We were at my nephew's bar mitzvah in New Haven, CT. We had a great time Saturday and everything went well (P.S. I even met Joe Lieberman at the luncheon -- he's a member of their congregation). But Sunday, everyone spent the entire day talking about Princess Di. Bummer.
Personally, I find it rather odd, America's fascination with the woman.
America's fascination is nothing compared to Europe's. I was working in Antwerp, Belgium at the time of her death and it was the strangest thing I've ever experienced. Everything stopped (except the office work). Restaurants were closed, my dry cleaner (which had some of my clothes at the time) closed for the entire week, regular mom &pop stores were closed. The streets, after work, were mostly empty of pedestrians. The British embassy in Brussels was covered in flowers and people waited hours to sign a memorial book. From the news I watched at the time, it was clear that neither Antwerp in particular nor Belgium as a whole were at all exceptional in their reaction.
Tim_the_Soldier (aka thread killer and nun thriller) (mail):
I was in Korea when it happened. In fact, each time I was in Korea, something tragic happened. Yitzhak Rabin assassination, Diana, 9/11, etc. I better stop going to Korea.
Personally, I find it rather odd, America's fascination with the woman.
And I've never understood why anyone was fascinated with the British royals.
Possibly it ties in with the fairy princess mythos?
America's fascination is nothing compared to Europe's. I was working in Antwerp, Belgium at the time of her death and it was the strangest thing I've ever experienced. Everything stopped (except the office work). Restaurants were closed, my dry cleaner (which had some of my clothes at the time) closed for the entire week, regular mom &pop stores were closed. The streets, after work, were mostly empty of pedestrians. The British embassy in Brussels was covered in flowers and people waited hours to sign a memorial book. From the news I watched at the time, it was clear that neither Antwerp in particular nor Belgium as a whole were at all exceptional in their reaction.
Or give me two weeks notice before you do.