Your “good dishes” or china are quietly sitting in a cabinet. Or maybe they’re on display next to the silver plated salt and pepper shakers Aunt Mimi gave you - that you never use. Maybe they come out on holidays, or your anniversary or not at all because you’re afraid of breaking them.
They’re yours or they were handed down to you and they’re beautiful and shiny and elegant and you wish you entertained more so you could use them. At least six times a year you think to yourself “it’s such a shame I never use those…” while they’re staring back at you and silently screaming “Touch me! Pick me up! Use me! Eat ice cream off my belly!”
Wait. That last one might have been me.
Either way, babies; I’ve solved all your china usage dilemmas with one simple redi-whip slogan:
Brunch with your girlfriends, it’s what china was made for.
What good is beauty if you never embrace it?
07 Nov 07
10:02 pm
This is why we never registered for china. We just wanted one set of dishes that we loved instead of a set that was OK and a set that lived in a cupboard most of the year.
I never regretted the lack of china, but I do kind of covet those quilted cases you can get to store your china. I love how they make everything seem so tidy.
07 Nov 07
10:14 pm
Agreed. Alas mine was moms, and I think I’ve used it more than we ever did growing up…
08 Nov 07
5:06 pm
i use my good china for cereal and pizza, then again my good china is made by dixie!
08 Nov 07
7:53 pm
Maigh,
You blog is awesome and your picture paints a thousand words.
I see you are linked to my “blogson” Carlos at Ragamuffin Soul.
I have a blog called Ethos about the arts and culture. I have been blogging for three years.
I would love to exchange links.
My URL is:
http://www.randyelrod.typepad.com