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FROM: David Wright <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 12/22/04, 12:55 PM

Hello.
I'm looking for a title - it could be fiction
or nonfiction - which had a chapter that involved
setting up one's friend to pay the bill for a
nice meal. It was set in France, and the patron
seems to recall a chapter heading somewhat along
the lines of 'things to do before you die' or
some such. Sounds a lot like a nonfiction Peter
Mayle to me, but I haven't found the specific
title yet. Probably a popular book, from at
least a few years back, maybe more.
Ring any bells?
Thanks,
David Wright

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David Wright - Seattle Public Library Fiction Dept.

"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."
-G.K. Chesterton


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FROM: Kathleen Stipek <[removed]@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us>
REC'D: 12/22/04, 1:18 PM

I don't have a copy to hand, but it might come out of Peter Mayle's book
Acquired Tastes which is a collection of, I think, columns he did for
Esquire or GQ or one of those posh men's style magazines where he did a lot
of very expensive things--on an expense account. Some of the things
included getting a Savile Row suit and custom Italian shoes.

Kathleen Stipek, Alachua County Library District (FMG), 401 East University
Avenue, Gainesville Florida 32601 (352-334-3938; fax 352-334-3948)

"Non, merci."
--Cyrano De Bergerac

-----Original Message-----
From: David Wright [[removed]@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:48 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: stumper: Meal in France - Stuck w/ Tab

Hello.
I'm looking for a title - it could be fiction
or nonfiction - which had a chapter that involved
setting up one's friend to pay the bill for a
nice meal. It was set in France, and the patron
seems to recall a chapter heading somewhat along
the lines of 'things to do before you die' or
some such. Sounds a lot like a nonfiction Peter
Mayle to me, but I haven't found the specific
title yet. Probably a popular book, from at
least a few years back, maybe more.
Ring any bells?
Thanks,
David Wright

=====
David Wright - Seattle Public Library Fiction Dept.

"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."
-G.K. Chesterton


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FROM: "Corrigan, Kathie" <[removed]@ILSOS.NET>
REC'D: 12/22/04, 1:34 PM

HERE IS OUR ANNOTATION:

Mayle, wondering about the spending habits of the rich, received a golden³opportunity, to indulge his curiosity from "GQ Magazine." He provides some tips from his four-year search: a second home is not necessarily desirable, two things to avoid when shopping for antiques are fragility and the chic auction, and caviar should not be eaten with anything else - just spoon the black pearls into the mouth.

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Kathleen Stipek
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:54 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: stumper: Meal in France - Stuck w/ Tab

I don't have a copy to hand, but it might come out of Peter Mayle's book
Acquired Tastes which is a collection of, I think, columns he did for
Esquire or GQ or one of those posh men's style magazines where he did a lot
of very expensive things--on an expense account. Some of the things
included getting a Savile Row suit and custom Italian shoes.

Kathleen Stipek, Alachua County Library District (FMG), 401 East University
Avenue, Gainesville Florida 32601 (352-334-3938; fax 352-334-3948)

"Non, merci."
--Cyrano De Bergerac

-----Original Message-----
From: David Wright [[removed]@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:48 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: stumper: Meal in France - Stuck w/ Tab

Hello.
I'm looking for a title - it could be fiction
or nonfiction - which had a chapter that involved
setting up one's friend to pay the bill for a
nice meal. It was set in France, and the patron
seems to recall a chapter heading somewhat along
the lines of 'things to do before you die' or
some such. Sounds a lot like a nonfiction Peter
Mayle to me, but I haven't found the specific
title yet. Probably a popular book, from at
least a few years back, maybe more.
Ring any bells?
Thanks,
David Wright

=====
David Wright - Seattle Public Library Fiction Dept.

"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."
-G.K. Chesterton


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