Comments on: Sicilians: Pretty in Purple http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sicilians-pretty-in-purple-2/ Living in Southeast Sicily Mon, 21 May 2012 16:27:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jann http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sicilians-pretty-in-purple-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1982 Jann Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:45:31 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4467#comment-1982 Whoops! Made the change in the post. Love Toronto! Whoops! Made the change in the post. Love Toronto!

]]> By: Lucy http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sicilians-pretty-in-purple-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Lucy Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:52:42 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4467#comment-1981 Thanks for including me. I'm from CANADA, (Toronto, Ontario). Thanks for including me. I’m from CANADA, (Toronto, Ontario).

]]> By: Jann http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sicilians-pretty-in-purple-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1979 Jann Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:00:33 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4467#comment-1979 Lucy, please do send photo of you in your purple! I'll post it at the end of the blog (only if you like). Yes, Sicilians in sunglasses look cool too--and there's another topic for a post. Grazie! Lucy, please do send photo of you in your purple! I’ll post it at the end of the blog (only if you like). Yes, Sicilians in sunglasses look cool too–and there’s another topic for a post. Grazie!

]]> By: Lucy http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sicilians-pretty-in-purple-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1978 Lucy Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:52:34 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4467#comment-1978 I love purple, I'm going to wear my purple and send you a picture! And then I'll be a Sicilian in Purple love the sunglasses in the last photo! I love purple, I’m going to wear my purple and send you a picture!
And then I’ll be a Sicilian in Purple love the sunglasses in the last photo!

]]> By: Jann http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sicilians-pretty-in-purple-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1954 Jann Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:00:21 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4467#comment-1954 Very funny. I don't have a TV here in Italy, so I'm missing the newscasters in lilac! Yes, purple seems to be the color of Catholicism and of royalty. Just read on this website (http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/color-purple.htm) that Roman emperors wore purple togas, and that purple came to be associated with royalty because the dye was so expensive. Very funny. I don’t have a TV here in Italy, so I’m missing the newscasters in lilac! Yes, purple seems to be the color of Catholicism and of royalty. Just read on this website (http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/color-purple.htm) that Roman emperors wore purple togas, and that purple came to be associated with royalty because the dye was so expensive.

]]> By: Jann http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sicilians-pretty-in-purple-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1953 Jann Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:49:35 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4467#comment-1953 Great time to be in Sicily! Great time to be in Sicily!

]]> By: Jann http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sicilians-pretty-in-purple-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1948 Jann Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:50:49 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4467#comment-1948 Oh, yes--I totally forgot about the fact it's the anti-B color! Well, I hope that's why people are wearing it!! And I must go buy me some. For those of you who want more info, here's a link. http://eternallycool.net/2009/12/rome-turns-purple-for-anti-berlusconi-demonstration/ Oh, yes–I totally forgot about the fact it’s the anti-B color! Well, I hope that’s why people are wearing it!! And I must go buy me some. For those of you who want more info, here’s a link.

http://eternallycool.net/2009/12/rome-turns-purple-for-anti-berlusconi-demonstration/

]]> By: beatrice http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sicilians-pretty-in-purple-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1935 beatrice Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:18:29 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4467#comment-1935 stupendo!!! stupendo!!!

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