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August 22, 2007

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Cracking open the Sofia Coppola Blanc de Blancs sparkling wine (let’s just call it champagne, shall we? Flout the Treaty of Versailles). It comes with its own straw! Champers in a can! Just the thing to celebrate, don’t you think?

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  1. Joy says

    August 22, 2007 at 7:22 pm

    Raising my morning cuppa to you from the other side of the world. I know what it feels like to type those words and what a major accomplishment it truly is. Go girl!

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  2. elizabeth says

    August 22, 2007 at 7:37 pm

    That’s classy!

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  3. anne says

    August 22, 2007 at 7:44 pm

    I’ve cracked open one of the Sofias a few times myself in the past year. The perfect can o’ celebration. Congrats!

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  4. Amanda says

    August 22, 2007 at 8:12 pm

    With its own straw? That has to be a mark of quality!!

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  5. Gwen says

    August 22, 2007 at 8:21 pm

    Congratulations! And looks yummy.
    You look my son with his juice box after school. It’s all about the celebration!

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  6. Gwen says

    August 22, 2007 at 8:22 pm

    Oops – that would be “look like my son”
    Internal copy editor seems to be off somewhere having fun.

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  7. robin says

    August 22, 2007 at 9:28 pm

    Cheers! Bien fait! Fait Accompli! Champagne pour l’artiste!

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  8. Lynn in Tucson says

    August 22, 2007 at 9:34 pm

    Sweetheart, Mazel tov! But for this kind of accomplishment, may I suggest that you treat yourself to a glass? With a stem? It will taste that much sweeter!

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  9. Cindy says

    August 22, 2007 at 10:29 pm

    abso-f*ckin-lutely

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  10. Janice says

    August 22, 2007 at 10:38 pm

    Congratulations! I raise my cuppa coffee & chocolate cookie to you and your literary accomplishment.

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  11. Catherine says

    August 23, 2007 at 4:15 am

    Champagne in a can? With a straw? How have I not heard of this before?
    Congratulations! Celebrate!

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  12. martian77 says

    August 23, 2007 at 4:20 am

    Excuse me while I slip into an English colloquialism for a moment…
    You classy bird you.

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  13. chris says

    August 23, 2007 at 6:00 am

    WOOHOO! I’ve never seen champagne in a can with a straw . . . it’s like a juicebox for grownups! (must. find. now.)

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  14. claudia says

    August 23, 2007 at 6:06 am

    That is a seriously great idea.
    Congrats on writing THE END! And, its so great to see you back in top form from the surgery from hell.

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  15. liz says

    August 23, 2007 at 6:39 am

    I love that stuff. It’s so fun. And, of course, it’s PINK!!! With a straw!
    Congratulations!

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  16. Moira says

    August 23, 2007 at 6:59 am

    Congrats! Mazel Tov! I have yet to finish my first draft of my play two years in the writing. . . Course, I’ve been battling illness, bedbugs, mites, and multiple moves! I have to move again at the end of the month – but MUST have a 1st draft by my residency beginning of Nov.
    Get some real champagne – at least some veuve – you deserve it!
    Love to La and all the animals,
    xo Moira

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  17. MonicaPDX says

    August 23, 2007 at 7:27 am

    Slainte and congratulations! The End is a lovely phrase to type. Glad you’re basking, enjoy that in-the-clouds feeling!

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  18. susan says

    August 23, 2007 at 8:52 am

    Not to be nit-picky and all, but it can’t be called champagne unless it comes from the Champagne region of France. Much like Bourbon. I never knew this about Bourbon but my husband told me. Heh. Men would know about booze, right? From http://www.straightbourbon.com/whatisbourbon.html
    “Though technically Bourbon can be made anywhere, Kentucky is the only state allowed to put its name on the bottle. And as Kentucky distillers are quick to point out, Bourbon is not Bourbon unless the label says so.”
    Learn something new every day.
    Other than that, yeah, pink sparkly wine? Partay!

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  19. Donna Lewis says

    August 23, 2007 at 9:31 am

    Whoo-Hoo!!! What an accomplishment!
    Someday I hope to be able to write “The End” on a novel.

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  20. kitkatknit says

    August 23, 2007 at 9:45 am

    mmm, I just checked our soft drink machine here at the office and didn’t find any Sofia Coppola Blanc de Blancs sparkling wine. Bummer.

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  21. Susan (Hyperactive Hands) says

    August 23, 2007 at 10:00 am

    Yay! Congratulations!
    P.S. The tank you made looks fantastic! Perhaps once I’m not so full of baby, it should jump onto my needles, too. It’s very flattering on a fuller bust, so it may go with the nursing mother shape I’ll be taking on soon.

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  22. Anne says

    August 23, 2007 at 11:36 am

    Hooray on the novel! Hooray on champers in a can!
    Speaking of celebration…It has been weeks since we had a proper Digit update! How is the miracle cat? Still growling at his bum?

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  23. Carol says

    August 23, 2007 at 12:14 pm

    bubbly is definitely indicated. And I love the fact that it comes in a can. Now to find me some…

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  24. Krista says

    August 23, 2007 at 2:03 pm

    Celebrating with champagne. Good idea. My vintner husband would be very disturbed by it being in a can, though.

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  25. Celia says

    August 23, 2007 at 2:21 pm

    Oh! It’s Eva’s favorite! Yum!

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  26. Jenny says

    August 23, 2007 at 5:51 pm

    The straw is my favorite part! I actually had this at a fancy restaurant once (straw and all) — I wish I could find it here!

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  27. Cathi says

    August 23, 2007 at 6:39 pm

    I keep asking for that my local liquor store- what is more apropos than champagne in a can for good old rural America?

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  28. janna says

    August 23, 2007 at 8:52 pm

    Pink almost-champagne in a can? I don’t think we have that here in Iowa!

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  29. amy says

    August 23, 2007 at 10:49 pm

    Have never heard of that drink, with a straw no less! My only concern is that it will give future author a headache come morning ๐Ÿ˜‰ Congrats on finishing the book, so proud of you!

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  30. Rabbitch says

    August 24, 2007 at 12:00 am

    Champagne in a can with a straw? I knew you were my kinda chick.

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  31. Irene Johnston says

    August 24, 2007 at 8:16 am

    Congratulations! I knew you could do it! Now on to the publisher.

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  32. nicole says

    August 25, 2007 at 10:45 am

    Yay, Rachael! Congratulations!

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  33. LisaW says

    August 26, 2007 at 11:16 am

    Big CongaRats on the novel! WhooHoo! Clapping wildly!…and strange coincidence, I sat in my camper with bestgirlfriendforever MK just the other night and popped my VERY FIRST (ahem..and second…) Sofia Coppola…and had to use my KnitPicks Options needle to dig the telescoping straw out…We told the kids mommies were drinking grape juice…lol! OK…AND…now you have convinced me I need a Coachella for my Las Vegas trip next month! Off to download the pattern now!

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