Travel Experiences with Jeff and Cindy Barganier
Downton Abbey Mania Iconic kitchen setting
Fan in Period Costume
What a life, parties and DRESSES
Some of my favorite one-liners from the show, include: “I always think there’s something rather foreign about high spirits at breakfast.” (Carson); “What’s a weekend?” (Countess Dowager); “Good men? They’re not like buses. There won’t be another one round in ten minutes.” (Anna). And we howled at Grand-ma-ma’s one liners, and then cried when Mathew and Syble died.
this year, then head to Atlanta ASAP; and experience the last month of the fabulous Downton Abbey Exhibit! I drug Jeff along last week and could not have been more To be honest, pleased. Visitors I’m relieved can walk through to have been iconic scenes from born in this far Downton Abbey less glamorous such as the Great time that Hall, the library, Mrs. doesn’t Patmore’s kitchen, require corsets the dining room, and stays. Mary’s bedroom But I’d love and the Servants’ to experience Hall. The downstairs just one day part is especially arriving at a authentic as there hunt sideare worn stones on saddle and the floors, scuffed finding an plaster walls, and elegant picnic the kitchen is laid under a exactly like the real sprawling oak one on the show. with silver and Even the actors linen-filled were astounded baskets of the when they did a finest food. Of walk through. Just course, there walking into the Lady Mary Crawley would be a dining room will gentle breeze, make you stand up straighter and mind zero mosquitoes, and my handsome man your P’s and Q’s. to hold a parasol over my head. But I
We couldn’t get enough of that astounding castle aglow with the magic of a Christmas ball. As a designer, I
If a trip to England’s Highclere Castle isn’t going to be under your Christmas tree
A huge fan of the TV series Downton Abbey, Cindy heard there was an exhibit in Atlanta and wanted to go. I obtained press passes for a tour and we stopped by on our way back from Cashiers, North Carolina. This is the story of our Downton tour as told by her: Each week a group of my close friends, clad in pajamas due to the late start time, gathered at friend Beth Bridge’s beautiful home to sip tea and be transported back to a more formal era. An era where the sound of a gong meant it was time for wealthy Englishmen to change into formal dinner attire. And, oh, how elegant were their clothes! From the first notes of the theme song to the vintage cars crunching gravel beneath their tires, to Carson’s greeting at the front door, Downton Abbey won our hearts.
40 BOOM!
December 2021
watched the show just to glimpse the homes, décor and those magnificent clothes. Oh, my goodness!
digress.
RiverRegionBoom.com
The audio tour reminds listeners that the lady of the house sets the rules and directs the flow of dining conversation The River Region’s 50+ Lifestage Magazine
