something... learn something new every day.
- October 22, 2007 8:18 PM
- Jeremy Marx said...
While I agree Carr has done a great job of rebounding from the 0-2 start, you still need to factor in the losses to ASU and Oregon. I remember years ago when Marty Schottenheimer coached the Redskins and they were 5-5 after starting out 0-5. Columnists wanted to give him the coach of the year award for having the team rebound the way they did, neglecting the fact that he lead them to five straight losses as well. So while Carr has done a great job of righting the ship, someone like Mike Bellotti, Jim Leavitt, or Rich Brooks would have to be ahead of him.
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Post Media Roundup After Dancing With The Stars Ending Finale Part 2 (Videos)
Our three finalists on Dancing With The Stars were also on Good Morning America today. They look a little tired after flying all night from Los Angeles to New York City, but, they are in fun and rare form as always. They also play a "Two To Tango" game about knowing their partners. More here including a special message for Shawn at the end. Keep watching the link, ABC may post more videos of them being interviewed, etc.. If they don't and you need another way to watch them, you can watch them at Codebear's Dancing With The Stars Daily Motion channel here.
Below is some coverage from ET Online as well. Tony and Melissa are so cute with their reactions on winning. Some of the other couples also have some special words for them….
Here is more with PopTVDotCom on the after party…
For part one of our media round up and if you haven't read or seen it yet, see our previous posting.
ADDING: For their On The Red Carpet interviews, go here. Also, don't miss reading this new Extra piece. Below is a take. Though I have to say I think Maks is so rude for what he said.
"I'm still in shock," said Dovolani, who won the Mirror Ball trophy for the first time since he's been on the show. "I'm holding it close to my body because I don't want it to not be real. I want it to stay like this."
Tony continued, "Fourteen seasons I waited for this. My wife was in the audience and it's our anniversary today, 13th year, so for me this means so much."
Fellow dancer Maks Chmerkovskiy was happy for his friend. "He truly earned it," laughingly adding, "He deserved it from all those ridiculous partners he had. Whoever you are, you know who you are."
Pro-dancer Derek Hough also hinted that this may be his last season on "DWTS." He told Renee, "I'll always want to be a part of the show. I love it to death. It's been amazing," but, "It feels like a good way to segue…"
In parting words, Dovolani, who has been one of "Extra's" special correspondents, smiled, "You know what's next for me professionally? That mic!"


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Well, it's more comfortable than staying in a tent.
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, faced with massive protests over his plans to pitch a tent in New Jersey, will probably end up staying in the posh Pierre Hotel when he comes to the Big Apple -- his first U.S. visit -- for a UN meeting, police sources told the Daily News.
The autocrat and his cronies have also ponied up for some suites at a few of the city's other swankiest spots like the Hilton and the Plaza for the convening of the UN General Assembly, which starts Tuesday. Gadhafi, ever fashionably late, isn't supposed to get there until the following week.
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Gadhafi once brought an entourage of camels and horses to a hotel in the former Yugoslavia, where the managers permitted him to pitch a tent on the front lawn. That animal accompaniment likely won't be allowed at the Pierre, despite its location quite close to Central Park (we're not sure camels are allowed in Central Park, anyway).
"We don't allow camels and horses at The Pierre – a Taj Hotel," a hotel employee told the News.
A concierge told the paper "I had no idea" the Libyans were planning to stay there.
Attention, Fifth Avenue shoppers. Fear not that Gadhafi will crash your Juicy Couture or Saks adventures. He's going to have NYPD and Secret Service following him around 24/7; people like him and his posse "don't have free rein," a source told the News.
Gadhafi had threatened to pitch a ceremonial Bedouin-style tent on the grounds of the Libyan-owned house in Bergen County, sparking a howl of protests across the state of New Jersey.
New Jersey lost 38 residents in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The attack, which killed 270 people, is widely believed to be the work of Libyan intelligence.
Gadhafi gave a hero's welcome to Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the only man arrested in that attack, when he was released from a Scottish prison and sent home.


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