It was only a matter of time: ‘HIGH TEA AT AUBERGE DE CASTILLE HOSTED BY MRS MICHELLE MUSCAT’
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October 23, 2013 at 10:52pm
I told you, I told you, I told you.
This is all SO predictable.
I just love the way they treat Girgenti Palace and the Auberge de Castille as ‘van-yews’ to which ‘Mrs Michelle Muscat’ has ‘axe-clue-siff’ access through her marriage.
‘At Auberge de Castille’ – definite article gone AWOL.
High tea! Oh God.
Ghax l-Inspire Taghna Lkoll.
In the election campaign, the Labour Party held its fundraising barbecues at Inspire, and now Inspire is holding its fundraising high teas at the Prime Minister’s Office.
Coming up soon: Ley-tees lench in the courtyard at the Office of the Prime Minister, with the Infantas of Castile in attendance.
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And High Tea is the evening meal or dinner of the working class, typically eaten between 5 pm and 7 pm. What Michelle should be hosting is Afternoon Tea. I told you too!
High Tea with the High Society. Lovely.
What are they serving, some of Carmen Pullicino Orlando’s Earl Grey?
I see that the picture of Mrs Muscat has not been photoshopped this time.
Naff. Naff. Naff.
Brava Stellina. So first you fork out a few hundred euros, kill yourself with diet and exercise and then go to Michelle’s high tea and stuff your face with cream and pasti.
Kif ghadkom ma indunajtux kemm hi opportunista din Stellina?
Well, it looks like most of Malta is, so she may as well join in.
Joey and Mish, Labour’s equivalent of Ferdinand and Isabella.
Michelle Muscat – livin’ da dream.
X’tahwid…”our”, “me”…iddeciedi. Also “any persons”? Surely “anyone who attends” would be better?
Also, the smoking in the picture, that’s slightly outdated isn’t it (as in, old fashioned and generally considered to be in bad taste in certain types of promotional material), especially considering it’s now illegal to smoke at high teas?
I love the prominence of “Mrs Michelle Muscat” in the banner. What a truly emancipated woman. Gejja bil-Mrs u bil-high teas fl-ufficju tar-ragel.
Mrs Michelle Muscat? Somebody tell her advisers, please, that this is how divorced women are styled, not married ones.
Oh, it’s Mrs Michelle Muscat.
She’s spoken for, then.
Yes – tough luck, Baxxter.
So it’s back to the dog-eared copy of Style.
Does Castille even have a ramp for the disabled at it main entrance and inside ?
Oh and one of the women in the drawing is clearly holding a Fume-cigarette, so now Inspire is promoting smoking too.
You should check the remuneration package of Nathan Farrugia , CEO at Inspire . And his brother , does he still work there too, with another handsome salary?
Good comment. Lino Spiteri can do it very easily.
I don’t believe they are the only ones. It’s what really puts me off supporting what would otherwise be a good cause.
If you think that Inspire employees earn so much money why don’t you all go work there? put your money where your mouth is. FYI I can see that your information is thoroughly outdated as Nathan’s brother hasn’t worked there in years.
I’ll tell one thing; Michelle’s fundraiser is more than most of you guys do for charitable institutions. All you seem to do is thrive on mockery and laugh at the plebeian working class. I cannot possibly understand how you constantly criticize others for not being witty, clever, or up market enough when then you stoop so low that you criticize a fundraiser.
The people who work at Inspire bust their asses everyday, and I can assure you its not for the money….as otherwise they would work elsewhere.
PS – Nathan single-handedly fund raises more than his own salary most years…..and that fact, you all conveniently omit
Who in God’s name designed an invitation that ugly? I bet Michelle thought it was fantastic. I’m still trying to figure out who is more ridiculous – she or her husband. A bunch of low-lifes who have no idea how things should be done.
I have a nagging feeling that this ‘masterpiece’ came from a kitten’s paw
Shame invitations to candle-lit suppers at Girgenti Palace are not made public.
What a load of tosh.
How sweet, one of the ‘ladies’ on the invitation also appears to be smoking.
To me this adds another layer of vulgarity to the whole affair, even if it is unintentional. Portraying a smoker in this fashion adds a little bit glamour to the act of smoking.
It sends out the message that smoking is an acceptable and social pastime, an idea that the health authorities have been trying to extinguish for years (and failing thanks to the ‘u iva’ mentality prevalent on these islands).
Some may think this is a small thing, but this sort of subtle message significantly affects society’s perception of a product/act, especially the population strata that tends to be attracted to these sort of events.
People in positions of authority (this is the office of the Prime Minister after all) have a responsibility to society and should be vetting every single piece of literature that they publish. Not doing so is extremely irresponsible.
My first thought was in fact that somebody close to them must be on the verge of introducing the latest electronic cigarette franchise business that has become a new silent try-out rage on the continent.
These franchises are hopeful enough to be replacing the many short-term gadget businesses that have gone bust and placing enough of a threat to traditional tobacco retail outlets for them to include in their offer a selection of the 2- to 300 flavours that exist in this niche market.
The open question here seems to be.. do these cigarettes escape taxation or are they subject to it?
I bet they called it “high tea” to match it to the high society.
Had these cretins ever had any sort of exposure to English literature they would know that high tea is actually a very wholesome meal eaten by peasants in the evening.
If chic is what they were after then it’s “afternoon tea”.
Surely Kenneth Zammit Tabona should be making himself useful by advising Mrs Muscat on these matters?
I’d go with the allure of “High tea” being superior to “Afternoon Tea” in the target market, whatever the advice given.
The Maltese Mrs Bucket
High tea was for the servants below stairs. Please, somebody tell them.
Taf int, “high society”, mela “high tea”.
Where in the Auberge de Castille will this vulgar event be held? Please don’t tell me it’ll be in the ambassadors’ room.
“This is the Muscat residence; the lady of the house speaking … oh yes … I am organising a Castille palace rooftop hightea with silver service and red barquettes, hallowijn u hekk … oh yes, rooftop? … for the smokers … we are all inclusive you know?”
Ah Joseph darling, ilni ‘Hightea’ kollha nistenna din l-okkejxon.
Coming up, Michelle’s Grand Tombola.
Prizes include jobs mal-gvern, karti roza and dawl b’xejn.
Permessi tal-Mepa?
Oh so this is what she meant by “we’ll be making the most of these five years..”
How blatant – it’s sickening.
Ah, the famous hindsight. It must be infectious.
What else did you think she could have meant by that remark?
Incredible – our second highest office allows an invitation card that treats the Office of the Prime Minister as just another ‘prestigious venue’ called ‘Auberge de Castille’, emblazoned with the name of the prime minister’s wife, and decorated with a painting depicting three fat ladies stuffing their faces and smoking, aka high tea, all in aid of the disadvantaged.
It’s offensive, but a reflection of reality: ‘Ahtaf kemm tiflah, iddobba u akkwista fejn tista, l-aqwa taghti xi donation ha tider tajjeb’.
There should be a minimum per seat, say 10,000euros. It’s what they do in the States.
If it has to be vulgar make it worth it.
One word (four actually): Diary of a Nobody.
In which tea, meat tea, high tea and all the rest of it feature heavily.
The British could read right through Michelle Muscat’s lower middle-class aspirations way back in the 19th century.
We Maltese, with our supposed progress and modernity, cannot. And mistake this sort of zealous frippery for class.
Come back, Alexander Ball. Please.
Dreams of Downton Abbey…
High society, High Teas are all keywords synonymous with Keeping Up Appearances. What next? Candlelight suppers or waterside suppers with riparian entertainment (if we only had riverbanks),,,,,,,
As the Maltese saying goes ” Min qatt ma kellu qalziet, iddobba wiehed u hara fih”.
high tea . . . low people
Back when the Muscats were elected, I had written a comment (which you rightly didn’t publish because I know it was way too blunt) saying Michelle seems to think she is Dona Letizia, Princesa de Asturias. Seems it was an uncanny observation…