Marlene Mizzi wasn’t selected by her leader for Xarabank on Friday. But yesterday, she was with her leader’s wife in Gozo.
The prime minister really knows how to treat a woman on her 40th birthday: at Ta’ Karolina in Xlendi with the madding crowd.
Quiet time – what’s that? The prime minister’s wife spent her single day in Gozo, to mark her 40th birthday, shopping and trying very hard to be noticed with Marlene Mizzi at Arkadia in Victoria. People duly noticed and sent in the pictures, which will please them.
The prime minister’s wife turned 40 on Friday and spent yesterday in Gozo to mark the occasion. There was no attempt at seeking privacy or having some quiet time away from it all. She spent the morning not with the prime minister but with Labour MEP Marlene Mizzi, shopping at Arkadia and trying hard to be noticed.
I immediately got a spate of emails and today somebody sent photographs. One reader who emailed said: “They were doing their best to be noticed but it’s surprising that most other shoppers studiously ignored them.”
I got another spate of emails telling me that Mrs Muscat’s ‘special birthday date with the prime minister’, which she spoke about on Ilsien in-Nisa on the Labour Party television station, was at the very special and ever-so-discreet Ta’ Karolina in Xlendi, a typically casual tourist-type restaurant and a hot spot for Labour’s new tal-qalba set, who repeatedly post pictures of their lunches there on Facebook.
Well, the prime minister certainly knows how to whisk a woman off her feet, I must say. He really planned something extra-special there: eating at a tourist restaurant watched by a crowd of Maltese weekenders and the inevitable bodyguards.
Never mind. At least Mrs Muscat had a lovely time with Mrs Mizzi in the morning.
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She reminds me of Emily Howard from Little Britain.
L-ewel stampa, ix-xagħar nieżel bħall-maġġoranza!
Ġurnata Għawdex mar il-partit Laburista kollu il-bieraħ, fejn Joseph għamel l-aħħar meeting tiegħu ta’ qabel l-elezzjoni.
U din tiġri warajh.
Zgur marret incognito.
Mhux ‘incognito’ izda ‘incongruous’
That’s a body double, you fools. The real Mrs Muscat spent the day ladle in hand at a soup kitchen for the poor, incognito.
So there must be another iced bun ready for Marlene Mizzi, then?
Buttardi owner, caught shopping incognito from an Arkadia costume jewellery outlet, by several paparazzi .
“Iva, imma r-ragel busy hafna bhalissa hux.”
“Aw hi, orrajt, illum jien gejt.”
Hajjithom saret qisha fashion show kbir a la Dolce Gabbana. Kollox idur ma’ l-apparenza, l-easy life, salarji li qed ihallas ghalihom il-poplu, imma l-investiment niezel u mieghu nezlin ukoll l-opportunitajiet ta’ xoghol, kwalita ta’ hajja tajba u riskji ta’ dizastri finanzjarji.
Ejja Silvio, organizza xi pelleggrinagg ghal-Lordez, ghax miraklu irid ikun biex jissalva dal-pajjiz bikri u mejjet bil-guh.
Min gibed dawn ir-ritratti arrestawh bhal Norman Vella?
anzi ma haditx it-tfal “alonk”
Is that a consolation prize, in advance?
Was she buying anything or just selling Buttardi jewellery?
“Incompetent’ PM allowed EC to reduceincentives for industry – Busuttil” – The Malta Independent
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-05-18/news/incompetent-pm-allowed-ec-to-reduce-funds-for-industry-busuttil-5055184896/
I am starting to think that the “incompetent PM” has also mixed up a “Share Purchase Agreement” with a “Power Purchase Agreeement” about the gas power station, and this would be why he told Simon Busuttil on Reporter that the “electric deal” had been signed.
http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/exactly-what-power-purchase-agreement-did-the-government-sign-last-friday-and-who-with/
I think that the Opposition should step up the pressure on the prime minister to publish specific details about the power purchase agreement and the agreement itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVZXj53i9Js
Mr. Speaker: “After the request by the Hon. Leader of the Opposition, I have a ruling. I order the prime minister to table in this ‘highest institution of the land’ the contract of the ‘erectic deal’ for the new ‘Empire Station.'”
Malta’s jet-setters…
There may be an iced bun waiting for Marlene Mizzi if she fails to get elected this time.
Possibbli l-Prim Ministru ma sab imkien iktar privat u romantiku?
Eating for free is more important than selecting a romantic place. Being prime minister has its own perks, and as his wife says, they need to make the best out of it.
X’inhi r raguni li s-sinjura Michelle toqghod titkellem man- nies dejjem bin- nuccali tax xemx anke fuq gewwa? Milli jidher ma thossiex komda u kunfidenti biex tiffaccja lin- nies.
http://dianegottsman.com/2012/05/sunglasses-etiquette-the-dos-and-donts/
Imqar ikla l-palazz tal-Girgenti Nokkla.
Galantom ukoll, il-prim.
An Unbearable Dullness of Being…
The type that doesn’t change with more renminbi in the account.
Look at the Gattopardi set for more proof of that. No matter the number of generations, the streak remains.
Jahasra.
Yes, I saw them in Arkadia. Nobody took any notice of them as they tried hard to get some smiles back from the other people around.
hanina anke mal-kandidati tieghu jiddeskrimina
A 40-year-old with the mannerisms of a 65-year-old.
Wrong, I happen to know quite a few 65 year olds who certainly don’t behave in that way. It’s just her. And as for il-Girgenti, Bookworm, that would have been nice – the prime minister needs some tips.
Nokkla, you’re right. It’s a 40-year-old with the mannerisms of an overbearing condescending woman.
I can see a lady in the picture who did not ignore completely our VIPs.
Probably in Gozo the privacy of the public figures is being respected since they were ignored by other shoppers. Or maybe they decided to ignore them purposely.
One last comment, I don’t think it’s fair if someone from the public who happened to be in a shop in that moment, the next day appears on a blog.
Marlene Mizzi is really fawning on Michelle Muscat.
Obviously they were there thanks to their initials as the M&M girls.
Why is Michelle wearing sunglasses indoors?? Did she think that she’s some Hollywood actress who was trying to go unnoticed, or did she do it purposely to get noticed? Hasn’t she learned a thing about good manners? The woman just doesn’t get it does she.
I used to see Mrs Gonzi shopping in Sliema quite a few times when her husband was still prime minister.
She was generally alone and going about her business like a normal person rather than trying to catch everyone’s attention.
I must admit I haven’t seen her in a while but that’s probably because I hardly ever shop in Sliema anymore, as it’s so much more convenient online.