"Julie & Julia" & Pasadena
Julia McWilliams Child of Pasadena was, famously, 6-foot-2 as a girl and young woman.
I was lucky enough to know her when she was in her 80s, writing stories about her, and twice she cooked lunch for Phoebe and me in her Santa Barbara kitchen. I think she was still over 6 feet then. Getting to know her in her kitchen was really very cool, a story you can go out to dinner on. (Salade nicoise the first time, lamb burgers the second, as I'm sure you were wondering.)
In Ariel Levy's profile of Nora Ephron in this week's New Yorker, she quotes Meryl Streep, who plays Child in Ephron's new movie, "Julie & Julia":
"It was a real unusual thing for a woman to be that height, and I think it had an enormous impact. It was a handicap of sorts, certainly in the world into which she was born, in Pasadena, where women went East to school to get a husband."
Julia went to Smith but no husband stepped forward until she was in her early 30s.
Here's Levy on Julia's life-changer, her size: "Who knows who she would have been if she'd come out delicate and married a Republican banker, as her father had expected. We might never have heard of hollandaise."
Can't wait to see the movie.
Yes, our daughter is named - half-named - after Julia. Second half: Julia Morgan, California's first licensed woman architect.
Comments
Even pretentious about naming the kid.
Typical.
D.
Posted by: Dormitas | July 15, 2009 12:03 AM
There is a small exhibition (?)on Julia Morgan at the Riverside Museum of Art. She was the architect of the building. You'll find it in the hallway leading to the restrooms. That sounds bad but it's not. Very informative. Hopefully my url will get you to the museum itself
Posted by: Pasadena Adjacent | July 15, 2009 11:42 AM
Larry, do you have any photos of yourself with Julia Child ?
That would be quite a "Mutt & Jeff" photo to see, considering that Julia was 6'2" tall, and you're a short man only about 5'7".
Posted by: Altadena Al | July 17, 2009 10:58 AM
Pretentious??? Our granddaughter is named Julia as well.
Great name. Mrs. Child and Ms. Morgan are role models to which any girl would well aspire.
Get over it!
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