Comments for Elin Schoen Brockman's Enlightened Shopper Blog http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog Just another WordPress site Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on WE ARE IN ITALY, THEREFORE WE SHOP by elaine koufman http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=190#comment-236 elaine koufman Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:49:59 +0000 http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=190#comment-236 i have caught up with the blog..feel like i was shopping with u in rome..thank you..u should have worn boots yesterday--or are u going to put them in lucite for display? also plan to make butter soup!! i have caught up with the blog..feel like i was shopping with u in rome..thank you..u should have worn boots yesterday–or are u going to put them in lucite for display?
also plan to make butter soup!!

]]> Comment on NATURE SHOCK by janet ruhe-schoen http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=211#comment-129 janet ruhe-schoen Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:01:47 +0000 http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=211#comment-129 indeed it was the best... still is... do you have any left over? by the way, what is panko? indeed it was the best… still is… do you have any left over? by the way, what is panko?

]]> Comment on NATURE SHOCK by Nancy http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=211#comment-127 Nancy Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:20:54 +0000 http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=211#comment-127 Sounds delicious, yum... Perfect for these "snow days"! Sounds delicious, yum… Perfect for these “snow days”!

]]> Comment on WE ARE IN ITALY, THEREFORE WE SHOP by esb_admin http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=190#comment-126 esb_admin Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:39:34 +0000 http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=190#comment-126 Hmmm...you've certainly brought up a lot to think about here -- the central, crucial issue being, of course, what a lot of us are ALWAYS thinking about -- the constant struggle to find that balance between buying goods and being good. I, too, find it impossible not to feel guilty about acquiring something I don't absolutely need in light of all those people who don't even have the most basic needs...On the other hand, there is the universally basic need for love and beauty and sometimes you can get a little of that from... buying that object of desire. Like my new boots. Which, incidentally, I have still not yet worn... As I said, I'm not always as enlightened as I should be about shopping. But I keep trying. Therefore: this blog! Hmmm…you’ve certainly brought up a lot to think about here — the central, crucial issue being, of course, what a lot of us are ALWAYS thinking about — the constant struggle to find that balance between buying goods and being good. I, too, find it impossible not to feel guilty about acquiring something I don’t absolutely need in light of all those people who don’t even have the most basic needs…On the other hand, there is the universally basic need for love and beauty and sometimes you can get a little of that from… buying that object of desire. Like my new boots. Which, incidentally, I have still not yet worn… As I said, I’m not always as enlightened as I should be about shopping. But I keep trying. Therefore: this blog!

]]> Comment on NATURE SHOCK by Jett http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=211#comment-123 Jett Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:31:31 +0000 http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=211#comment-123 mmmmmm Yum I remember Granma Little....I have such a warm memory of her. and I am so in need of a zuppa!! Thanks. mmmmmm Yum
I remember Granma Little….I have such a warm memory of her. and I am so in need of a zuppa!!
Thanks.

]]> Comment on WE ARE IN ITALY, THEREFORE WE SHOP by Jett http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=190#comment-122 Jett Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:19:43 +0000 http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=190#comment-122 Oh I could go on and on and add so much to the concept of shopping for what we desire...acquisition...a need to fill a void...pure innocent acquiring goods because it makes us feel good. Shopping for a new hat...thats how I grew up...remember the thing in the 50's If you feel the least bit depressed go out and buy yourself a new hat!!! it will cheer you up. remember? .Elin this is where it began....and by stroking ecclesiastic robes, hats and other yummies, you are rationalizing the guilt of shopping when we really don't need it and people are starving in africa...which we also grew up with...and of course.... the depression guilt our parents laid on us.... Ok that was a tirade. I try not to shop on Net-a-porter and do so only at big markdowns....but then....and who bought the Andy Warhol print that Dennis Hopper shot holes in for $500,000 at auction? Oh I could go on and on and add so much to the concept of shopping for what we desire…acquisition…a need to fill a void…pure innocent acquiring goods because it makes us feel good. Shopping for a new hat…thats how I grew up…remember the thing in the 50′s If you feel the least bit depressed go out and buy yourself a new hat!!! it will cheer you up. remember? .Elin this is where it began….and by stroking ecclesiastic robes, hats and other yummies, you are rationalizing the guilt of shopping when we really don’t need it and people are starving in africa…which we also grew up with…and of course…. the depression guilt our parents laid on us….

Ok that was a tirade. I try not to shop on Net-a-porter and do so only at big markdowns….but then….and who bought the Andy Warhol print that Dennis Hopper shot holes in for $500,000 at auction?

]]> Comment on WHAT A PICTURE’S WORTH by david loring http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=167#comment-112 david loring Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:43:50 +0000 http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=167#comment-112 Ah, this certainly sounds like a real conversation that occurred and not some figment of the writers imagination. As a matter of fact, I hear the inflections. I guess writing does speak. Ah, this certainly sounds like a real conversation that occurred and not some figment of the writers imagination. As a matter of fact, I hear the inflections. I guess writing does speak.

]]> Comment on COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS DEPT. by david loring http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=142#comment-111 david loring Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:40:16 +0000 http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=142#comment-111 Again, I like. Now, I will ponder. Again, I like. Now, I will ponder.

]]> Comment on ITALIAN FOR ENLIGHTENED SHOPPERS by david loring http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=180#comment-110 david loring Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:36:59 +0000 http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=180#comment-110 short and sweet. I like. short and sweet. I like.

]]> Comment on WHAT A PICTURE’S WORTH by JMS http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=167#comment-107 JMS Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:43:47 +0000 http://www.elinschoenbrockman.com/blog/?p=167#comment-107 Can't help thinking about "Took the picture, love the jacket. did'nt cost a cent." Did you make an offer? Can you haggle in Rome? Love the jacket. Can’t help thinking about “Took the picture, love the jacket. did’nt
cost a cent.” Did you make an offer? Can you haggle in Rome?
Love the jacket.

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