PPT: Happy 100th Julia Child!

When asked {as one so often is?} who I'd include at my Ultimate Fantasy Dinner Party, I always wonder to myself if it would be kosher to ask Julia Child to both attend and prepare said magical, mystical meal. 

I'd like to think she'd heartily accept on both accounts... and that we'd be fast friends by fat-skimming time on the boeuf bourguignon.  

In my Orange Bavarian Cream dreams, right?  

I'll admit, Child in the flesh is a bit before my time.  Five years ago, I was more familiar with Dan Aykroyd's spoof than The French Chef herself.  But, during my bout with unemployment, the cooking bug bit hard, and the culinary memoir bug even harder. My Life in France felt like the diary of the aunt one grew up admiring unabashedly.  Julia was a force... unapologetically comfortable in her skin in a way that wasn't necessarily conventional and surely wasn't easy... and funny -- so funny.  

Consider me a girlfan for life.

So, imagine my glee when I spied Alexandra Stafford's paper tribute to Julia Child, created in conjunction with her contribution to PBS's celebration of Julia's 100th birthday.

Are you doing your happy dance?  

 Or, perhaps, your very best, heartiest BONJOUR?

You best be believin' these are on their way to my mailbox.  If I had any wall space at all, they would just as soon be matted, framed, and on display in my kitchen.

As it is, I will likely tuck them away some place special for a while... another small reminder that life really is delicious.