So, here are my final three reasons:
17. Fanciful food with friends. Lots of fine restaurants these days aim for food that looks as good on the plate as it tastes in your mouth. But dining by candlelight, the table adorned with fine china and draped in damask, silver utensils at your side, was definitely more romantic. And chefs vied to please: Oysters in aspic, apricot trifles, and peacock stuffed back in its own feathers. (Okay, the last one would probably gross me out.) 
18. Inventiveness. The nineteenth century saw the birth of the industrial revolution, with new technologies, new ways of doing things. And while the design of some of it was pretty ugly, some of it was amazingly cool. Here’s what someone thinks a laptop would look like today if we still followed those design principles. Could someone please put that on my birthday list?
19. Colorful characters. From the scandalous antics of the royals to audaciously poetic highwaymen, the nineteenth century had more than its share of interesting people. Perhaps that’s why Marissa and I love to put our characters into the same elegant, romantic, inventive time period. So, there you have it! Nineteen of our reasons why we love the nineteenth century and why we keep writing about it. Be sure to comment and come back next week to find out who won!
P.S. If you’re a school librarian, check out the contest on the Class of 2k8 web page!
4 comments:
Everything in the nineteenth century was fabulous! They were so elegant and fancy. I have one last suggestion however. Could you have as post that goes into detail about the exotic food they served? Some recipes would be nice also.
I love the nineteenth century laptop!
I love the language of the nineteenth century! It was so refined and beautiful. No one bothers to take the time to use such elegant vocabluary anymore. :(
I wish I had that laptop!!
+Evan S.
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