tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post7675956359041173877..comments2024-03-22T10:18:25.233+01:00Comments on ParisDailyPhoto: Seing GraceEric@ParisDailyPhotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07945292068472619659noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-2426143704669202892008-08-10T08:09:00.000+02:002008-08-10T08:09:00.000+02:00David --- what an amazing story! What an interest...David --- what an amazing story! What an interesting and varied group of people meet here. Thanks for sharing that with us. I am always surprised by posts that are spurred by the photos or by comments derived from the photos. I'd never heard of Hope Cooke, but, now, I'm going to read her story.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978433496142392475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-90336402687998560492008-08-08T20:38:00.000+02:002008-08-08T20:38:00.000+02:00That's a fantastic story - thank you so much for p...That's a fantastic story - thank you so much for posting it here!USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-11513136386849327912008-08-08T08:18:00.000+02:002008-08-08T08:18:00.000+02:00tonton flaneur,I was interested to read your recol...tonton flaneur,<BR/>I was interested to read your recollection of Hope Cooke. Here's some additional information I can add on the subject.<BR/><BR/>When she was engaged to be married to the chogyal of Sikkim and would become the queen or "gyalmo" of Sikkim, she renounced her U.S. citizenship and became a citizen of Sikkim. She did so in the best interests of the U.S. and Sikkim, as it would not be proper to have a U.S. citizen serve as the ruler of another country. Furthermore, it would promote her acceptance in Sikkim if she were a citizen of that country, not the U.S.<BR/><BR/>All that was fine until she had to flee Sikkim when the Indians seized the country and deposed the royal family. She returned to the U.S., naturally enough, but she was no longer a U.S. citizen. It was my privilege to do the staff work on a special bill that was passed in the U.S. Congress to grant her a permanent residency visa to allow her to remain in the U.S. I was employed a the time by a Member of Congress who previously had been the U.S. Chief of Protocol in the State Department and he had hosted a visit of the Sikkim royal family to the U.S. He introduced the bill that allowed her to remain in the U.S., as she was literally a woman without a country at that time.<BR/><BR/>I was honored to meet with her, keep her posted on the progress of the legislation, and help her through the process, as it is not a simple thing to get a special law for one person enacted by Congress. She is a delightful, warm person, and I was pleased to be inspired by this dialogue to Google her and read about her this evening to catch up on her life.Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02567583999945259422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-86805326132790869482008-08-08T01:31:00.000+02:002008-08-08T01:31:00.000+02:00I do love this soundtrack... I didn't pay attentio...I do love this soundtrack... I didn't pay attention to that, at first, and now i do... <BR/>Thrilling questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-38875754206268565212008-08-08T00:02:00.000+02:002008-08-08T00:02:00.000+02:00Alexa - Are you going for four?!Alexa - Are you going for four?!USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-59102240830065155452008-08-07T23:58:00.000+02:002008-08-07T23:58:00.000+02:00Hope Cooke lives in Brooklyn Heights? Who knew? ...Hope Cooke lives in Brooklyn Heights? Who knew? Maybe I'll run into her one day (and probably not know it).<BR/>What about Lisa Hallaby, who married King Hussein of Jordan and became Queen Noor (now the dowager queen)? She even looks a bit like Grace Kelly. (And btw, she has a sister named Alexa.)Alexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620873522996260383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-89384844298729907742008-08-07T23:57:00.000+02:002008-08-07T23:57:00.000+02:00I missed seeing Abdullah II, King of Jordan about ...I missed seeing Abdullah II, King of Jordan about a month ago here in Mendocino county. He was riding his Harley incognito through the redwood highway north of us.USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-49924426810327088232008-08-07T23:45:00.000+02:002008-08-07T23:45:00.000+02:00I remember when Grace married Ranier and all the h...I remember when Grace married Ranier and all the hoopla surrounding it. What a lovely bride she made. I would love to see here wedding dress. If I'd gotten married, that's the kind of dress I'd have wanted.<BR/>David - I do remember Hope Cooke and her exotic choice of groom. Tonton - thanks for the update on what happened to her.<BR/>The only royalty I've seen in person was a glimpse of Charles and Camilla when they were in SF a few years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-30467693071001682282008-08-07T23:09:00.000+02:002008-08-07T23:09:00.000+02:00Tonton - No harm, no foul! 8^) Honest! I will conf...Tonton - No harm, no foul! 8^) Honest! I will confess to enjoying Caron in "Chocolat". I endorse that.USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-39051601802953356522008-08-07T22:41:00.000+02:002008-08-07T22:41:00.000+02:00david--costarica....WOW!! I do remember Hope Cook...david--costarica....WOW!! I do remember Hope Cooke!! Just read your comment, and I remember very well when she married the Chogyal of Sikkim and it was in LIFE magazine. I was ten years old and it made me go to the library and read all about Sikkim.<BR/><BR/>She went to Sarah Lawrence college and was dropped from the Social Register for marrying him. Even though he was royalty he was a foreigner and a Buddhist; which was not acceptable for an Episcopalian WASP whose family was in the "Social Register". She now lives in Brooklyn Heights, New York. She was so lovely when she was young and quite fey.<BR/><BR/>Uselaine...I wasn't criticizing you...I actually have seen the movie twice[I love Leslie Caron.. ;-) ..]it is just that the movie is almost a farce regarding French culture and society and yet the writer presents it as being "realistic"...which makes it more grotesque!! G'nite Gracie...Love it..LOL!!tonton_flaneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071868284684917894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-28557291772687176872008-08-07T22:37:00.000+02:002008-08-07T22:37:00.000+02:00Tonton - Hey, I wasn't necessarily endorsing the m...Tonton - Hey, I wasn't necessarily <I>endorsing</I> the movie, just pointing out where I heard of the bag! ;^)<BR/><BR/>Say g'nite, Gracie.USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-50611844341694684642008-08-07T22:27:00.000+02:002008-08-07T22:27:00.000+02:00Uselaine..."Le Divorce"????? Beurrrrkkkk...LOL!! ...Uselaine..."Le Divorce"????? Beurrrrkkkk...LOL!! That movie is full of every stupid, idiotic, cliche that any American writer could possibly think of when they are asked.."Quick...write a book we can turn into a screenplay full of every stereotype about the French you can imagine"!!! LOL!!! However the shots of Paris are great and Leslie Caron was quite funny...not to mention Stockard Channing, Glenn Close and Thierry L'Hermitte!!<BR/><BR/>Not to brag, but I encountered Princess Grace while working at a famous hotel once and I know you won't believe this, but I DIDN'T call her "Gracie"...although the thought was in my mind and almost caused me to burst out laughing while I was in her "presence"! She was beautiful but "de Trop"!!! ;-)tonton_flaneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071868284684917894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-3790047219184778332008-08-07T22:14:00.000+02:002008-08-07T22:14:00.000+02:00One additional thought with all this dialogue abou...One additional thought with all this dialogue about Grace Kelly. Does anyone remember Hope Cooke? She was an American socialite who married the king of Sikkim, a principality in the Himalayas, in a variation of the Grace Kelly story. <BR/><BR/>The two of them ruled as the Namgyal and Chogyal of Sikkim for years until the Indian government deposed the monarchy, abolished the country and annexed Sikkim. She had to flee the country and return to the U.S. without him.<BR/><BR/>Not the same tragedy as Grace Kelly, but another sad ending to a fairy tale life.Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02567583999945259422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-29762513718026249032008-08-07T22:08:00.000+02:002008-08-07T22:08:00.000+02:00I just took the time to look at all your links. Yo...I just took the time to look at all your links. You exhibit grace and class in your selection of items for your own tribute to her on PDP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-50575533292229659272008-08-07T21:09:00.000+02:002008-08-07T21:09:00.000+02:00USElaine, Merci for the link. I am going to check...USElaine, Merci for the link. I am going to check into this. So, Princess Grace slept at your house. LOL what an original. <BR/><BR/>Coltrane, What a lovely man you are to say that. I was thinking, maybe what they said was true at the time; however, people sometimes change. I still love Smokey's voice regardless. BTW You always write interesting and amuzing comments. You have a great sense of humor.Lois Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147226104566786852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-62249542026670191572008-08-07T20:56:00.000+02:002008-08-07T20:56:00.000+02:00Lois...I'd say Smokey missed out on meeting a love...Lois...I'd say Smokey missed out on meeting a lovely, unique, talented, and nonprejudicial gal. ;-) [excuse me if I left something out]<BR/><BR/>On the flip side of that coin, our Black artists were treated miserably...as I'm sure you know.Coltrane_liveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11449241394346466734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-75289706808453917292008-08-07T20:41:00.000+02:002008-08-07T20:41:00.000+02:00Lois - She did a book called My Book of Flowers th...Lois - She did a book called <A HREF="http://www.gracekellyonline.com/store/books/" REL="nofollow">My Book of Flowers</A> that you can find about halfway down that page. So, in a way, I can say I "slept with" Grace Kelly. Sort of steps up the connection competition, I'd say. ;^)USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-40793544024056588332008-08-07T20:33:00.000+02:002008-08-07T20:33:00.000+02:00USelaine, I took a quick moment to see if I could...USelaine, I took a quick moment to see if I could find one of Grace's pressed flower designs. It does appear all over the internet that Grace had an art studio at Roc Angel where she worked on her pressed flower art. I'm really busy today -- so I am going to have to get back to this later :) No vacation this year.Lois Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147226104566786852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-55960318500309914452008-08-07T19:26:00.000+02:002008-08-07T19:26:00.000+02:00USelaine, Grace did pressed flower designs? I sho...USelaine, Grace did pressed flower designs? I should check that out. Don't you just love to put a special leaf or flower in a book.<BR/><BR/>In my rock n roll days, when I was in NYC working with an animator and a jazz musician, they said that they knew Smokey. I told them that I would love to do album cover design work for him. They said that would never happen because he is prejudice, and only works with black artists. So they would not introduce me to him. End of conversation -- they would not discuss it further.Lois Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147226104566786852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-26391304106014629752008-08-07T19:23:00.000+02:002008-08-07T19:23:00.000+02:00Petrea - That shows what a difference it makes whe...Petrea - That shows what a difference it makes when someone was wired into our childhood dreams and sense of "otherworldliness" of musical stars especially, but movie stars as well. Jilly of Monaco/Menton just reported strolling past Jude Law recently. <I>sigh</I>USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-27905835429719644272008-08-07T19:14:00.000+02:002008-08-07T19:14:00.000+02:00Jilly, The was so informative and very moving. Me...Jilly, The was so informative and very moving. MerciLois Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147226104566786852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-18599161958857912842008-08-07T17:37:00.000+02:002008-08-07T17:37:00.000+02:00Petrea...a vaklempf moment! I totally understand! ...Petrea...a vaklempf moment! I totally understand! ;-)Coltrane_liveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11449241394346466734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-87813532953039190872008-08-07T17:33:00.000+02:002008-08-07T17:33:00.000+02:00Anonymous! So funny.Coltrane, I almost met Smokey ...Anonymous! So funny.<BR/><BR/>Coltrane, I almost met Smokey once. I was working in a shoe store in West Hollywood (Fred Segal, very tony) and they ushered him into the back where the shoes are stored. I froze. He could have been anyone else and I'd have been fine. One of the other employees had to drag me out of the room.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-68834203494272057662008-08-07T16:41:00.000+02:002008-08-07T16:41:00.000+02:00Carrie...thanks for sharing that cool memory of Ph...Carrie...thanks for sharing that cool memory of Philly's own. I recall how elated I was when I caught beads tossed by Smokey Robinson at a Mardis Gras in New Orleans. [my brief brush with a celeb] Lois, on the other hand,and probably Alexa too have probably partied with Smokey and the Miracles. ;-)Coltrane_liveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11449241394346466734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-70551065918327525272008-08-07T15:19:00.000+02:002008-08-07T15:19:00.000+02:00I've just read the other comments and am dying lau...I've just read the other comments and am dying laughing at "anonymous". I thought for sure that Lois would say she knew Grace or something... LOLMichael Salonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10294866381143537391noreply@blogger.com