Sentences with phrase «old dame»

Grand, dignified and full of style, this old dame is not to be underestimated.

This renovated grand old dame is situated within walking distance to the beautiful Glencairn beach, and shops, and is central to Fish Hoek, Simon's Town, Kommetjie, and Noordhoek.

Like an old dame, Copa features fabulous examples of art deco buildings along her fading waterfront with the standout being the ultra glamorous Copacabana Palace HotelOpens external site in a new window.

It seemed fitting then that when that friend and her now one year old daughter visited me on our farm near Stanger, that we enjoy another high tea; this time at the grand old dame of hotels, High Tea at The Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga... The OBH (as it's fondly known in this part of the world) is something quite special.

The Strand is a bit of a grand old dame as far as Bencoolen Street goes, with its obvious advantage being that rooms are considerably bigger than the shoeboxes at some neighbouring hotels.

It seemed fitting then that when that friend and her now one year old daughter visited me on our farm near Stanger, that we enjoy another high tea; this time at the grand old dame of hotels, High Tea at The Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga...

So, it is also in The Last Word, in which she plays another crusty old dame, with a mean mouth and a bad habit of aggravating everyone within a ten - mile distance.

And there's Angela Lansbury, as Tavern on the Green's grand old dame.

Mostly they came, I think, because, he loved them and could tell them so, yes, even those vast, milling throngs; there was a touch, a sense, a spirit moving in, across, among those mobs of eager people, told them here at last they had a man who was concerned not for himself, who was not out to get himself elected, but who cared for every single one of them, and tottering old dames, lepers, whores, soldiers, robbers; I've seen them all transformed by seeing him.

I do resist the extreme eccentricity / avant garde thinking in color, cut and design that we older dames are currently encouraged to adopt... not my style preference then or now, and do admit that I fear looking like I just fell out of the clown car.

They are dilapidated and crumbling, but nonetheless majestic, echoing their former glory, like grand old dames whose jewelery has lost its gemstones and once fine clothing has become threadbare and moth - eaten.

Not exact matches

I also think the top half of this outfit is what I would wear if I worked in a old - timey newsroom with a bunch of men smoking cigars and calling me «dame» because you know, equality and such.

That being said, I think it is more important for the beige item to have, or contribute, to an overall look that is more on the funky side, than the classic when older, or it very easy to look «grande dame» if dressy, or «given up» on the casual.

Find yourselves a nice bench, pull out a load of that day old bread, and treat the ducks around you to a magnificent feast while you get to know everything there is to know about the beautiful dame standing before you.

Although she is one of the younger acting dames, «I have always been old,» Scott Thomas said mock ruefully.

This vinegar - sharp satire about a society dame torn between two equally appealing suitors is steeped in Old - Hollywood elegance and fiery, proto feminist irony.

And the number is only that high because Stephen Frears keeps making movies with old British Dames.

The moll of one of the guys is Marie (Ida Lupino), a smart, bruised city doll who falls for Earle, but whom the old pro regards, like all dames, as «trouble.»

Visiting her country estate, where her older brother Sorin (Brian Dennehy) lives with Konstantin, Our Lady of the Perpetual Melodramatics is every inch the grand dame.

The fact that the work was being funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also offered some possibility that the grand dame of old - school civil rights groups would offer a school reform agenda that would actually meet the educational and civil rights challenges facing Black America today.

Question: I have a 1 year old great dame she was the rut of the litter but she has maintained a normal weight until recently she has been losing alit of weight now u can rub her ribs and see her butt bone she barely has a appetite..

The Omni Grove Park Inn is another Asheville landmark, a grand dame in the style of the National Park Lodges: Old Faithful Inn, Yosemite's Ahwahnee and El Tovar.

My character s like an old school celebutante dame in a lil» doggie body (if you can put that together in your head)... it was a ridiculous amount of fun!

Like a pair of old hollywood starlets, the brass - framed crystal chandeliers in the dining and living areas are all sparkle, glitz and glam, yet these dames» diminutive proportions and simple geometric shape keep them from stealing the show.