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Elizabeth Gaskell
"Traits and Stories of the Huguenots" (1853)
I have always been interested in the conversation of any one who could tell me anything about the Huguenots; and, little by little, I have picked up many fragments of information respecting them. I will just recur to the well-known fact, that five years after Henry the Fourth's formal abjuration of the Protestant faith, in fifteen hundred and ninety-three, he secured to the French Protestants their religious liberty by the Edict of Nantes. His unworthy son, however, Louis the Thirteenth, refused them the privileges which had been granted to them by this act; and, when reminded of the claims they had, if the promises of Henry the Third and Henry the Fourth were to be regarded, he answered that "the first-named monarch feared them, and the latter loved them; but he neither feared nor loved them." The extermination of the Huguenots was a favourite project with Cardinal Richelieu, and it was at his instigation that the second siege of Rochelle was undertaken - known even to the most careless student of history for the horrors of famine which the besieged endured. Miserably disappointed as they were at the failure of the looked-for assistance from England, the mayor of the town, Guiton, rejected the conditions of peace which Cardinal Richelieu offered: namely, that they would raze their fortifications to the ground, and suffer the Catholics to enter. But there was a traitorous faction in the town; and, on Guiton's rejection of the terms, this faction collected in one night a crowd of women, and children, and aged persons, and drove them beyond the lines; they were useless, and yet they ate food. Driven out from the beloved city, tottering, faint, and weary, they were fired at by the enemy; and the survivors came pleading back to the walls of Rochelle, pleading for a quiet shelter to die in, even if their death were caused by hunger. When two-thirds of the inhabitants had perished; when the survivors were insufficient to bury their dead; when ghastly corpses outnumbered the living - miserable, glorious Rochelle, stronghold of the Huguenots, opened its gates to receive the Roman Catholic Cardinal, who celebrated mass in the church of St. Marguerite, once the beloved sanctuary of Protestant worship. As we cling to the memory of the dead, so did the Huguenots remember Rochelle. Years - long years of suffering - gone by, a village sprang up, not twenty miles from New York, and the name of that village was New Rochelle; and the old men told with tears of the suffering their parents had undergone when they were little children, far away across the sea, in the "pleasant" land of France.
Richelieu was otherwise occupied after this second siege of Rochelle, and had to put his schemes for the extermination of the Huguenots on one side. So they lived in a kind of trembling, uncertain peace during the remainder of the reign of Louis the Thirteenth. But they strove to avert persecution by untiring submission. It was not until sixteen hundred and eighty-three that the Huguenots of the south of France resolved to profess their religion, and refuse any longer to be registered among those of the Roman Catholic faith; to be martyrs rather than apostates or hypocrites. On an appointed Sabbath, the old deserted Huguenot churches were re-opened; nay, those in ruins, of which but a few stones remained to tell the tale of having once been holy ground, were peopled with attentive hearers, listening to the word of God as preached by reformed ministers. Languedoc, the Cevennes, Dauphiny, seemed alive with Huguenots - even as the Highlands were, at the chieftain's call, alive with armed men, whose tartans had been hidden but a moment before in the harmonious and blending colours of the heather.
Dragonnades took place, and cruelties were perpetrated which it is as well, for the honour of human nature, should be forgotten. Twenty-four thousand conversions were announced to Le Grand Louis, who fully believed in them. The more far-seeing Madame de Maintenon hinted at her doubts in the famous speech, "Even if the fathers are hypocrites, the children will be Catholics."
And then came the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. A multitude of weak reasons were alleged, as is generally the case where there is not one that is really good, or presentable: such as that the Edict was never meant to be perpetual; that (by the blessing of Heaven and the dragonnades) the Huguenots had returned to the true faith, therefore the Edict was useless - a mere matter of form, &c. &c.
As a "mere matter of form," some penalties were decreed against the professors of the extinct heresy. Every Huguenot place of worship was to be destroyed; every minister who refused to conform was to be sent to the Hôpitaux de Forçats at Marseilles and at Valance. If he had been noted for his zeal he was to be considered "obstinate," and sent to slavery for life in such of the West-Indian islands as belonged to the French. The children of Huguenot parents were to be taken from them by force, and educated by the Roman Catholic monks or nuns. These are but a few of the enactments contained in the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
And now come in some of the traditions which I have heard and collected.
A friend of mine, a descendant from some of the Huguenots who succeeded in emigrating to England, has told me the following particulars of her great-great-grandmother's escape. This lady's father was a Norman farmer, or rather small landed proprietor. His name was Lefebvre; he had two sons, grown men, stout and true; able to protect themselves, and choose their own line of conduct. But he had also one little daughter, Magdalen, the child of his old age, and the darling of his house, keeping it alive and glad with her innocent prattle. His small estate was far away from any large town, with its corn-fields and orchards surrounding the old ancestral house. There was plenty always in it; and though the wife was an invalid, there was always a sober cheerfulness present, to give a charm to the abundance.
The family Lefebvre lived almost entirely on the produce of the estate, and had little need for much communication with their nearest neighbours, with whom, however, as kindly well-meaning people, they were on good terms, although they differed in their religion. In those days, coffee was scarcely known, even in large cities; honey supplied the place of sugar; and for the pottage, the bouilli, the vegetables, the salad, the fruit, the garden, farm, and orchards of the Lefebvres was all-sufficient. The woollen cloth was spun by the men of the house on winter's evenings, standing by the great wheel, and carefully and slowly turning it to secure evenness of thread. The women took charge of the linen, gathering and drying, and beating the bad-smelling hemp, the ugliest crop that grew about the farm; and reserving the delicate blue-flowered flax for the fine thread needed for the daughter's trousseau; for as soon as a woman-child was born, the mother, lying too faint to work, smiled as she planned the web of dainty linen, which was to be woven at Rouen, out of the flaxen thread of gossamer fineness, to be spun by no hand, as you may guess, but that mother's own. And the farm maidens took pride in the store of sheets and table napery which they were to have a share in preparing for the future wedding of the little baby, sleeping serene in her warm cot by her mother's side. Such being the self-sufficient habits of the Norman farmers, it was no wonder that, in the eventful year of sixteen hundred and eighty-five, Lefebvre remained ignorant for many days of that Revocation which was stirring the whole souls of his co-religionists. But there was to be a cattle fair at Avranches, and he needed a barren cow to fatten up and salt for the winter's provision. Accordingly, the large-boned Norman horse was accoutred, summer as it was, with all its paraphernalia of high-peaked wooden saddle, blue sheep-skin, scarlet worsted fringe and tassels; and the farmer Lefebvre, slightly stiff in his limbs after sixty winters, got on from the horse-block by the stable wall, his little daughter Magdalen nodding and kissing her hand as he rode away. When he arrived at the fair in the great place before the cathedral in Avranches, he was struck with the absence of many of those who were united to him by the bond of their common persecuted religion; and on the faces of the Huguenot farmers who were there was an expression of gloom and sadness. In answer to his inquiries, he learnt for the first time of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He and his sons could sacrifice anything - would be proud of martyrdom, if need were - but the clause which cut him to the heart was that which threatened that his pretty, innocent sweet Magdalen might be taken from him and consigned to the teachings of a convent. A convent, to the Huguenots' excited prejudices, implied a place of dissolute morals, as well as of idolatrous doctrine.
Poor Farmer Lefebvre thought no more of the cow he went to purchase; the life and death - nay, the salvation or damnation - of his darling seemed to him to depend on the speed with which he could reach his home, and take measures for her safety. What these were to be he could not tell in this moment of bewildered terror; for, even while he watched the stable-boy at the inn arranging his horse's gear, without daring to help him, for fear his early departure and undue haste might excite suspicion in the malignant faces he saw gathering about him - even while he trembled with impatience, his daughter might be carried away out of his sight for ever and ever. He mounted and spurred the old horse; but the road was hilly, and the steed had not had his accustomed rest, and was poorly fed, according to the habit of the country; and, at last, he almost stood still at the foot of every piece of rising ground. Farmer Lefebvre dismounted, and ran by the horse's side up every hill, pulling him along, and encouraging his flagging speed by every conceivable noise, meant to be cheerful, though the tears were fast running down the old man's cheeks. He was almost sick with the revulsion of his fears, when he saw Magdalen sitting out in the sun, playing with the "fromages" of the mallow-plant, which are such a delight to Norman children. He got off his horse, which found its accustomed way into the stable. He kissed Magdalen over and over again, the tears coming down his cheeks like rain. And then he went in to tell his wife - his poor invalid wife. She received the news more tranquilly than he had done. Long illness had deadened the joys and fears of this world to her. She could even think and suggest. "That night a fishing-smack was to sail from Granville to the Channel Islands. Some of the people, who had called at the Lefebvre farm on their way to Avranches, had told her of ventures they were making, in sending over apples and pears to be sold in Jersey, where the orchard crops had failed. The captain was a friend of one of her absent sons: for his sake" --
"But we must part from her - from Magdalen, the apple of our eyes. And she - she has never left her home before, never been away from us - who will take care of her? Marie, I say, who is to take care of the precious child?" And the old man was choked with his sobs. Then his wife made answer, and said -
"God will take care of our precious child, and keep her safe from harm, till we two - or you, at least, dear husband - can leave this accursed land. Or, if we cannot follow her, she will be safe for heaven; whereas, if she stays here to be taken to the terrible convent, hell will be her portion, and we shall never see her again - never!"
So they were stilled by their faith into sufficient composure to plan for the little girl. The old horse was again to be harnessed and put into the cart, and if any spying Romanist looked into the cart, what would they see but straw and a new mattress rolled up, and peeping out of a sackcloth covering? The mother blessed her child, with a full conviction that she should never see her again. The father went with her to Granville. On the way the only relief he had was caring for her comfort in her strange imprisonment. He stroked her cheeks and smoothed her hair with his labour-hardened fingers, and coaxed her to eat the food her mother had prepared. In the evening her feet were cold; he took off his warm flannel jacket to wrap them in. Whether it was that chill coming on the heat of the excited day, or whether the fatigue and grief broke down the old man utterly, no one can say. The child Magdalen was safely extricated from her hiding-place at the Quai at Granville, and smuggled on board of the fishing-smack, with her great chest of clothes and half-collected trousseau; the captain took her safe to Jersey, and willing friends received her eventually in London. But the father - moaning to himself, "If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved;" saying that pitiful sentence over and over again, as if the repetition could charm away the deep sense of woe - went home, and took to his bed and died; nor did the mother remain long after him.
One of these Lefebvre sons was the grandfather of the Duke of Dantzic, one of Napoleon's marshals. The little daughter's descendants, though not very numerous, are scattered over England, and one of them, as I have said, is the lady who told me this, and many other particulars relating to the exiled Huguenots.
At first the rigorous decrees of the Revocation were principally enforced against the ministers of religion. They were all required to leave Paris at forty-eight hours' notice, under severe penalties for disobedience. Some of the most distinguished among them were ignominiously forced to leave the country; but the expulsion of these ministers was followed by the emigration of the more faithful among their people. In Languedoc this was especially the case; whole congregations followed their pastors; and France was being rapidly drained of the more thoughtful and intelligent of the Huguenots (who, as a people, had distinguished themselves in manufacture and commerce), when the king's minister took the alarm, and prohibited emigration, under pain of imprisonment for life; imprisonment for life including abandonment to the tender mercies of the priests. Here again I may relate an anecdote told me by my friend: - A husband and wife attempted to escape separately from some town in Britanny; the wife succeeded and reached England, where she anxiously awaited her husband. The husband was arrested in the attempt, and imprisoned. The priest alone was allowed to visit him; and, after vainly using argument to endeavour to persuade him to renounce his obnoxious religion, the priest, with cruel zeal, had recourse to physical torture. There was a room in the prison with an iron floor, and no seat, nor means of support or rest; into this room the poor Huguenot was introduced. The iron flooring was gradually heated (one remembers the gouty gentleman whose cure was effected by a similar process in "Sandford and Merton;" but there the heat was not carried up to torture, as it was in the Huguenot's case); still the brave man was faithful. The process was repeated; all in vain. The flesh on the soles of his feet was burnt off, and he was a cripple for life; but, cripple or sound, dead or alive, a Huguenot he remained. And by-and-by they grew weary of their useless cruelty, and the poor man was allowed to hobble about on crutches. How it was that he obtained his liberty at last, my informant could not tell. He only knew that, after years of imprisonment and torture, a poor grey cripple was seen wandering about the streets of London, making vain inquiries for his wife in his broken English, as little understood by most as the Moorish maiden's cry for "Gilbert, Gilbert." Some one at last directed him to a coffee-house near Soho Square, kept by an emigrant, who thrived upon the art, even then national, of making good coffee. It was the resort of the Huguenots, many of whom by this time had turned their intelligence to good account in busy, commercial England.
To this coffee-house the poor cripple hied himself; but no one knew of his wife; she might be alive, or she might be dead; it seemed as if her name had vanished from the earth. In the corner sat a pedlar, listening to everything but saying nothing. He had come to London to lay in a stock of wares for his rounds. Now the three harbours of the French emigrants were Norwich, where they established the manufacture of Norwich crape; Spitalfields, in London, where they embarked in the silk trade; and Canterbury, where a colony of them carried on one or two delicate employments, such as jewellery, wax-bleaching, &c. The pedlar took Canterbury in his way, and sought among the French residents for a woman who might correspond to the missing wife. She was there, earning her livelihood as a milliner, and believing her husband to be either a galley-slave, or dead long since in some of the terrible prisons. But, on hearing the pedlar's tale, she set off at once to London, and found her poor crippled husband, who lived many years afterwards in Canterbury, supported by his wife's exertions.
Another Huguenot couple determined to emigrate. They could disguise themselves; but their baby? If they were seen passing through the gates of the town in which they lived, with a child, they would instantly be arrested, suspected Huguenots as they were. Their expedient was to wrap the baby into a formless bundle, to one end of which was attached a string; and then, taking advantage of the deep gutter which runs in the centre of so many old streets in French towns, they placed the baby in this hollow, close to one of the gates, after dusk. The gendarme came out to open the gate to them. They were suddenly summoned to see a sick relation, they said; they were known to have an infant child, which no Huguenot mother would willingly leave behind to be brought up by Papists. So the sentinel concluded that they were not going to emigrate, at least this time, and locking the great town-gates behind them, he reentered his little guard-room. "Now quick! quick! the string under the gate! Catch it with your hook stick! There, in the shadow! There! Thank God! the baby is safe; it has not cried! Pray God the sleeping draught be not too strong!" It was not too strong. Father, mother, and babe escaped to England; and their descendants may be reading this very paper.
England, Holland, and the Protestant states of Germany were the places of refuge for the Norman and Breton Protestants. From the south of France escape was more difficult. Algerine pirates infested the Mediterranean, and the small vessels in which many of the Huguenots embarked from the southern ports were an easy prey. There were Huguenot slaves in Algiers and Tripoli for years after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Most Catholic Spain caught some of the fugitives, who were welcomed by the Spanish Inquisition with a different kind of greeting from that which the wise, far-seeing William the Third of England bestowed on such of them as sought English shelter after his accession. We will return to the condition of the English Huguenots presently. First, let us follow the fortunes of those French Protestants who sent a letter to the State of Massachusetts (among whose historical papers it is still extant) giving an account of the persecutions to which they were exposed, and the distress they were undergoing, stating the wish of many of them to emigrate to America, and asking how far they might have privileges allowed them for following out their pursuit of agriculture. What answer was returned may be guessed from the fact that a tract of land comprising about eleven thousand acres at Oxford, near the present town of Worcester, Massachusetts, was granted to thirty Huguenots, who were invited to come over and settle there. The invitation came like a sudden summons to a land of hope across the Atlantic. There was no time for preparations; these might excite suspicion; they left the "pot boiling on the fire" (to use the expression of one of their descendants), and carried no clothes with them but what they wore. The New Englanders had too lately escaped from religious persecution themselves not to welcome and shelter and clothe these poor refugees when they once arrived at Boston. The little French colony at Oxford was called a plantation, and Gabriel Bernon, a descendant of a knightly name in Froissart, a Protestant merchant of Rochelle, was appointed undertaker for this settlement. They sent for a French Protestant minister, and assigned to him a salary of forty pounds a year. They bent themselves assiduously to the task of cultivating the half-cleared land, on the borders of which lay the dark forest, among which the Indians prowled and lurked ready to spring upon the unguarded households. To protect themselves from this creeping deadly enemy the French built a fort, traces of which yet remain. But on the murder of the Johnson family the French dared no longer remain on the bloody spot, although more than ten acres of ground were in garden cultivation around the fort; and, long afterwards, those who told in hushed, awe-struck voices of the Johnson murder, could point to the rose-bushes, the apple and pear trees yet standing in the Frenchmen's deserted gardens. Mrs. Johnson was a sister of Andrew Sigourney, one of the first Huguenots who came over. He saved his sister's life by dragging her by main force through a back door, while the Indians massacred her children, and shot down her husband at his own threshold. To preserve her life was but a cruel kindness.
Gabriel Bernon lived to a patriarchal age, in spite of his early sufferings in France and the wild Indian cries of revenge around his home in Massachusetts. He died rich and prosperous. He had kissed Queen Anne's hand, and become intimate with some of the English nobility, such as Lord Archdale, the Quaker Governor of Carolina, who had lands and governments in the American States. The descendants of the Huguenot refugees repaid in part their debt of gratitude to Massachusetts in various ways during the War of Independence; one, Gabriel Manigault, by advancing a large loan to further the objects of it. Indeed, three of the nine presidents of the old Congress which conducted the United States through the revolutionary war were descendants of the French Protestant refugees. General Francis Marion, who fought bravely under Washington, was of Huguenot descent. In fact, both in England and France, the Huguenot refugees showed themselves temperate, industrious, thoughtful, and intelligent people, full of good principle and strength of character. But all this is implied in the one circumstance that they suffered and emigrated to secure the rights of conscience.
In the State of New York they fondly called their plantation or settlement by the name of the precious city which had been their stronghold, and where they had suffered so much. New Rochelle was built on the shore of Long Island Sound, twenty-three miles from New York. On the Saturday afternoons the inhabitants of New Rochelle harnessed their horses to their carts, to convey the women and little ones, and the men in the prime of life walked all the distance to New York, camping out in their carts in the environs of the city through the night, till the bell summoned them on Sunday morning to service in the old Church du Saint Esprit. In the same way they returned on Sunday evening. The old longing for home, recorded in Allan Cunningham's ballad --
clung to the breasts, and caused singular melancholy in some of them. There was one old man who went every day down to the seashore, to look and gaze his fill towards the beautiful cruel land where most of his life had been passed. With his face to the east - his eyes strained as if by force of longing looks he could see the far-distant France - he said his morning prayers and sang one of Clément Marot's hymns. There had been an edition of the Psalms of David put into French rhyme ("Pseaumes de David, mis en Rime françoise, par Clément Marot et Théodore de Bèze"), published in as small a form as possible in order that the book might be concealed in their bosoms if the Huguenots were surprised in their worship while they lived in France.
Nor were Oxford and New Rochelle the only settlements of the Huguenots in the United States. Further south again they were welcomed, and found resting-places in Virginia and South Carolina.
I now return to the Huguenots in England. Even during James the Second's reign, collections were made for the refugees; and, in the reign of his successor, fifteen thousand pounds were voted by Parliament "to be distributed among persons of quality, and all such as, by age or infirmity, were unable to support themselves." There are still, or were, not many years ago, a few survivors of the old Huguenot stock, who go, on quarter-day, to claim their small benefit from this fund at the Treasury; and, doubtless, at the time it was granted there were many friendless and helpless to whom the little pensions were inestimable boons. But the greater part were active, strong men, full of good sense and practical talent; and they preferred taking advantage of the national good-will in a more independent form. Their descendants bear honoured names among us. Sir Samuel Romilly, Mrs. Austin, and Miss Harriet Martineau are three of those that come most prominently before me as I write; but each of these names is suggestive of others in the same families worthy of note. Sir Samuel Romilly's ancestors came from the south of France, where the paternal estate fell to a distant relation rather than to the son, because the former was a Catholic, while the latter had preferred a foreign country with "freedom to worship God." In Sir Samuel Romilly's account of his father and grandfather, it is easy to detect the southern character predominating. Most affectionate, impulsive, generous, carried away by transports of anger and of grief, tender and true in all his relationships - the reader does not easily forget the father of Sir Samuel Romilly, with his fond adoption of Montaigne's idea, "playing on a flute by the side of his daughter's bed, in order to waken her in the morning." No wonder he himself was so beloved! But there was much more demonstration of affection in all these French households, if what I have gathered from their descendants be correct, than we English should ever dare to manifest.
French was the language still spoken among themselves sixty and seventy years after their ancestors had quitted France. In the Romilly family, the father established it as a rule that French should be always spoken on a Sunday. Forty years later, the lady to whom I have so often alluded was living, an orphan child with two maiden aunts, in the heart of London city. They always spoke French. English was the foreign language; and a certain pride was cultivated in the little damsel's mind by the fact of her being reminded every now and then that she was a little French girl, bound to be polite, gentle, and attentive in manners; to stand till her elders gave her leave to sit down; to curtsey on entering or leaving a room. She attended her relations to the early market near Spitalfields, where many herbs, not in general use in England, and some "weeds," were habitually brought by the market-women for the use of the French people. Burnet, chervil, dandelion, were amongst the number, in order to form the salads which were a principal dish at meals. There were still hereditary schools in the neighbourhood, kept by descendants of the first refugees who established them, and to which the Huguenot families still sent their children. A kind of correspondence was occasionally kept up with the unseen and distant relations in France - third or fourth cousins, it might be. As was to be expected, such correspondence languished and died by slow degrees. But tales of their ancestor's sufferings and escapes beguiled the long winter evenings. Though far away from France, though cast off by her a hundred years before, the gentle old ladies, who had lived all their lives in London, considered France as their country, and England as a strange land. Upstairs, too, was a great chest - the very chest Madame Lefebvre had had packed to accompany her in her flight and escape in the mattress. The stores her fond mother had provided for her trousseau were not yet exhausted, though she slept in her grave; and out of them her little orphan descendant was dressed; and, when the quaintness of the pattern made the child shrink from putting on so peculiar a dress, she was asked, "Are you not a little French girl? You ought to be proud of wearing a French print - there are none like it in England." In all this, her relations and their circle seem to have differed from the refugee friends of old Mr. Romilly, who, we are told, "desired nothing less than to preserve the memory of their origin; and their chapels were therefore ill-attended. A large, uncouth room, the avenues to which were narrow courts and dirty alleys, . . . with irregular unpainted pews and dusty unplastered walls; a congregation consisting principally of some strange-looking old women scattered here and there," &c. Probably these old ladies looked strange to the child, who recorded these early impressions in after-life, because they clung with fond pride to the dress of their ancestors, and decked themselves out in the rich grotesque raiment which had formed part of their mother's trousseau. At any rate, there certainly was a little colony in the heart of the city, at the end of the last century, who took pride in their descent from the suffering Huguenots, who mustered up relics of the old homes and the old times in Normandy or Languedoc. A sword wielded by some great-grandfather in the wars of the League; a gold whistle, such as hung ever ready at the master's girdle before bells were known in houses, or ready to summon out-of-door labourers; some of the very ornaments sold at the famous curiosity-shop at Warwick for ladies to hang at their chåtelaines, within this last ten years, were brought over by the flying Huguenots. And there were precious Bibles, secured by silver clasps and corners; strangely-wrought silver spoons, the handle of which enclosed the bowl; a travelling-case, containing a gold knife, spoon, and fork, and a crystal goblet, on which the coat-of-arms was engraved in gold. All these, and many other relics, tell of the affluence and refinement the refugees left behind for the sake of their religion.
There is yet an hospital (or rather great almshouse) for aged people of French descent somewhere near the City Road, which is supported by the proceeds of land bequeathed, I believe, by some of the first refugees, who were prosperous in trade after settling in England. But it has lost much of its distinctive national character. Fifty or sixty years ago, a visitor might have heard the inmates of this hospital chattering away in antiquated French. Now they speak English, for the majority of their ancestors in four generations have been English, and probably some of them do not know a word of French. Each inmate has a comfortable bedroom, a small annuity for clothes, &c., and sits and has meals in a public dining-room. As a little amusing mark of deference to the land of their founders, I may mention that a Mrs. Stephens, who was admitted within the last thirty years, became Madame St. Etienne as soon as she entered the hospital.
I have now told all I know about the Huguenots. I pass the mark to some one else.
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In The Box
- with 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 II Vario ASPH/Mega OIS
- with 45-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ASPH / Mega OIS
Memory Card 8GB
Panasonic Case
Panasonic Li-ion Battery Pack
Panasonic Battery Charger
Panasonic Camera Strap
Panasonic USB Cable
Panasonic Lens Cap and Rear lens cap
Panasonic Lens Hood
Panasonic Lens Storage Bag
Panasonic Instruction Manual
Product Features
Bring Style to Your Photography
The LUMIX DMC-GF6 comes with a 180-degree-tiltable LCD and enables unlimited artistic expression with a variety of creative filters. Designed with a sophisticated profile in an ultra-compact body, the DMC-GF6 features high image quality achieved by a new Live MOS Sensor and Venus Engine.
SELF SHOT with 180゜ Tiltable Monitor
With the new Self Shot mode, you can shoot your own portraits by
stretching an arm to hold the camera with the monitor flipped approx.
180゜ vertically to get in a frame properly. A variety of options such as
Creative Control can be applied on this self-portrait, too.
- 16.00 Megapixels Live Mos Sensor
- Approx. 180° Tiltable Monitor
- 1920 x 1080 Full HD Video Recording
Improved Picture Quality
The DMC-GF6 integrates new 16.00-megapixel Live MOS Sensor and Venus Engine
featuring its advanced noise reduction systems. It effectively removes noise in multiple
steps according to the noise characteristics, realizing both smoothness and sharpness
according to the part of an image. In addition, the limit resolution is enhanced thanks to
the precise detail reproduction and advanced Intelligent D-range Control ensures beautiful
gradation with wider dynamic range than ever.
Creative Control
Creative Control
The popular Creative Control mode is
upgraded by increasing its filter option
from 14 (for DMC-GF5) to 19 (for
DMC-GF6) adding new Old Days,
Sunshine*, Bleach Bypass, Toy Pop,
Fantasy in addition to the conventional
Expressive, Retro, High Key, Sepia, High
Dynamic, Soft Focus*, Dynamic
Monochrome, Impressive Art, One Point
Color, Cross Process, Low Key, Toy Effect
and Star Filter* and Miniature Effect mode.
Effect parameter of each mode is also
One-Touch Connection and
Picture Sharing with NFC
With NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, you
can connect the camera with a smartphone / tablet by just
bringing them together. What is new is that the Wi-Fi ® setup
is extremely easy and finishes within a few seconds,
making it possible to pair the camera directly to the
smartphone / tablet without connection procedure of
information input for authorization.
* This function can be used with the NFC compatible device.
Full-HD Video Recording in AVCHD and MP4
The DMC-GF6 records 1920 x 1080 full HD videos with
full-time AF and high quality stereo sound in the AVCHD
format which excels in both compression efficiency and
compatibility with AV equipment for playback. With a
dedicated video record button on the top, you can
instantly start recording videos while shooting photos
without having to make any extra setting adjustments.
Sophisticated Design
The DMC-GF6 features ultimate compactness in sleek,
stylish design despite its incorporation of useful built-in
flash. The design dispels impression for conventional big
and heavy DSLRs. The DMC-GF6 matches any style and
fashion regardless of gender.
Manual Control
The P / A / S / M mode also lets you enjoy
professional-like expressive video recording. Videos can
also be recorded in MP4 format for playback on a PC or
other portable electronic devices without having to
convert the files.
Stereo Sound
The videos also come with the high-quality stereo sound
of Dolby® Digital, to offer highly realistic sound to the
motion images. The stereo microphone comes with zoom
noise reduction system, and the Auto Wind Cut function
blocks out most of the noise from background wind.
• Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks of
Dolby Laboratories.
Stop Motion Animation
The new Stop Motion Animation function enables
producing a stop motion (stop frame) video in
camera with the pictures that are sequentially shot
while moving the object by degrees. This effect
makes the object appear as if it is moving by itself.
Approx. 1040K-dot 180゜ Tiltable Touch Monitor
The new large, approx. 1040K-dot high resolution monitor
boasts approx. 100% of field of view, and it tilts up
approx. 180゜. The front panel is directly attached to the new
In Cell Touch LCD without containing air layer in between.
The result is that the reflection of external light is dramatically
suppressed. Together with the increased resolution and
improved color reproduction, the monitor for DMC-GF6 secures
higher visibility under bright conditions. Plus, attenuation of
transmitting backlight is minimized to achieve wide angle of
view and by 25% of power saving.
Touch AF & Touch AE
With the Full-area Touch AF, it is possible to set focus on any point in the
field of view which realizes quick and intuitive focusing operation with free
frame composition. In addition, the newly adopted Touch AE (Auto Exposure)
function allows setting focus and exposure at a single touch on the subject
displayed on the monitor.
Approx. 1040K-dot 180゜ Tiltable Touch Monitor
The new large, approx. 1040K-dot high resolution monitor
boasts approx. 100% of field of view, and it tilts up
approx. 180゜. The front panel is directly attached to the new
In Cell Touch LCD without containing air layer in between.
The result is that the reflection of external light is dramatically
suppressed. Together with the increased resolution and
improved color reproduction, the monitor for DMC-GF6 secures
higher visibility under bright conditions. Plus, attenuation of
transmitting backlight is minimized to achieve wide angle of
view and by 25% of power saving.
Function Lever & Mode Dial
The control on DMC-GF6 is smooth and
easy with optimum layout of operation
devices. The newly added function lever
allows direct adjustment of allotted function
- zoom*, exposure or aperture** control.
This lever works for magnification in
playback mode and page flip in menu.
** In M (Manual) mode.
Remote Shooting / Remote View
With Panasonic "Image App", remote shooting of both
photo and video* is available by using the
smartphone / tablet for a remote shutter with a monitor
which displayed live at smooth 30 fps. Not only releasing
a shutter, zooming**, focusing and settings of shutter
speed, aperture, exposure compensation are all controllable
with a smartphone / tablet.
The Instant Transfer function allows the
camera to transfer the photo data to the
designated electronic devices automatically
whenever shutter is released. In playback
mode, you can also touch the image
displayed on the camera to transfer it
directly to the smartphone / tablet right
on the spot.
*Installing "Image App" is needed in advance.
* For remote shooting of video, start/stop recording is available
over smartphone / tablet control
** With LUMIX G Power Zoom Lens H-PS14042 or H-PS45175.
Wi-Fi® Features - At Home
Wireless TV Playback
The Wi-Fi Direct™ function allows direct
playback of images on the DLNA (Digital
Living Network Alliance) - compliant VIERA
Wireless Print
You can print out recorded pictures
wirelessly from a PictBridge (wireless LAN
compatible) printer.
Cloud Sync.
With the Panasonic's exclusive Cloud Sync.
Service, photos and videos can be
synchronized among the compliant
electronic devices you use.
Product Specification
Camera Type Digital Single Lens Mirrorless camera Recording media SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card (Compatible with UHS-I standard SDHC/SDXC memory cards) Image sensor size 17.3 x 13.0 mm (in 4:3 aspect ratio) Lens Mount Micro Four Thirds mount Image Type Live MOS Sensor Total pixels 16.68 Megapixels Camera effective pixels 16.00 Megapixels Color filter Primary color filter Dust reduction system Supersonic wave filter Recording file format Still Image: JPEG(DCF, Exif 2.3), RAW, / MPO (When attaching 3D lens in Micro Four Thirds standard) / Motion Image: AVCHD (Audio format: Dolby Digital 2 ch) / / MP4 (Audio format AAC 2ch) Aspect ratio 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 1:1 Image quality RAW, RAW+Fine, RAW+Standard, Fine, Standard, / MPO+Fine, MPO+Standard (When attaching 3D lens in Micro Four Thirds System standard) Color Space sRGB, Adobe RGB File size(Pixels): Still Image [4:3] 4592x3448(L) / 3232x2424(M) / 2272x1704(S) / 1824x1368(When attaching 3D lens in Micro Four Third System standard) / [3:2] 4576x3064(L) / 3232x2160(M) / 2272x1520(S) / 1824x1216(When attaching 3D lens in Micro Four Third System standard) / [16:9] 4576x2584(L) / 3232x1824(M) / 1920x1080(S) / 1824x1024(When attaching 3D lens in Micro Four Third System standard) / [1:1] 3424x3424(L) / 2416x2416(M) / 1712x1712(S) / 1712x1712(When attaching 3D lens in Micro Four Third System standard) Motion Image (MP4: NTSC) [Full HD]1920x1080, 30fps (sensor output is 30p) / [HD]1280x720, 30fps (sensor output is 30p) / [VGA] 640x480, 30fps (sensor output is 30p) Motion Image (AVCHD: NTSC) [Full HD] 1920x1080, 60i (sensor output is 30p) / [HD] 1280 x 720, 60p (sensor output is 30p) Continuous recordable time AVCHD: Approx. 140 min with H-FS1442A (Motion images) Actual recordable time (Motion images) AVCHD: Approx. 70 min with H-FS1442A Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g/n, 2412MHz - 2462MHz (11ch), Wi-Fi / WPA / WPA2, Infrastructure mode NFC Yes Focus Type Contrast AF system Focus mode AFS (Single) / AFF (Flexible) / AFC (Continuous) / MF AF mode Face detection / AF Tracking / 23-area-focusing / 1-area-focusing / Pinpoint AF detective range EV -3 - 18 (ISO100 equivalent) AF assist lamp Yes AF lock Set the Fn button in custom menu to AF lock Light metering system 1728-zone multi-pattern sensing system Light metering mode Intelligent Multiple / Center Weighted / Spot Metering range EV 0 - 18 (F2.0 lens, ISO100 equivalent) Exposure mode Program AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual, ISO sensitivity Auto / Intelligent ISO / 160 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 / 6400 / 12800 / 25600 (Extended) / (Changeable to 1/3 EV step) (Standard Output Sensitivity) Exposure compensation 1/3EV Step ±3EV AE lock Set the Fn button in custom menu to AE lock AE bracket 3,5 frame, in 1/3 or 2/3 EV Step, ±4/3 EV White balance Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Shade / Incandescent / Flash / White Set 1, 2 / Color temperature setting White balance adjustment Blue/amber bias, Magenta/green bias Color temperature setting 2500-10000K in 100K White balance bracket 3 exposures in blue/ amber axis or in magenta/ green axis Shutter Type Focal-plane shutter Shutter speed Still Images: 1/4000 - 60 / Motion image: 1/16000 - 1/30 (NTSC) Self timer 3 images after 10sec, / 2sec / 10sec Scene Guide: Still image Clear Portrait / Silky Skin / Backlit Softness / Clear in Backlight / Relaxing Tone / Sweet Child's Face / Distinct Scenery / Bright Blue Sky / Romantic Sunset Glow / / Vivid Sunset Glow / Glistening Water / Clear Nightscape / Cool Night Sky / Warm Glowing Nightscape / Artistic Nightscape / Glittering Illuminations / / Clear Night Portrait / Soft Image of a Flower / Appetizing Food / Cute Dessert / Freeze Animal Motion / Clear Sports Shot / Monochrome Scene Guide: Video Clear Portrait / Silky Skin / Backlit Softness / Clear in Backlight / Relaxing Tone / Sweet Child's Face / Distinct Scenery / Bright Blue Sky / Romantic Sunset Glow / / Vivid Sunset Glow / Clear Nightscape / Cool Night Sky / Warm Glowing Nightscape / Artistic Nightscape / Clear Night Portrait / Appetizing Food / Cute Dessert / / Freeze Animal Motion / Clear Sports Shot / Monochrome Burst speed SH: 20frames/sec, H: 4.2 frames/sec(with AFS), M: 3frames/sec (with Live View), L: 2.0 frames/sec (with Live View) Number of recordable images 7 images (when there are RAW files with the particular speed) / Unlimited consecutive shooting (when there are no RAW files) / (depending on memory card size, battery power, picture size and compression) Flash Type TTL Built-in-Flash, GN6.3 equivalent (ISO 160 . m), GN5.0 equivalent (ISO 100 . m), Built-in Pop-up Flash Mode Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Forced On/Red-eye Reduction, Slow Sync., Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction, Forced Off Synchronization speed Less than 1/160 second Flash synchronization 1st. Curtain Sync LCD Monitor: Type TFT LCD with In-Cell Touch panel, Free angle frame Monitor size 3.0"/ 3:2 Aspect / Wide-viewing angle Pixels 1040K dots Filed of view Approx. 100% Monitor adjustment Brightness, Contrast and Saturation, Red tint, Blue tint Digital zoom 2x, 4x Extra Tele Conversion Still image: Max.2x (When a picture size of S(4M), aspect ratio of 4:3 is selected. Magnification ratio depends on the recording pixels and aspect ratio.) / Motion image: 2.4x (FSH in AVCHD and FHD in MP4), 3.6x (SH in AVCHD and HD in MP4), 4.8x (VGA in MP4) Level Gauge No Direction Detection Function Yes Self Shot Yes Fn1, Fn2, Fn3, Fn4 Wi-Fi / Q.MENU / AF/AE LOCK / ONE PUSH AE / PREVIEW / PHOTO STYLE / ASPECT RATIO / PICTURE SIZE / QUALITY / FOCUS MODE/ / METERING MODE / HDR / FLASH MODE / FLASH ADJUST. / I.RESOLUTION / I.DYNAMIC / EX. TELE CONV. / DIGITAL ZOOM / STABILIZER / SENSITIVITY / / RESTORE TO DEFAULT / REC MODE/REC QUALITY / PICTURE MODE / HISTOGRAM / GUIDE LINE / STEP ZOOM / ZOOM SPEED /REC AREA Creative control: Still image Expressive / Retro / Old Days / High Key / Low Key / Sepia / Dynamic Monochrome / Impressive Art / High Dynamic / Cross Process / Toy Effect / Toy POP / / Bleach Bypass / Miniature Effect / Soft Focus / Fantasy / Star Filter / One Point Color / Sunshine Creative control: Video Expressive / Retro / Old Days / High Key / Low Key / Sepia / Dynamic Monochrome / Impressive Art / High Dynamic / Cross Process / Toy Effect / Toy POP / / Bleach Bypass / Miniature Effect / Fantasy / One Point Color Exposure Mode Program AE/ Aperture-Priority / Sutter-Priority / Manual Exposure Photo style: Still image and Video Standard / Vivid / Natural / Monochrome / Scenery / Portrait / Custom Playback mode Normal playback, 30-thumbnail display, 12-thumbnail display, Calendar display, Zoomed playback (16x Max.), Slideshow (duration & effect is selectable), / Playback Mode (Normal/Picture/Video/3D Play/Category/Favorite), Location Logging, Clear Retouch, Title Edit, Text Stamp, Video Divide, Stop Motion Animation, / Resize, Cropping, Rotate, Favorite, Print set, Protect, Face Recognition Edit Protection Single / Multi, Cancel Erase Single / Multi / All / Except Favorite Direct Print PictBridge compatible(Print size, Layout, Date setting are selectable ) USB USB 2.0 High Speed Multi HDMI miniHDMI TypeC / Video: Auto / 1080i / 720p / 480p / Audio: Stereo Audio video output Monaural Type, NTSC Microphone Stereo, Wind-cut: Off / Auto / Flicker reduction / Microphone level adjustable: Lv1 / Lv2 / Lv3 / Lv4 Speaker Monaural OSD language English, Spanish, Portuguese(English) Battery Li-ion Battery Pack (7.2V, 1025mAh) (Included) / Battery Charger Battery life (CIPA standard) Approx. 330 images with H-PS14042 / Approx. 340 images with H-FS1442A / Approx. 340 images with H-FS45150 Operating temperature 0deg.C to 40deg.C (32deg.F to 104deg.F) Operating humidity 10% RH to 80% RH Software PHOTOfunSTUDIO 9.2 PE / SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.1 SE / LoiLoScope (trial version) / USB Driver Lens Name LUMIX G VARIO 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 II ASPH. / MEGA O.I.S. Lens Construction 9 elements in 8 groups (2 aspherical lenses) Mount Micro Four Thirds mount Optical Image Stabilizer Yes (MEGA O.I.S.) Focal Length f=14-42mm (35mm camera equivalent 28-84mm) Aperture Type 7 diaphragm blades / Circular aperture diaphragm Maximum Aperture F3.5(Wide) - F5.6(Tele) Minimum Aperture F22 Closest Focusing Distance 0.2m/0.66ft (at focal lengths 14-20mm) / 0.3m/0.98ft (at focal lengths 21-42mm) Maximum magnification Approx. 0.17x / 0.34x (35mm camera equivalent) Diagonal Angle of View 75deg.(Wide) to 29deg.(TELE) Filter Size 46mm / 1.8" Lens: Max. Diameter 56mm / 2.2" Lens: Overall Length 49mm / 1.9" (from the tip of the lens to the base side of the lens mount) Dimensions (WxHxD) 111.2x64.8x38.4mm / 4.37x2.55x1.51" (excluding protrusions) Weight 323g / 11.39oz (SD card, Battery, Body)
280g / 9.88oz (Body only)
Lens: 3.88oz / 110g (excluding lens cap, lens rear cap and Lens hood)


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NYC: Luzzo's New Quadrata Square Pie (Plus Two New Pizza-Related Menu Items)
"It is ironic that square pies, stromboli, and fried calzones are considered new here, worthy of press releases and reviews, while they have been staples of the city's pizzerias since time immemorial."
211 First Avenue, New York NY 10003 (12th Street; map); 212-473-7447; luzzos.com
Pizza Style: Neapolitan
Oven Type: Coal- and wood-fired (and in the case of the Quadrata, electric and gas as well)
The Skinny: Three "new" forms of pizza and pizza dough–based dishes that will be familiar to most New Yorkers deliver the goods
Price: Quadrata 12-inch, $17; 16-inch, $21
When Luzzo's opened five years ago it was ahead of the curve as regards the Neapolitan craze raging in New York City these days. That the pies it serves are more an amalgamation of classic Neapolitan and pizza suited to American tastes (read: crisp crust) is not really relevant. Luzzo's never took a staunch, purist approach to Neapolitan pizza but sought to satisfy local tastes rather than dictate them.
Unfettered by puritanism, Luzzo's has added a trio of new menu items that will be familiar to most New Yorkers but will make likely make the VPN crowd cringe.
Luzzo's has one of the few coal ovens in the city, obtained only because a bakery that previously occupied the space was grandfathered in. Luzzo's uses both coal and wood to fire that oven.
Luzzo's has an interior design that can best be described as eclectic. It looks as if it is the work of gypsies, with bric-a-brac fastened throughout the dining room. For some reason there is an upside-down table and chair stuck to the ceiling.
New to the Luzzo's menu is the Quadrata, which, as the name implies, is a square pie. But rather than the thick, often dense crusts found on Sicilian pies around the city this one is vanishingly thin. According to New York magazine, the pie undergoes a cooking process that seemingly involves every form of oven, save microwaving. First the naked dough is placed in a square pan and is cooked in a gas oven, it then spends some time in an electric oven before being covered in cheese and sauce and finding its way into Luzzo's coal-and-wood-fired oven.
All this preparation takes a bit longer than a round pie at Luzzo's. While the round pizza can take but a few minutes, expect to wait around 20 minutes for the Quadrata to emerge form the various ovens. It's worth the wait. The pie arrives at table partitioned into six small slices and served on a wood cutting board. It's covered from border to border with tomato sauce that is dotted with fresh buffalo mozzarella and basil.
The crust comes out crisp—corner slices, braced by the the end crust, exhibit no tip sag. The center is a bit softer but still far more crisp than a Neapolitan pie. It has a pleasing crunch, and the flavor is remarkable in that it evocative of both gas-fired ovens and direct-fire methods of cooking.
The cheese was nicely melted, although perhaps may have spent a little more time in the oven. The sauce is in perfect proportion to the crust. But it lacks vibrancy and it could be a tad sweeter, being a little on the acidic side. This is something I hadn't noticed on the regular pies here, so perhaps all the cooking is doing something to the sauce.
I liked the square pie, more so than the regular pies, which I find to be good but not great. The square pie probably would benefit from some form of topping—pepperoni or anchovies would add a needed saltiness; the crust is robust enough to support them.
Pizza Fritta
Also new to the menu is fried pizza, a variation on the calzone that Luzzo's cooks in the pizza oven, except this one is fried in olive oil. It emerges golden in color, and the crust is both crisp but also soft—remarkable because it is paper thin. I had mine filled with ricotta, ham, mozzarella, and sauce, all of which spilled out of the pocket in a molten mass when I cut it. I enjoyed the pizza fritta. It is not pizza in the traditional sense even though the ingredients are the same, but it offers much of the same pleasure.
A final addition to the menu is the "frusta," whip in Italian. The name is doubtlessly derived from the seam that bonds the dough at the top of what most New Yorkers will recognize as a stromboli. The crusty loaf (made from the same dough used for the pizza) came stuffed with cheese, broccoli rabe, and sausage and was spiked with red pepper. Again, not technically pizza but delicious nonetheless and further proof of the versatility of bread—fried or baked, thick or thin, flat or folded, it makes for good eating.
It is ironic that square pies, stromboli, and fried calzones are considered new here, worthy of press releases and reviews, while they have been staples of the city's pizzerias since time immemorial. But in a sense we are witnessing a historical recreation as to how these dishes made their way onto pizza menus in the first place. Italian immigrants started out making pizza and them slowly added variations on the theme, inspired by recipes from their homeland.
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The Ventures 3rd Edition Level 4 Teacher's Edition has easy-to-follow lesson plans with tips and suggestions throughout, addressing common areas of difficulty for students and suggested expansion activities for improving learner persistence. The Teacher's Edition also explains where to find additional practice in other components such as the Workbook, Online Teacher's Resources, tests, and the Ventures Arcade.
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The public inquiry into the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme (RHI) will hold a preliminary hearing on Thursday 27 April at Stormont.
The hearing, which opens at 11am, will be open to the public and will take place in the Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings.
The Chairman, Sir Patrick Coghlin, will introduce his panel and team and make a statement in which he will describe the preparatory work undertaken by the Inquiry to.
He will also give more detail about how the Inquiry is gathering evidence and address the Terms of Reference. He will also set out the procedures under which the Inquiry intends to operate.
Set up in November 2012, the RHI scheme was an attempt by Stormont to increase consumption of heat from renewable sources.
It was run by then Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI).
However, flaws in safeguards of the scheme meant that it is projected to cost the taxpayer almost £600m, causing major political turmoil.


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Dancing With The Stars Cheryl Burke Attends "Jockey for a Cause" Charity Event
Pictured above is Cheryl Burke and NHL player Joffrey Lupul. Wednesday the two made an appearance at the "Jockey for a Cause" event in Rancho Santa Fe, California. The charity event, held at the DeHaven Estate, raised money for jockeys injured while competing. You can read more at E News. More pics at Getty Images. Wow, Cheryl has never looked more stunning! What do you think? Is this dress a hit in your opinion?


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Okay, so Valentine's Day is coming up soon. Women everywhere are fantasizing about what amazing presents they will get from their significant other. And men are...well, they aren't thinking about it at all and let's face it, they won't until maybe February 13 if you're lucky.
Because I'm a woman (hells yeah I am! *sensual self boob honk*), my thoughts have already gone to the place where even the most strong of men fear to tread. That's right, romance town. Oh, how I love romance town. It's that magical place where ladies come home from work to find a trail of rose petals to the bedroom, where their men are waiting with a bubble bath, candles, champagne and a ready-for-cunnilingus face and maybe there are some flowers there and rainbows with unicorns frolicking under them. Also, all the men are George Clooney.
But ladies, let's get real here. How can we expect our men to go all out in the romance department when a) they aren't built to remember to do shit like that and b) we don't usually reciprocate. And by "reciprocate", I mean "give up that kinky, hot, stinky sex they really really like but you only want to do every so often because that position makes your stomach all squishy and sometimes makes you fart for some reason, which is weird because who knew The Reverse Mambo would have that effect? "
And this is where my good friends at EdenFantasys come in. Pay attention. Go to this website. Go there now. Buy something sexy to wear, or something kinky to watch, or something penis-shaped to put in your box. Ha, that kind of rhymed. Watch and box. I'm awesome.
Seriously though, every relationship (especially long-term ones) can use a little spicing up. Don't feel comfortable with a dildo? Then maybe try a sexy outfit instead. Or order an erotic book and read to each other. And if you're single? Oh damn girl, please do yourself a favor and order a vibrator and then use it on Valentine's Day while watching George Clooney in that movie with the two chicks and he's on an airplane a lot and I think maybe he sleeps with one of the chicks or something? and then you can be all "I don't need no stinking man except to maybe open a pickle jar once in awhile and even then not really because I hate pickles!".
It'll be awesome, is what I'm saying.
Here's the other cool thing about EdenFantasys. They have this online community with reviews, forums and my favorite, Sexis, where you can find great articles about all kinds of sexy sex stuff and funny sex stuff and you get the idea. Plus The Bloggess writes there, so you know it has to be kick ass.
Just go over there and check it out, okay? Because something awesome is happening right here and you need to be familiar with their products...just in case you win.
That's right, I'm having a SEX TOY GIVEAWAY. Just like I promised. EdenFantasys has generously offered a $50 gift certificate to be used at their website for one winner here at Yo-Mama's Blog. Okay, so it isn't specifically a sex toy giveaway...I'm just assuming that is what you will pick to order with your gift certificate because that is exactly what I would do. And the giveaway isn't just for my sexy lady readers. I'm an equal opportunity sex toy giveaway-er, so you dudes hanging around here for the sensual boob honks should enter too.
Anyway, here's what you have to do to be eligible to win:
- Leave a comment here with the item you would buy at EdenFantasys if you win.
- Become a follower of Yo-Mama's Blog, if you aren't already.
- Mention my giveaway in a post on your own blog with a link to this post.
- Tweet about my giveaway with a link to this post.
That's it. One winner will be chosen at random on Friday, February 4, to win the $50 EdenFantasys gift certificate.
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Benedict Arnold
Date: January 14, 1741 - 1801
Remarks: Benedict Arnold, the well-known traitor during the Revolutionary War, began his career as an apothecary and a successful shipper. However, with the start of the war, he dropped everything to fight. He helped capture Fort Ticonderoga, and was also part of the invasion of Canada and the Saratoga campaign, among other things. Around 1779, Arnold began a treasonous correspondance with the British, possibly for the money he was offered, or simply to pay back Congress for all of the times they had slighted him. Whatever the reason, Arnold was found to be a traitor when his messenger, John André, was captured and later killed. Arnold was able to escape and soon fled to England, where he briefly served the British before going into exile. He died in London in 1801. - Source: http://www.bartleby.com/65/ar/Arnold-B.html and http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/arnold.html


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Gear Live Giveaway: Sony PSP Value Pack
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Announcements, Video Games
Each week, Gear Live gives away awesome tech prizes courtesy of PrizeCube. The winner of the last contest was Matt M., who walked away with a brand new Logitech Harmony 676 Remote Control.
I am going to make this quick, and easy. You all want a PSP. You may not want to pay $249 for a Value Pack that may be bundled with things you don't even want, but you still want one. This is where we come in. We are going to give away two Sony PSP Value Packs in this contest. To enter, all you need to do is tell us which PSP launch game has you the most stoked - without using Ridge Racers as your answer. Just let us know which game it is, and why, in the comments area. In a week, we will randomly pick two people who met the requirements, and their PSP's will be shipped when the product launches. As a friendly reminder, anyone is allowed to leave a comment, but only U.S. residents are eligible to win the prize. Thanks again to PrizeCube for sponsoring our giveaways.
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Vineyards of Sonoma County – with Domaine Carneros
The French have landed…the French have landed. Actually, with regard to California, Taittinger landed in 1987 with Domaine Carneros. Completed in 1989, the château, a gorgeous landmark in the Carneros region is literally at the crossroads of both Napa and Sonoma. The classic 18th century château-style building was architecturally inspired by the historic Taittinger-owned Château de la Marquetterie in Champagne.
Domaine Carneros boasts a couple of interesting firsts: 100% all 350 acres of estate vineyards were Certified Organic Estate Vineyards by 2005; in 2003 the winery installed the largest photovoltaic solar collection system on any winery in the world at the time, and led a series of seminars for other wineries to learn about the technology; founding Winemaker Eileen Crane is the most experienced sparkling winemaker in America, entering her 35th harvest in 2012.
Join us as we talk with Eileen about her wine and culinary background, and the stewardship that both she and the Taittinger family have provided to Domaine Carneros.
For more info:
Domaine Carneros: www.domainecarneros.com/
Related story – A Visit to Taittinger with Cellarmaster/Chef de Cave Loïc Dupont: www.graperadio.com/archives/2008/05/05/a-walk-through-the-cellars/
Sponsor: The Wine Club, Fine Wine Merchants: www.thewineclub.com
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