Kirsti traveled to help you Vienna some time ago, where she went to the newest Sisi Museum on Hofburg Purple Castle and you will scored me numerous alternatives bits of “Sisiana,” as well as syrup and you will jelly, beverage and you will truffles, and you will a lovely reproduction of 1 of the amazingly starburst tresses pins you to definitely decorate Sisi’s coiffure during the Winterhalter’s most famous portrait regarding her. You will find as well as ordered Sisi-inspired chocolate (contrary to popular belief delicious) and you can gleaming wines of Austria that arrived back at my house less than just of several instructions We have placed in the latest U.S.
Whenever i appreciate using these things and you can appreciating Sisi’s portrait towards the my personal wall structure (something special of my buddy), I you should never eliminate vision regarding a thriving concept. The newest irony and you can disaster of honoring Sisi to possess their beauty are that she derived her mind-worth of their appears, that have been condemned to diminish over the years. Continue reading Now might have been this new 100th birthday off beloved kids’ book publisher and illustrator Tasha Tudor