[…] the house had been boldly planned with a ball-room, so that, instead of squeezing through a narrow passage to get to it (as at the Chiverses’) one marched solemnly down a vista of enfiladed drawing-rooms (the sea-green, the crimson and the bouton d’or), seeing from afar the many-candled lustres reflected in the polished parquetry […]

A wonderful friend gave me this no fail caramel recipe. Use it to top other desserts but it pairs well in these yummy little trifle cups.

The set was at times hyperaggressive, hyperassertive; here and there you wanted to tell it to back off.

The one thing everyone agrees on is that they've never encountered a band that claimed to be emo.