tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post2143420452519688606..comments2024-03-06T11:35:49.281-06:00Comments on A Frenchtown Kitchen & Garden: The Demise of MagazinesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-8120928906381299002009-01-25T10:19:00.000-06:002009-01-25T10:19:00.000-06:00Me, too, Janet. I nay have never said that but I h...Me, too, Janet. I nay have never said that but I have thought it...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-21215371031883807592009-01-24T18:58:00.000-06:002009-01-24T18:58:00.000-06:00Amen to all of that. I have always quipped that I...Amen to all of that. I have always quipped that I would have thee money to decorate if I hadn't spent it all on magazines to give me way too many ideas.<BR/><BR/>Janet @ HousepeepersJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17228344764544525919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-51734946289252786632009-01-22T20:12:00.000-06:002009-01-22T20:12:00.000-06:00Anon., I love the UK Country Living. It has more d...Anon., I love the UK Country Living. It has more depth.<BR/><BR/>Penny, you are correct. I used to love reading my boyfriend's mothers Gourmets...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-38042581673207119442009-01-22T10:08:00.000-06:002009-01-22T10:08:00.000-06:00Lovely post. And I miss the Gourmet magazines of t...Lovely post. And I miss the Gourmet magazines of the past There was a beauty to the travel and food photography that is gone. That's why I have stacks dating back to the 60's.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457380718488241980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-76213940358620117052009-01-19T06:35:00.000-06:002009-01-19T06:35:00.000-06:00As Toni noted, I agree that some of the ideas we p...As Toni noted, I agree that some of the ideas we pick up from shelter or food mags become internalized over time. Recipes and clever trucs or tips are clipped and filed for "future use". There is indeed something about images on the printed page that a blog (tho I do)cannot match. I hope that the UK Country Living never expires, as I am refreshed by the writing and images. Hopefully the US shelter-press will be revived!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-7621108334302733972009-01-13T11:43:00.000-06:002009-01-13T11:43:00.000-06:00Eileen, I agree. Of course, I spent a good portion...Eileen, I agree. Of course, I spent a good portion of my worklife working in a pubs department of a PR department, or for a newspaper. I feel these publications are my friends. I got out about 18 months ago - not a minute too soon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-89493747000034048182009-01-13T07:27:00.000-06:002009-01-13T07:27:00.000-06:00Oh no! I hadn't heard about Country Home. It has...Oh no! I hadn't heard about Country Home. It has always been one of my favorites. I am so saddened every time I hear of another newspaper or magazine going under. Even tho' I spend a lot of time visiting blogs, I can't imagine life without magazines or newspapers.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01873563649675251662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-31825323079955098782009-01-13T05:32:00.000-06:002009-01-13T05:32:00.000-06:00FJK, I just heard that Gourmet might be in trouble...FJK, I just heard that Gourmet might be in trouble yesterday - I like food porn, too. I hope not, because it is the best of the food books out there. I've been reading it off and on since I first ran across it in my boyfriends' house in Winnetka when I was 20.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-63951569247638022672009-01-13T00:24:00.000-06:002009-01-13T00:24:00.000-06:00I know exactly what you mean -- I tend towards foo...I know exactly what you mean -- I tend towards food mags I just heard via a tweet that gourmet mag is in trouble ....<BR/><BR/>You lean toward home porn instead of food porn, but it is the same feeling of fantasy, escape and possibility that charms/calms/calls me as wellFJKramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139281691705572456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-6668761540216127892009-01-12T16:50:00.000-06:002009-01-12T16:50:00.000-06:00I agree, Polly, I love curling up at night with a ...I agree, Polly, I love curling up at night with a magazine. I love the Internet but it is not the same somehow.<BR/><BR/>Kristen, thanks - you made my day! I will miss the wonderful recipes from those magazines that were elegant and country-style at the same time!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-5581731791521045052009-01-12T14:48:00.000-06:002009-01-12T14:48:00.000-06:00I didn't realize they were folding. Thank goodness...I didn't realize they were folding. Thank goodness we still have the net, although not always as good as curling up with a good magazine.<BR/>I got lost in this post, Mimi. Your writing style, as always, entrances me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-83737193500598120562009-01-12T13:22:00.000-06:002009-01-12T13:22:00.000-06:00Well, I'm relieved to see that your counters aren'...Well, I'm relieved to see that your counters aren't clear either =) I'm a little sad about some of the magazines that are leaving us. I love the blogs but I also love to curl up with a good magazine too.<BR/><BR/>Blessings.. Pollyblessingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00329222864151673117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-43687962243355551422009-01-12T05:42:00.000-06:002009-01-12T05:42:00.000-06:00BC, I agree totally with you. We've cut back on su...BC, I agree totally with you. We've cut back on subscriptions for the very same reasons (and to save money for travel). I'd page through them and they'd pile up and then every 6 months or so I would have to do a massive purge. <BR/><BR/>If I could bring one back, it would be the old Victoria - that was the one that calmed me down after a busy day.<BR/><BR/>Lady J, I've never read Oprah's home magazine - I do think the market was glutted. I don't much like the preachy ones, either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-82534413369316350512009-01-12T03:54:00.000-06:002009-01-12T03:54:00.000-06:00I can see why Oprah's at Home is going/gone - expe...I can see why Oprah's at Home is going/gone - expensive and thin! <BR/>Her O mag is still going OK here but its about double what you pay and it can be a bit too "preachy" for me sometimes. Alot of ads too. I would rather put those $$ to Traditional Home or Victoria .lady jickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013352537776588166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-75296559423513570962009-01-11T21:41:00.000-06:002009-01-11T21:41:00.000-06:00Mimi,I love Country Home and my mom starts pacing ...Mimi,<BR/><BR/>I love Country Home and my mom starts pacing the floor when her monthly copy Cottage Living is expected. <BR/><BR/>But, like so many others have posted, this year I trimmed way back on my magazine subscriptions to both save money and not put so much in my recycle bin. <BR/><BR/>I also found that by the end of last year, I still about 1/3 of each of the six food magazines and two lifestyle magazines in the plastic wrapper! Not to mention the trade rags I have to read through every month.<BR/><BR/>So, while I will completely miss Country Living, I admit to being part of their demise by not renewing my subscription this year. <BR/><BR/>As to what I'm going to read on the airplanes and while sitting in the sun on the back porch this upcoming spring, summer and fall, I am going to do my best to start reading one of the hundreds of books I own but can never seem to find time to read and trying to keep up with my NYT subscription and the four cooking magazines I did renew.<BR/><BR/>Maybe now that I also canceled my cable tv to save money (and as protest to how expensive it is to have a cable subscription), I can find more time to do just that; especially after all I will get on my TV in about 3 weeks is fuzz!breadchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376772267923924607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-61857021342052249022009-01-11T21:07:00.000-06:002009-01-11T21:07:00.000-06:00I just deleted posts from a friend warning me of a...I just deleted posts from a friend warning me of an incident of recipe lifting sans attribution. Thanks to that blogging friend.<BR/><BR/>OK, let's get back to the conversation. I just wanted to explain the deletion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-29241309960323857342009-01-11T20:44:00.000-06:002009-01-11T20:44:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kalyn Dennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-8812330242472172712009-01-11T17:32:00.000-06:002009-01-11T17:32:00.000-06:00Lady J, I do think Men's Vogue has folded. There a...Lady J, I do think Men's Vogue has folded. There are a few others, too. Also, I think Oprah's O at Home has bit the dust. <BR/><BR/>I really wish the new publisher would get Victoria up to speed with the old Victoria.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-83043400384714565382009-01-11T16:30:00.000-06:002009-01-11T16:30:00.000-06:00I loved Victoria and I would be paying twice the p...I loved Victoria and I would be paying twice the price you pay in the Us. I did not mind for it was wonderful and the articles on Paris were a special fav of mine. Oh the homes and the ads were fantastic and I couldn't buy the stuff - didn't matter , I still wanted to read and look . It was a visual delight. When it came back I have bought a few copies but.... . I do love "Traditional Home" - god I hope I have not given it the "kiss of death" ! its escapism that is not harmful and these sort of mags have given me so many ideas for my home and my pastel painting too. 'Mimi - are any of those "mens magazines" folding I wonder??? LOLlady jickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013352537776588166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-36282145823332827392009-01-11T07:24:00.000-06:002009-01-11T07:24:00.000-06:00Debbie, how did you know that my magazines are all...Debbie, how did you know that my magazines are all water logged? Yes, they did run out of steam - I guess we all do.<BR/><BR/>Here's to the renewal our new economy and our new way of life should give us!<BR/><BR/>Toni, I do agree, but I am afraid these magazines have made me feel woefully inadequate from time to time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-16572852109431932602009-01-11T01:14:00.000-06:002009-01-11T01:14:00.000-06:00I think that after years spent with a magazine, we...I think that after years spent with a magazine, we internalize the sense it imparts. I'd be surprised if the style of your home wouldn't have some of the feeling of those magazines - but they will be "Mimi-ized". And that (to borrow a phrase) is a good thing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481135477608372864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-65897655488236966202009-01-10T22:32:00.000-06:002009-01-10T22:32:00.000-06:00Hello Mimi,I, too, once thumbed through copious pa...Hello Mimi,<BR/><BR/>I, too, once thumbed through copious pages of fantasies and delight in Victoria, Cottage Living, etc. Slowly but surely I ended the subscriptions as they all seemed to run out of steam for me (and became larded with too many ads). <BR/><BR/>I have saved every issue of Victoria (from the premier issue) and re-read them occasionally, but have found the new Victoria flat and uninspiring. Blogs of real women with real homes have filled the void to some extent, but I miss the long and fragrant soaks in my tub with a magazine in hand (laptops just don't fill that niche). : )Debbie in CA : )https://www.blogger.com/profile/07473719745707917057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-68281360269835787942009-01-10T20:44:00.000-06:002009-01-10T20:44:00.000-06:00I am trying to do the same, Lydia, and have cut ba...I am trying to do the same, Lydia, and have cut back on all but <EM>Food & WIne, France, France Today, Body & Soul and Country Living.</EM> But I miss them, having spent much of my career in the pubs field.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-21237056948068318672009-01-10T20:29:00.000-06:002009-01-10T20:29:00.000-06:00Though I'm trying to cut down on the amount of pap...Though I'm trying to cut down on the amount of paper I'm consuming, I do miss the tactile quality of magazines and newspapers, especially at the end of the day when I finally have time to read them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556015.post-40098892895120453452009-01-10T14:50:00.000-06:002009-01-10T14:50:00.000-06:00Is Home Companion folding? Wow. I heard they were ...Is Home Companion folding? Wow. I heard they were seeking a new publisher. One of my dear friends loves that magazine. <BR/><BR/>Well, we've still got blogs...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.com