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Not-Quite-Supermodel
By Kathy Tong
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Fast-paced and dynamic, this book explores mental health amidst urbanicity through the eyes of an intelligent and funny young woman.
Not-Quite-Supermodel follows Alex Emmerson's quest for stardom. Alex is painfully awkward, exquisitely unfashionable, and she's never fit in anywhere. When a smooth-talking model scout discovers her slicing fish at a Canadian Safeway, she offers Alex the chance at a career she never knew she wanted.
Armed with a suitcase full of neuroses, Alex sets off to reinvent herself in the Big Apple. Buyer beware: it's a runway to hell but perdition does have its perks.
Take a peek behind the glamour and follow Alex's laugh-out-loud exploits as she attempts to navigate New York's high-adrenaline fashion scene. This self-deprecating narrative is a realistic portrayal of a model in the making.
Modeling may not be Alex's biggest challenge. She must reconcile her inner self with a world of retouched perfection—what really matters, who she truly is, and where she fits in. Her 'only in New York' misadventures with an outrageous cast and crew lead her to the one thing, the coolest thing she could ever hope for...Herself.
Not-Quite-Supermodel captures how it feels to be young and on your own in New York City, with its limitless possibilities, dramatic highs and lows, and the sense of victory that comes from relentless perseverance.
Kathy Tong's Not-Quite-Supermodel is a very engaging and entertaining novel narrating the story of Alex, a university student working in a grocery store who is scouted by a major modelling agency, and her subsequent life in New York City interacting with endless supermodels, judgemental agents, and social media scrutiny. Characters are three dimensional and well built, and the overall writing style is well pronounced and unique.
The story starts off with Alex working at Safeway in Vancouver. She is immediately introduced alongside her fears, a sense of humor, her unique friends and family, and normal early twenties goals such as finishing uni and making enough money for tuition. Each character is dynamic and uniquely individualized, and all of them seem just about to leap off the pages. The writing encompasses a lot of slang and is aimed at millennial readers who keep up with social media and additionally with fashion trends and brands.
Alex's character is authentic and strongly develops throughout the story, with problems that range from the intense psychological drama which is addressed by what she calls her "plumbaphobia", to paying her rent, to how she should manage social media hate. She is also bridled by petty jealousy, which is one of the major motivators for her actions. Alex's honest self-esteem issues are a constant factor in the state of her mental wellbeing, and this is the emotional roller-coaster that paints the story every shade of relatable. Her issues mirror modern problems of not just youth but middle-age as well, and they are handled with skillful writing and come from obvious personal experience. Alex's story of moving to NYC to "make it" in modelling and fashion is not relatable or usual, but her personal problems and the way in which she deals with them is very approachable. Her sense of humor adds lightness and effortlessness to the telling of the story even if the problems which are addressed become heavy and hard to handle. Tong understands that however personal some problems may seem, most of the time they are universal. In particular, this writing and the characters appeal especially to twenty-something millennials struggling to hold on to themselves in the throes of fast-paced media and urbanicity.
There is a sense of morale sprinkled throughout the book in the shape of mantras, friends, a yoga guru, and particularly in the form of the ending, which seems a stretched and unsubstantial in order to achieve an uplifting closure. The ending is also very abrupt. Alex's awkwardness and physical clumsiness does on several occasions surpass the average gracelessness to the point where it becomes absurd and annoying and really just interferes with the point of the story. The exaggerated aspects of some parts of the book, such as the aforementioned clumsiness, or the gracefulness of friends, mark the story at some points as unbelievable and unrealistic. The fast ups and downs of Alex's career prospects and mental wellbeing can at times be a bit exhausting as the story develops, but this also maintains fidelity to real life scenarios. The ending seems to hurry itself up and is unreal when considering how authentic albeit dramatic the rest of the story is.
Nevertheless, qualms are few and far between. The writing is styled, unique, and hugely entertaining. Characters are fun and well structured. Alex is extremely authentic and her problems (and often her worldview) are those shared by many people who are currently facing (and have faced) life as young adults. This book is definitely recommended for those who wish to be entertained and to feel eerily represented in an uncommon, funny, and remarkable story.
Catalina Bonati
I am currently a North American Literature PhD expat student in Germany. My specialty is in science fiction, in particular Cli-Fi, Afro/Africanfuturism, posthumanism, terraforming, and space operas. I also read and enjoy contemporary fiction, travelogues, and climate nonfiction. I love painting too.
Written by Kathy Tong
I was on the verge of a panic attack and my guided relaxation app was failing. I ripped off my headphones and clung tight to my Linus, though he was doing nothing to calm my nerves. It wasn't the flight that was causing me duress, it was my recent life choices. When the fasten seat belt sign lit up somewhere over the Great Lakes, the hipster couple seated beside me started breathing heavily. I didn't know why they were stressing and I hadn't yet spoken a word to them, but maybe we could find comfort in our shared anxiety? I jerked my head to the right. "I'm totally freaking out."
They stared wide-eyed and smiling at the blank screens on the seat backs in front of them. I tried to look away as Air Canada's assigned piece of fluff fluttered on, but I had to sneak a peek. No lie, she was giving him a tug. When he finally leaned his head back and sighed, I turned to him and asked, "Well, how was it?"
"Yeah, all right, thanks."
That was it?
He smiled, balled up the blanket, and threw it on the floor. I wondered how many happy endings my blanket had seen, and discarded it immediately.
The tugger stared transfixed at my lap. "May I ask you a question?" she muttered.
I felt like I was the one who should be asking questions, but I opened my hands wide and said, "Ask away."
"Why do you keep caressing that little blue towel?"
"It's my Linus. I've had him all my life and he goes wherever I go." I ran my fingertips over his soft prickles. "He helps me relax. I guess we all have our methods of relaxation."
"Oh . . . uh-huh . . . okay." She tugged at her boyfriend's sleeve and they shifted their bodies away from me, nodding like I was insane.
You just jerked off your boyfriend while I sat here and watched. I buried my face in my Linus. Maybe I am insane.
Two months ago, I was finishing up my second year at university and working in a high-paying union job at a Safeway supermarket. My shift started at 7:30 a.m., the day after my sociology final. My essay about Durkheim and Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games was, I thought, spot on. Panem had devolved into a state of anomie. My argument was sound but my professor was emphatically erudite and downright moody. Perhaps he would hate the pop culture reference. My GPA had never dipped below 3.9. Would this be its undoing?
I was fileting a halibut when this woman stepped up to the seafood counter, though it was beyond me how she could step anywhere in her thigh-high boots with six-inch spike heels. Designer clothes
hugged tight to her taut body; she looked like she had just walked off the set of Gossip Girl. She flicked her waist-length auburn hair off her shoulders and played with the zippers on her leather jacket. I smoothed my blue and white polyester uniform, straightened my "Alex at your service" name tag, and asked, "May I help you with something?"
"How old are you?" she asked.
"I'm twenty." After fifteen seconds of wordless scrutiny, my nervous chatter kicked in. "Actually, I'm turning twenty-one in September, on the twenty-first. I'm a Virgo."
"Okay, here's the sitch." Her voice was throaty and dangerous. "My name's Robin. I'm a scout for a modeling agency in New York. You've got the right look for us. Maybe even something special."
Special, me?
"I'm guessing 5'9 3⁄4, and you're about 145 pounds. It's not like you're fat."
"You'll definitely need to put down the fork and run up and down the stairs a few times. Having said that, you have a lot of potential."
"Potential for what?" I asked, dumbfounded.
"You're peddling fish, right? The modeling industry is peddling flesh. You'll be the commodity. We'll sell your image to photographers, fashion labels, and beauty products. The payout can be huge." She paused for dramatic effect. "You will be scrutinized, adored, valued, and devalued. You will be rejected. It's a runway to hell, kid, but perdition does have its perks." She threw her card on the counter. "Call me."
My best friend, Mike, gaped from the end of aisle twelve, where he was stocking shelves. He abandoned his case of salad dressing and ambled over as Robin breezed out the door. "What the fuck was that all about?"
"She works for a modeling agency in New York."
"And she spends her afternoons hanging out in the suburbs of Canada dressed like a dominatrix?" Mike asked. "What's with the boots?"
"I think she looks cool."
"She's got something," he conceded. "She's definitely worth a look."
"For your information, she thinks I'm worth a look. She thinks I could be a model."
Mike leaned in tight, squinting his eyes like he'd never seen me before. Finally he took a step back
and said with the utmost sincerity, "I don't get it."
I didn't get it either but my hands moved to my hips and I snapped, "She happens to be an expert,
and she thinks I have something special."
"Hey Al," he smirked. "You have fish guts in your hair."
I called Robin the next day and we arranged to meet at her hotel in Vancouver. I finished my shift at 4:00 p.m. and shot downtown. When faced with the prospect of being late or arriving in my Safeway uniform, I had opted for the uniform. Tardiness is not part of my vocabulary. Mercifully, there was a T- shirt in the backseat of my car, but I was stuck with the blue polyester pants. I swept my hair in a bun and charged into the hotel, arriving at Robin's suite somewhat disheveled but with minutes to spare.
She was clad in the same all-black, skintight clothes, but barefoot this time. "What's with the pants?" "They're part of my uniform."
"Is this uniform a staple in your wardrobe for interactions outside of Safeway?"
It occurred to me that in this instance, tardiness might have been the better choice.
"It's not my first choice, but it has been known to happen when I'm rushed."
"It takes a certain sense of confidence to walk around in those things," she remarked admiringly. "But please, don't bring them to New York."
She was far less intimidating in this setting, without onlookers, and without the boots.
"Do you really think I could be a model?" I asked.
"Absolutely! You're a diamond in the rough. Really rough." Her eyes were fixed on my pants. "But
we can buff out the edges."
I always wanted to be talented. I'd dreamed of being on Broadway. I'd love to be special, but I'd
resigned myself to reality. If you're 5'2", you're not going to play in the NBA, and if you're Alex Emmerson, you're not going to sing or dance for a living. Maybe not even in public. Studying was something I excelled at, so I was striving for success in at least one area. That's why my GPA was so freaking important. But maybe this was my chance to be in the spotlight. If only my high-school frenemy, Lydia Baker, could see me now. Not just her. Her whole posse of mean girls. It's pathetic how much I still care about what they think, but I do.
She grabbed a proper camera, not an iPhone, opened the curtains wide, and maneuvered me up against a wall.
"Take your hair down and let me take some pictures of you and a quick video to send to Metropolis." "Metropolis?" It sounded like a city in a superhero movie.
"It's the agency I work with." She started snapping pictures.
"Here's the thing, doll: 20 pounds seems like a lot to lose, but it's not."
I beg to differ.
"Once you develop some healthy eating patterns, you'll discover a whole new you."
A whole new me might take more than dropping 20 pounds.
"You're going to love New York."
You know who would love New York? Lydia effing Baker. But me? Alone in New York? This is crazy.
Sweat was forming at the nape of my neck. "Yeah, but the people who go to New York are like you, or artists, or like the kids from Fame, or rich private school kids like the girls from The Facts of Life."
I love eighties sitcoms. There's always a teachable moment and once the thirty minutes are up, everyone, for the most part, is healed and happy.
"The suburbs, and the life you're living now, will always be here waiting for you. No city is more alive than New York. It's where art happens, where music happens, where cultures collide. The sense that anything can happen, at any moment, is a wild ride."
I wanted to be bold and brazen and jump at the chance, but flying off to New York to take a stab at a modeling career sounded terrifying. Robin made it sound like a wild ride was the greatest experience of one's life. Every aspect of my life was controlled and part of a delicate ecosystem to keep my neuroses in check. Riddled with anxiety was not the vibe I wanted to convey. What would Robin think if she knew the truth?
"I'm not sure a girl from the suburbs like me will fit in." I shrugged, hoping to come off as nonchalant.
"There's a place for everyone in New York," she said, eyeing me thoughtfully.
Could she sense my fear?
I wanted to claw my way out of my own skin, but smiled as though this were the happiest moment of my life.
"This"—Robin's voice dropped two octaves— "is the opportunity of a lifetime."
I gazed out the window past Robin, past the city, past the Rocky Mountains. I didn't want my life to be filled with regret at the tender age of twenty. This may be my only chance to do something special. It wouldn't hurt if people thought I was cool.
"You only live once," I said with quivering vocal chords.
She motioned to me with a sweet smile. "Come and look at these pictures."
Scrutinizing my appearance was a nasty habit I developed in high school, and blissfully walked
away from upon graduation. I was willing to revisit it in this moment for the sake of a potential modeling career.
Top-to-bottom scan: unkempt, and undeniably full-figured. Full facial inspection: enormous eyebrows match my unruly mass of brown, fuzzy curls. Depending on the camera angle, my nose is a little crooked. An ex-boyfriend once told me he would ski it to the left. My eyes are wide and deep blue. Sometimes they look gray-green depending on the light or mood. Deep blue could mean excited, nervous, or terrified. My expressions captured all three.
"She doesn't look like a model," I said.
"Not yet, doll." Robin leaned in close to the camera display. "But this girl's inner monologue is tantalizing."
If only Robin's compliments were my constant inner monologue.
"Her eyes are alive with a sense that anything could happen at any moment. You want to know her."
When I shared the news with Mike, we were hanging in his perfectly manicured backyard. I was laying in the hammock while he planted some shrubs. We started working at Safeway on the same day, when I was sixteen and he was twenty-one. He took me under his wing, and we became fast friends. Mike didn't talk about it much, but he was bullied in high school, which is why, I think, he has a soft spot for "awkward" people like me, and rescue dogs. He brought Ben, a black Lab mix, home two years ago and they've been inseparable ever since.
Mike's edges needed buffing out, but he was a softie underneath his gruff exterior. In the past four years, we had never missed our weekly Scrabble and spliff sessions.
"I went to see that model scout. She took a video and a bunch of pictures of me and sent them to an agency in New York."
"Al, I'm not sure this is the right fucking thing for you." Mike didn't curse for effect. It was just part of his vernacular. "You love fucking Safeway."
That was true. The money was great and it was paying for my degree. The customers liked me, the staff liked me. I felt happy and comfortable at work. Mike, not so much, even though he had been promoted to assistant store manager and Safeway was paying for his new house. He had gutted and completely remodeled the two-bedroom rancher. He wanted to flip houses full-time one day.
"And you're halfway through school," he said.
That was also true, but I didn't feel happy or comfortable at university. I felt perpetually in the way of other students who were busy "finding their way."
"I can finish my degree later." I didn't have a clue what I wanted to do when I finished school. The goal was to blossom into some formidable woman, a sociologist, a professor, a writer with a brilliant career, but it might take more than a BA in sociology. My dad's an engineer, and he never loved the idea of me majoring in something "impractical," but he was relieved I'd given up my childhood dreams of Broadway. "Besides, it's not like an undergraduate degree is the key to a thriving future."
"Modeling is the fucking key?" The muscles in his neck were strained like his words.
I thought about it for a second. Although there isn't an exact key, clearly STEM, law, medicine, or learning a viable trade such as plumbing might open more doors, but I wasn't interested in any of those. "Modeling could pay for grad school." My face brightened. "Robin did say the payout could be
huge."
I hadn't even considered grad school, but it was a compelling argument.
Mike just rolled his eyes. For him, the whole concept of modeling was connected to the high school
hierarchy. He was too jaded to see the financial upside involved.
"And you have your weird fucking plumbing thing."
Mike was the only other person on the planet, besides my parents, who knew about my
plumbaphobia. It started when I was ten. I just couldn't use a bathroom except in my own house. Public restrooms and pools had become sources of torture. It has gotten progressively worse through the years. Avoidance is key, which is why:
(a) I didn't attend a single pool party in my youth.
(b) I couldn't live in a dormitory.
(c) I have acquired the skill of never needing to relieve my bladder for ten-hour periods at a time. In my four years at Safeway, I had never once used the facilities. In the event of an emergency, I
carry rubber gloves with me at all times.
"I get what you're saying." I'd spent days obsessing over the exact points he was making. The
logical voice in my head screamed Don't go! but there was a whisper from my gut murmuring Go . . . Go . . . Go. When I woke up this morning, the depths of my gut howled Go! I knew if I didn't try, I would regret it.
"Al, don't take this the wrong way, but you're not very fucking modelly."
"Robin said I'm a work in progress. She said Jennifer Lopez wasn't always JLo. She transformed herself."
"Who's transforming you?" Mike asked.
Robin had assured me the agency would take charge of my image, but they wouldn't take me on unless I lost the weight.
"Starting tomorrow, I'm implementing a daily routine of running up and down the stairs," I said with a mouthful of Oreos.
Mike just shook his head.
"This is my chance to do something special."
"Fucking 'modeling'?" He used air quotes. He knew how much that annoyed me. "That's what you
think is special?"
"I would say that a lot of people think it's special, and I want to give it a shot." I was done trying to convince him. And why not modeling?
Meet Kathy Tong, Author and (not-quite-super-) Model. Kathy was discovered behind the seafood counter at Canada Safeway. But she walked away from all that to take a stab at a modeling career. Not-Quite-Supermodel is Kathy's juicy first novel. She has no plans to go back to slicing fish…yet. view profile
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Sarzeau  est une commune française située dans le département du Morbihan, au sud de la région Bretagne. Elle se trouve sur la presqu'île de Rhuys, entre le golfe du Morbihan et l'océan Atlantique.

Toponymie
Le nom de la localité est attesté sous les formes Sarzau en 1395, Sarzeau en Reuys en 1464, Reuis en 1477, Ruys en 1481, Sarzau en 1536, Serzau en 1630. À la Révolution française, en 1790, la commune de Sarzeau est renommée "Ville de Rhuys" pour mieux retrouver son toponyme originel.

En breton, la localité s'appelle Sarzhav (prononcé [saˈʁaw]).

L'étymologie du toponyme Sarzeau est discutée (). Il pourrait dériver du latin , qui est à l'origine du mot français « essart » désignant un terrain défriché, avec perte de la première syllabe.

Géographie
Sarzeau fait partie du Parc naturel régional du golfe du Morbihan.

Situation
La superficie de la commune représente la moitié de celle de la presqu'île de Rhuys.

Son territoire, de forme massive et globalement rectangulaire, est limité à l'ouest par les communes d'Arzon et de Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, au nord-est par celle de Saint-Armel et au sud-est par celle du Tour-du-Parc ; au nord par le golfe du Morbihan et au sud par l'océan Atlantique. Avec plus de  de côtes, Sarzeau est l'une des communes de Bretagne et même de France qui disposent du plus long littoral.

Communes limitrophes

Géographie physique
La côte du golfe du Morbihan, au nord, est sise sur un sol granitique où les sédiments se sont par endroits accumulés ; très découpée, elle alterne de petites criques sableuses (baie du Scluze, rade du Logeo...), quelques pointes rocheuses (pointe de l'Ours, pointe du Ruault, pointe de Bernon...), des vasières assez étendues (Anse du Poul, baie de Saint-Colombier...), d'anciens marais salants (marais du Duer, marais de Truscat) et quelques îles du golfe du Morbihan (Govihan, Stibiden, Brannec, Godec, île des Œufs...). Cet ensemble, à l'abri des houles atlantiques, constitue un milieu idéal pour la flore : les bois de feuillus (Kerhouët-Saint Maur, Beausoleil, Kerbodec...) et le maillage bocager (ormeaux, fougères...), sur un sol plus fertile, y sont mieux préservés que sur le littoral sud. La faune y trouve également un refuge paisible et riche en végétaux marins (roseaux, salicorne, graminées...) ; depuis une vingtaine d'années, une réserve ornithologique couvrant toute la baie de Saint-Colombier protège d'intéressantes espèces (canards et bernaches, limicoles, aigrettes...).

La côte atlantique présente un aspect fort différent : de la Grée Saint Jacques à Banastère, on assiste à une succession de plages sableuses (la Grée, Kerfontaine, le Roaliguen, Suscinio, Landrezac, Penvins et Banastère), séparées par des pointes rocheuses (pointe de Saint-Jacques, Poent Hir, Beg-Lan, En Iniz, Becudo) dont la hauteur reste modeste. Les sols, en majorité schisteux, ont moins bien résisté aux fureurs de l'océan, ce qui explique l'érosion marquée en certains points (la chapelle de Saint-Jacques, construite à la pointe du même nom, s'est progressivement effondrée en mer au cours du  et fut reconstruite à Trévenaste) ; les roches visibles au large de Kerfontaine (Roh Naben et Beniguet) étaient accessibles à pied au siècle dernier. La plupart de ces plages (celles que les constructions n'ont pas obligé à drainer) conservent leur palus (= marais au revers de la dune) comme au Sodrio, au Suscinio, au Hayo ou au Bécudo. Autrefois exploités comme salines, ils sont aujourd'hui le sanctuaire d'une faune et d'une flore riches. Les terres, plus ingrates que sur le Golfe, servaient essentiellement de pâturages ; les bois, plus rares, sont plus souvent constitués de conifères, tandis que le bocage ne se rencontre qu'à partir des premiers « coteaux », en retrait de la côte. De la vigne y fut cultivée jusqu'au milieu du .

Les îles de Sarzeau
Sarzeau comporte plusieurs îles qui lui sont rattachées administrativement. Elles sont situées dans le golfe du Morbihan, donc au nord, néanmoins, du côté atlantique, on peut mettre en exergue la pointe de Penvins, une petite presqu'île.

 L'île des Œufs, minuscule rocher abritant toutefois une longère, est située au large de la pointe du Ruault, au sud de l'île Iluric (en Arz). Elle a une altitude maximale de .
 L'île Godec, quoique séparée de Sarzeau par un profond chenal, est aussi rattachée à Sarzeau. C'est une île basse entourée de parcs à huîtres qui la sépare d'Huric.
 L'île Stibiden, d'une superficie de , comporte plusieurs bâtiments en granit. Plus haute () elle a été la propriété de Danielle Darrieux.
 L'île Govihan, au large du port du Logéo, est la plus vaste de la commune. Ses deux points culminants, au nord et au sud, atteignent . Un groupe de maisons est situé au sud-est. C'est l'une des rares îles du Golfe à disposer d'autant de plages que de roches.
 L'île Brannec comporte deux maisons récentes, face à l'île aux Moines.

Toutes sont des propriétés privées. Si jadis Ilur, alors qu'elle était rattachée au continent, était le siège d'une vaste paroisse qui couvrait le territoire de Sarzeau et bien au-delà (jusqu'à Surzur), elle est rattachée à Arz depuis le .

Géographie humaine
Sarzeau est une ville touristique située à  au sud de Vannes, sur la presqu'île de Rhuys. Sa surface est de , sa densité d'environ  au kilomètre carré. Cette surface importante explique en partie son organisation en « trèves » (division de la paroisse en sous-ensembles, dirigés par un diacre tenant ses offices dans une chapelle propre à la trêve, le centre-bourg étant trop éloigné pour les habitants des villages périphériques). Si la pratique religieuse est moins forte que sous l'Ancien Régime ou au , ces trèves continuent à exister dans l'inconscient collectif et les relations quotidiennes ; elles sont au nombre de sept :
 Saint-Saturnin (le bourg), cœur de la paroisse ;
 Saint-Maur (villages de Brillac, du Logeo, de Kerassel...) ;
 Saint-Martin (villages du Ruault, Saint-Martin, Fournevay...) ;
 Saint-Colombier (villages de Saint Colombier, Kerhouët, Kerentrec'h...) ;
 Saint-Démètre (villages de Penvins, la Grée, Banastère...) ;
 Saint-Nicolas (villages de Kerguet, Suscinio, Bodérin...) ;
 Saint-Jacques (villages de Kerfontaine, Trévenaste, Kerignard, du Roaliguen...).

Lorsque Sarzeau devint une commune pendant la Révolution, son territoire comprenait en outre les trêves de Saint-Armel et Saint-Clair (Le Tour-du-Parc), qui obtinrent leur indépendance au cours du  ; Brillac et Penvins tentèrent également de faire sécession, mais en vain. Aujourd'hui, outre l'opposition persistant entre « gens du Golfe » (aod bihan = petite côte) et « gens de l'océan » (aod braz = grande côte), les différents groupes de villages conservent souvent leur organisation propre, avec leur mairie annexe (Brillac et Penvins), leur école (autrefois Kerignard, Penvins et Brillac, aujourd'hui encore Saint-Colombier), leurs célébrations religieuses occasionnelles (Notre-Dame de la Côte à la Grée-Penvins, chapelle Saint-Jacques à Trévenaste...), voire leur propre paroisse (accordée à Brillac en 1926), leurs commerces (Saint-Jacques, Brillac), leurs propres fêtes (fête de la mer à Saint-Jacques, moules-partie à Brillac, fêtes médiévales de Suscinio...) et leur bureau de vote. Le tourisme tend à rendre plus ténue cette organisation traditionnelle, tout comme il a contribué à rendre moins sensible (ou moins visible) les spécificités socio-professionnelles de ces groupes de villages : tandis que Sarzeau-bourg monopolisait le commerce et les fonctions publiques, Saint-Jacques et le Logeo étaient surtout constituées de familles de marins, alors que Saint-Colombier, Penvins et Kerguet demeuraient rurales.

Logement
En 2016 on recensait  à Sarzeau. La commune étant un lieu de villégiature prisé des vacanciers,  étaient des résidences secondaires (59,8 %), contre seulement   des résidences principales (37,1 %) et 336 des logements vacants (3,2 %). Sur ces ,  étaient des maisons (80,9 %) contre  des appartements (14,5 %). Le tableau ci-dessous présente la répartition en catégories et types de logements à Sarzeau en 2016 en comparaison avec celles du Morbihan et de la France entière.

Climat
Le climat qui caractérise la commune est qualifié, en 2010, de « climat océanique franc », selon la typologie des climats de la France qui compte alors huit grands types de climats en métropole. En 2020, la commune ressort du type « climat océanique » dans la classification établie par Météo-France, qui ne compte désormais, en première approche, que cinq grands types de climats en métropole. Ce type de climat se traduit par des températures douces et une pluviométrie relativement abondante (en liaison avec les perturbations venant de l'Atlantique), répartie tout au long de l'année avec un léger maximum d'octobre à février.

Les paramètres climatiques qui ont permis d'établir la typologie de 2010 comportent six variables pour les températures et huit pour les précipitations, dont les valeurs correspondent à la normale 1971-2000. Les sept principales variables caractérisant la commune sont présentées dans l'encadré ci-après.

Avec le changement climatique, ces variables ont évolué. Une étude réalisée en 2014 par la Direction générale de l'Énergie et du Climat complétée par des études régionales prévoit en effet que la  température moyenne devrait croître et la pluviométrie moyenne baisser, avec toutefois de fortes variations régionales. La station météorologique de Météo-France installée sur la commune et mise en service en 1995 permet de connaître en continu l'évolution des indicateurs météorologiques. Le tableau détaillé pour la période 1981-2010 est présenté ci-après.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Sarzeau est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.
Elle appartient à l'unité urbaine de Sarzeau, une unité urbaine monocommunale de  en 2017, constituant une ville isolée.
La commune est en outre hors attraction des villes.

La commune, bordée par l'océan Atlantique, est également une commune littorale au sens de la loi du , dite loi littoral. Des dispositions spécifiques d'urbanisme s'y appliquent dès lors afin de préserver les espaces naturels, les sites, les paysages et l'équilibre écologique du littoral, par exemple le principe d'inconstructibilité, en dehors des espaces urbanisés, sur la bande littorale des , ou plus si le plan local d'urbanisme le prévoit.

Occupation des sols

Le tableau ci-dessous présente l'occupation des sols de la commune en 2018, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC).

Histoire

Préhistoire
L'existence de populations dans la région est attestée dès le Néolithique, comme le suggère la présence de mégalithes dans la commune (menhir de Kermaillard, dolmens de la pierre du Soleil, de la pierre bénite, allée couverte dite Grotte aux Fées dans le clos Rodus).

Antiquité et Moyen Âge
Durant l'Antiquité et le haut Moyen Âge, le territoire est contrôlé par un castrum. La première mention connue de Rhuys et de ce castrum apparaît dans les Preuves de Dom Morice : , au .

Temps modernes
Siège de l'ancienne sénéchaussée royale de Rhuys, Sarzeau est unie au présidial de Vannes en 1564.

La presqu'île de Rhuys compte sous l'Ancien Régime quatre paroisses : Sarzeau, dont Saint-Armel est à l'époque une simple chapelle, Saint-Goustan (qui a formé l'actuelle commune de Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys) avec ses trèves de Houat et Hœdic, Arzon et Ilur qui est annexée à l'Île-d'Arz en 1615. Il est tentant de chercher dans Sarzeau, qui recouvre les deux-tiers de la presqu'île, la paroisse primitive dont les autres auraient été démembrées mais la mer qui a modifié au cours des siècles les contours de la presqu'île, et les documents trop peu nombreux, trop incertains, ne permettent pas d'avaliser cette hypothèse.

Révolution française

Le premier signal de l'insurrection royaliste dans l'Ouest de la France fut donné le  dans la paroisse de Sarzeau par Toussaint de Francheville, comte de Pelinec, ancien officier de marine, qui marcha sur Vannes avec ses paysans depuis le château de Truscat en Sarzeau, au cri de Mon âme à Dieu, mon corps au Roi ; cette insurrection fut un échec.

Le

Gabriel de Francheville, fils de Toussaint de Francheville, qui fut lui aussi chouan, puis député, et ensuite membre de la "Société séricole pour l'amélioration et la propagation de la soie en France", s'intéressa dans la décennie 1840 au développement de la culture du mûrier et de l'élevage des vers à soie dans sa propriété du château de Truscat en Sarzeau ; mais cette tentative resta au stade expérimental.

En 1869, une épidémie de variole fit 56 malades et provoqua  à Sarzeau.

En 1887 une délégation des royalistes de Vannes, d'Arradon, de Plescop, de Sarzeau, de Theix, de l'Île-aux-Moines et de Saint-Avé se rendit à Jersey afin d'y rencontrer le comte de Paris qui y était en exil.

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L'essor du tourisme et de l'ostréiculture
La commune bénéficie comme toute la presqu'île du développement du tourisme balnéaire et de l'émergence de l'activité ostréicole au . Mis à la mode par le mouvement romantique, ce tourisme est à l'époque encouragé par les pratiques officielles des classes dirigeantes, avant de se démocratiser avec la généralisation des congés payés, plus après 1945 qu'après 1936. Pour assurer ce développement, la commune est desservie de, 1910 à 1947, par le trafic ferroviaire de la Ligne de Surzur à Port-Navalo des chemins de fer du Morbihan, transport supplanté après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et surtout après 1960, par l'automobile.

Politique et administration

Tendances politiques et résultats

Liste des maires

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Pendant plusieurs périodes, d'autres personnes sont amenées à faire fonction de maire :
 1812-1815 : Julien Pedron et Guillaume Dréano ;
 1827-1830 : René Saintherant, Edouard Le Cars et Jean-Marie Pocard de Kerviler ;
 1839-1841 : Jean Le Boulicaut ;
 1848-1850 : Guillaume Blancho, Joachim Le Vaillant, Edouard Le Cars, Pierre Javouray et Eutrope Broni ;
 1883-1884 : Louis Le Bouhellec ;
 1915-1919 : François Baubigny (Elie de Langlais étant mobilisé durant la Première Guerre mondiale).

Population et société

Démographie
Ses habitants sont appelés les Sarzeautins.

Évolution démographique

Pyramide des âges
La population de la commune est relativement âgée.
En 2018, le taux de personnes d'un âge inférieur à  s'élève à 18,4 %, soit en dessous de la moyenne départementale (31,2 %). À l'inverse, le taux de personnes d'âge supérieur à  est de 52,8 % la même année, alors qu'il est de 31,3 % au niveau départemental.

En 2018, la commune comptait  pour , soit un taux de 52,7 % de femmes, légèrement supérieur au taux départemental (51,51 %).

Les pyramides des âges de la commune et du département s'établissent comme suit.

Enseignement
Les écoles et collèges sarzeautins dépendent de l'académie de Rennes.

Manifestations sportives
Athlétisme
 Ultra Marin Raid Golfe du Morbihan

Cyclisme
 Tour de Rhuys cycliste
 Ville d'arrivée de la  étape du tour de France le .

Cultes et lieux de culte

Culte catholique

Le territoire de Sarzeau comprend trois paroisses : Penvins, Brillac et Sarzeau. Cette dernière est le siège du doyenné de Sarzeau, qui regroupe en outre les paroisses du Hézo, du Tour-du-Parc et de Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys.

Économie

Culture et patrimoine

La langue bretonne
Le nom en breton de la commune est Sarzhav (prononcé [saˈʁaw]). Le canton de Sarzeau constitue la limite Sud de la partie bretonnante du diocèse de Vannes (Bro Gwened). La pratique du breton a décliné au long du , et ce en plusieurs étapes : d'abord à Arzon, Saint Gildas-de-Rhuys et dans le bourg de Sarzeau de 1900 à 1930, puis sur les rives du Golfe, dans l'entre-deux-guerres, enfin sur le littoral Sud-Est des années 1940 à 1970. Aujourd'hui, Penvins, Banastère et Suscinio sont les derniers villages de la presqu'île où l'on trouve quelques personnes âgées pratiquant encore la langue de leurs ancêtres.

Ce recul du breton, plus précoce que dans les cantons de l'intérieur du Vannetais, s'explique par plusieurs facteurs : outre les facteurs généraux, valables pour toutes les langues minoritaires, se sont ajoutées ici la pénétration de la nouvelle langue par le relais des marins et la vague touristique à partir de 1950.

Néanmoins, l'existence d'une filière scolaire bilingue à Sarzeau, depuis les années 1990, montre l'attachement d'une partie de la population à son identité et à sa culture. On peut signaler que :
 l'adhésion à la charte Ya d'ar brezhoneg (« Oui au breton ») a été votée par le conseil municipal le  ;
 le  a été remis à la commune le label Ya d'ar brezhoneg de niveau 1.
 à la rentrée 2016, 36 élèves étaient scolarisés dans les classes bilingues (soit 7,1 % des enfants de la commune inscrits dans le primaire).

Lieux et monuments

Monuments civils

 Le château de Suscinio est le principal monument historique de Sarzeau.

Édifié au sud de la presqu'île de Rhuys, entre forêt et marais et à proximité immédiate de l'océan, le château de Suscinio fut au Moyen Âge, une des résidences préférées des ducs de Bretagne et de leur cour. Construit principalement au , pendant le règne de Jean , le château était avant tout une résidence de plaisirs, les ducs de Bretagne aimaient venir chasser dans la grande forêt qui l'entourait.

Fortifié par la suite au cours du , il fut propriété de la couronne de France sous le règne de François . Dès lors, n'ayant plus le rayonnement d'antan, le château tombe progressivement en ruine jusqu'à ce qu'il soit vendu comme bien national à la Révolution française où il servit de carrière de pierres. Le château en a beaucoup souffert. Prosper Mérimée, alors inspecteur général des monuments historiques, le fait entrer dans sa toute première liste des monuments historiques de 1840. Acquis en 1965 par le conseil général du Morbihan, il a depuis connu plusieurs étapes de restauration, étalées sur une trentaine d'années. En 1975, lors de travaux de terrassement au bord des douves, côté Sud, les ruines d'une chapelle furent découvertes. Probablement incendiée à la fin du , des pavements du  ont été mis au jour. Cette découverte, de par son étendue (plus de  pavés sur ) et de par la variété des techniques utilisées (terre cuite, faience), en fait une collection unique en Europe. En 1995, les toitures du logis Ouest et de la tour neuve, détruites à la Révolution française, font l'objet d'une restitution minutieuse. Actuellement, même si le château n'est pas entièrement restauré, il a retrouvé son allure de forteresse médiévale.

 Le château de Kerlevénan (), pavillon chinois, chapelle familiale et parc à l'anglaise. Ceux du Neret, de Truscat et de Kergeorget, eux aussi construits sur les rives du golfe, datent de la même époque. Classé MH. Le château de Kerlevénan est la résidence du Marquis de Gouvello de Kériaval, grand propriétaire de la commune de Sarzeau.
 Le château de Truscat, château de 1702, remanié vers 1830 par Gabriel de Francheville à l'emplacement d'un manoir du , après 1850, son fils Jules poursuivit les travaux d'embellissement. Chapelle du . Le château est au milieu d'un beau parc au bord du golfe aux arbres centenaires ; il appartient aux descendants des Francheville depuis plus de cinq siècles. En 1815, le général Bernadotte, futur roi de Suède, y présida la fête de la Pacification. Ami de Jules de Francheville, Frédéric Ozanam y séjourna souvent. Propriété des descendants et héritiers de la famille Dumoulin de Paillart.
 Le château de Kerthomas, acheté par Jules de Francheville à madame d'Osmond, née du Pont-Bellanger. La rénovation de cette propriété fut réalisée par l'architecte rennais Mellet. De l'ancien manoir, il ne reste que la partie centrale qui a été noyée de tourelles d'inspiration Violet-Leduc. Cette propriété appartient toujours à des descendants de Jeanne Blanche de Francheville et de Jules Dumoulin de Paillart, son mari.
 Le château de Keralier, , propriété des Bénéat-Chauvel. Il possède une chapelle privative dédiée à sainte Marguerite.
 Le château de Keraüel, ancien pavillon de chasse et domaine viticole rénové par Élie de Langlais (maire et conseiller général) en 1905, d'après des plans dressés par l'architecte Joseph Caubert de Cléry qui demeurait à Vannes. Propriété de la famille Raison du Cleuziou.
 Le château du Néret. , sur le site d'un ancien manoir. Face au golfe.
 Le manoir de Kergeorget Braz. Château construit vers 1856 par le comte Amédée de Francheville, maire et conseiller général, face au golfe. Propriété de .
 Le manoir de Kerbot. Propriété du marquis de Gouvello de Keriaval.
 Manoir de Kerhars. Propriété du Marquis de Gouvello de Keriaval.
 Le manoir de Kerampoul, inscrit ISMH, , à Penvins. Propriété du marquis de Gouvello de Keriaval.
 Manoir de la Cour Penvins. Propriété des Francheville, puis d'Olivier de Langlais, ancien maire de Sarzeau, avant de passer à la famille de la Berrurière de Saint Laon. Le manoir de la Cour-Penvins était déjà en ruine au , à son emplacement est construit, d'après des plans de l'architecte Joseph Caubert de Cléry, architecte à Vannes, au  un relais de chasse par  de Langlais, maire de Sarzeau. L'ancien manoir avait un oratoire privé.
 Le manoir de Kerlin. Colombier remarquable.
 Le manoir du Vertin.
 Le manoir de la Motte, près de Saint-Colombier.
 Le manoir de la Brousse.
 Le manoir du Pâtis.
 Le manoir de Coffournic
 Le manoir de Kerstephany.
 le manoir de la Noëdic, du . Le manoir de la « lande en face d'Hoedic » serait une des terres nobles les plus anciennes de Rhuys. Ancienne demeure de la famille du Bois de la Salle, elle passa aux Sovrel en 1623. Le peintre alsacien Xavier Haas séjourna à La Noëdic vers 1930. Aujourd'hui dissimulé au sein de vastes bois de plantation récente, non loin de l'océan, le manoir est une construction en équerre. Le logis méridional est du  tandis que l'aile en retour date du . La porte d'entrée est surmontée des armes des Cléguennec. Le puits monumental au centre de la cour, de  de diamètre, est un des plus beaux de la région. Une chapelle existait en 1840, qui a complètement disparu de nos jours. On aperçoit un très beau calvaire qui remonterait au Moyen Âge près du manoir.
 La villa Coëtihuel, sur le site d'un ancien manoir qui a conservé sa chapelle du . Propriété de Mlle Masset du Biest.

 La Villa de Rhuys, route de Vannes, propriété de la famille Bonnet des Paillerets.
 Le menhir de Kermaillard est le plus important site mégalithique de Sarzeau. On trouve également des dolmens à Brillac (Er Roh), à Kergillet (Lannek er Men) et deux autres grands menhirs couchés, l'un à Largueven, l'autre, nommé Men heol, près de la Villeneuve.
 Le menhir du château d'eau de Bodérin entre Sarzeau et Penvins.

Monuments religieux
 L'église paroissiale Saint-Saturnin, rue de la Poste, édifiée au  en 1670.
 L'église de Penvins, route du Ménez.
 L'église Saint-Colombier, rue du Stang.
 L'église Saint-Pierre de Brillac, 2 chemin du Porh Ut.
 La chapelle de Kerguet, 20 place du Porh Keribat.
 La chapelle du château de Kerlévenan.
 La chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Côte, route de La Chapelle, ( puis ) édifiée à Penvins entre terre et mer. Elle se situe à l'emplacement d'un site gallo-romain, ayant lui-même succédé à un site de l'Âge du fer. Sa disposition en forme de croix grecque lui permet de mieux résister aux vents violents venus de la mer. La chapelle actuelle, due à la générosité de la famille de Francheville, a succédé à deux chapelles antérieures. Elle faillit être détruite pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale car elle constituait un repère pour la navigation, mais fut sauvée grâce à l'acharnement de l'abbé Buquen, vicaire de Penvins.
 La chapelle Saint-Martin, 3060 route de Saint-Martin : elle date de 1772, mais a été fortement remaniée au . Trois crânes sont incrustés dans le mur au-dessus du bénitier.
 La chapelle de Trévenaste, rue Tal er Chapel.

 À proximité (mais sur la commune de Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys), l'abbaye Saint-Gildas de Rhuys ().

Sites naturels
 Les multiples anses, criques et pointes en bordure du golfe du Morbihan dans les petits villages paisibles, entre autres, de Bénance, le Ruault, Prat-Bihan, Bernon, Brillac, Bréhuidic et du typique petit port breton du Logeo.
 La réserve ornithologique du Duer, située à l'entrée de Sarzeau, elle est délimitée par la route départementale 780.
 Le Roaliguen, plage sur l'océan située au sud de Sarzeau, forme avec celle de Kerfontaine à l'ouest et celles de Landrezac et Penvins à l'est un ruban de sable fin de .
 Le port de Saint-Jacques, dont les parties les plus anciennes ont été construites vers 1910. La digue principale a été prolongée en 1955 et dotée d'un feu ; celui-ci a été déplacé en 1988 lors de la dernière extension du port, en béton armé. Il a jusqu'ici accueilli une petite flotte de pêche côtière, spécialisée dans les crustacés, qui cohabite avec les plaisanciers, de plus en plus nombreux. Ce port est dominé par les vieux villages de la Grée, Kerfontaine et Kerignard où quelques vieilles maisons de pêcheurs témoignent de l'habitat traditionnel du Morbihan. Depuis les années 1960, l'urbanisation intensive liée au tourisme - qui a heureusement évité le gigantisme d'autres stations balnéaires - a fini par les relier entre eux.

Manifestations culturelles et festivités
De nombreux évènements sont organisés tout au long de l'année sur la commune de Sarzeau.
 Fête du Printemps
Organisée tous les deux ans fin mai, il s'agit d'un concours de jeux traditionnels bretons qui oppose des équipes provenant des différents quartiers de la commune.
 Semaine du Golfe
La Semaine du Golfe est une fête maritime qui se tient tous les deux ans pendant la Semaine de l'Ascension dans les ports des communes littorales du Golfe du Morbihan. À Sarzeau, elle a lieu au Logeo.
 Fête du Carénage
La fête du Carénage a lieu elle aussi tous les deux ans au Logeo la semaine de l'Ascension, mais à l'inverse de la semaine du Golfe.
 Fête de la Mer
Elle est organisée par le comité des fêtes de Saint-Jacques deux fois chaque été, aux alentours du  et du .
 Fêtes Celtiques de Rhuys
Organisée par la municipalité, les fêtes celtiques de Rhuys ont lieu chaque année la dernière semaine de juillet et permettent de faire découvrir la culture bretonne et celtes aux estivants, grâce à des projections de films, des concerts et des scènes ouvertes aux musiciens locaux. Le point d'orgue de cette manifestation reste la journée du dimanche, avec le défilé des cercles celtiques et des bagadou dans les rues du bourg le matin, suivi l'après-midi d'un spectacle de danse et de musique bretonne.

Héraldique, logotype et devise

La devise de la commune est A fluctibus Opes qui signifie La richesse vient de la mer.

Personnalités liées à la commune
 Famille de Sérent.
 Arthur III de Bretagne dit le « Connétable de Richemont » ou « le Justicier » (né le , au château de Suscinio à Sarzeau - mort le  à Nantes), fils de Jean IV, duc de Bretagne, et de sa troisième épouse Jeanne de Navarre, fut connétable de France à partir de 1425 et duc de Bretagne de 1457 à 1458.
 Famille de Francheville : Gabriel, Amédée et Jules eurent des rôles politiques et culturels importants au cours du .
 Alain-René Lesage (Sarzeau 1668-1747), romancier et auteur dramatique français. Il a notamment écrit : Le Diable boiteux (1707), Turcaret (1709), Gil Blas de Santillane (1715-1735).
 Amédée-Charles-Donatien de Gouvello (1821 - château de Kerlevénan à Sarzeau 1907), homme politique.
 Marie Le Franc (Sarzeau 1879 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1964), femme de lettres franco-québécoise. Elle a écrit notamment Grand Louis l'innocent qui lui fit obtenir le Prix Fémina en 1927. D'autres ouvrages sont parus comme Pêcheurs du Morbihan (1946).
 Adrien Régent (1859-1945), a publié La Presqu'île de Rhuys (1902), Le Golfe du Morbihan et la rivière d'Auray (1904).
 Xavier de Langlais (Sarzeau 1906 - Vannes 1975), peintre, graveur, écrivain.
 Marie-Louise Kergourlay, résistante bretonne, intendante du Collège de Rhuys à Sarzeau.
 Joseph Lequinio (Kerblay  - Sarzeau ), révolutionnaire actif, proche des Jacobins, et le promoteur de la déchristianisation de la Charente-Inférieure.
 Jean-Marc Ayrault, premier ministre de  à , y possède une résidence de vacances.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes du Morbihan

Liens externes
 Site de la mairie de Sarzeau

 Site de l'office de tourisme
 Sarzeau sur le site de l'Insee

Commune signataire de la charte Ya d'ar Brezhoneg
Ville-étape du Tour de France dans le Morbihan

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The suit was announced by Educate Nevada Now, an advocacy group founded this year by the Rogers Foundation with the goal of addressing Nevada's low level of education funding education as compared to other states. The group said it is supporting the lawsuit because it addresses the issue of education funding.
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Attorneys David Sciarra and Amanda Morgan of the New-Jersey-based, non-profit Education Law Center are also representing the parents.
It's the second legal challenge to the law since late August, when the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed suit. The ACLU also claims the program, signed into law by state lawmakers earlier this year, violates the state constitution's prohibition on public money being used for religious purposes.
Both lawsuits have called on Nevada courts to block the program from being implemented.
The program allows parents to pull their child out of public school and receive upwards of $5,000 in state money to spend on things like private school tuition. Proponents say it will give parents greater choice in their children's education, but opponents say it violates existing state law.
A vast majority of private schools in Nevada are religious, with some including religious instruction as a vital part of their curriculum.
SB302, the bill that created the program, was specifically written to exempt itself from that state statute.
Proponents of the program argue that it doesn't violate the law because the parents are making the decision of where to spend the money, not the state itself. If a family qualifies for the program, the state places the money into a savings account and lets the family choose how to spend it.
The new lawsuit comes the same day the Nevada Treasurer's office — the state entity charged with getting the program ready to roll out at the start of 2016 — revealed that more than 3,000 families had submitted applications to receive money through the program.
The treasurer's office said it was working with state Attorney General Adam Laxalt to defend the program. Because the law is set to take effect at the start of next year, Sandoval asked Laxalt last week to fast-track court proceedings.
According to EEN, more parents are expected to join the lawsuit soon.
Although the Colorado Supreme Court ruled a voucher program unconstitutional earlier this year, school voucher programs have previously been upheld in states like North Carolina, Indiana and Arizona.


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The invitation was designed by Pixel Perfection Party on Etsy, and included a traditional mix of lace accents, stacked tea cups and floral designs. This modern vintage feel continued throughout the party within the decorations!
We decorated the children's table with a very Victorian look. Paper doilies served as chargers with mix and match floral paper plates on top. Plastic cups and a bouquet of flowers finished the table.
Check out these party animals!
The food itself was set up as a buffet table.
Half the table was "sweet" and the other half "savory".
We served all the types of finger foods you see at a Tea Party.
We had cookies, mini muffins, small sandwiches, and not surprising, cucumbers with cream cheese and chives.
Just like at her first birthday party, our local Shoprite came through with a beautiful floral cake and one of our ceramic teapots on top!
Of course, there was plenty of tea and sweet drinks, including lemonade for the kids.
Several stations were set up with more hints of tea drinkware, lace and florals.
We played games including a Tea Party Bean Bag Toss game and a scavenger hunt where the children had to find the cups and plates to put together a tea party.
We also had coloring pages with a teapot theme.
To say thank you, guests received multi-colored chocolate lollipop favors.
How sweet was this party??


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Olympic 2020 will take place in Tokyo (Japan). Here is all the information about the date, schedule, TV broadcast, time difference, tickets, and sports and disciplines.
The German 4 x100-meter relay teams were able to solve the Olympic tickets on July 28, 2019, at the swimming World Cup in South Korea. Both the men's and women's quartet reached the required place in the top twelve and ensured that all seven Olympic Games 2020 can be filled by the German team.
Olympic 2020 takes place in Japan. The dates are already fixed: From 24.07. until 09.08.2020 the competitions will be held. In total there are 51 disciplines and 33 sports, which are held in 339 competitions.
All information about the Olympics 2020 schedule, Olympics 2020 date, Olympics 2020 Live TV broadcast, time difference, Olympics 2020 tickets and maps, new sports and disciplines as well as the information about the mascot of the Summer Olympics are available in advance.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Timetable
Already, many fans want to know when, what sport, discipline and which competition takes place. The previously known dates and the schedule are still based on the details of the application documents but are considered quite valid. A good overview of the schedule for the 2020 Summer Olympics can be found here.
Tokyo Olympics: Opening, Venues, Dates
As already mentioned, the Summer Olympics 2020 will take place from 24 July to 9 August.
Opening Ceremony: July 24, 2020, at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Closing Ceremony: August 9, 2020, at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium
In addition to the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, there are many other venues. A good overview is also here to find.
2020 Summer Olympics: Olympics and Olympics – what's the difference?
While the sporting event itself means the Olympic Games, the Olympic Games or the Summer Olympics, the Olympics strictly speaking means only the period between two games – that is, the four years.
Olympic 2020 – Time zones: time difference and time difference to Japan / Germany
Many fans wonder when they can watch the Olympics live on TV or stream and when. A crucial question here is time zones or the time difference/time difference between Japan and Germany. Japan is seven hours ahead of Germany in the summer. Basically one should still know that in Japan there is no time change between summer and winter – but still with us. For example, if it's 12 o'clock in the afternoon in the summer, it's already 19 o'clock in the evening in Japan. It is still unclear to what extent the time difference or the time difference affects the start dates of the individual competitions.
Experience Olympic 2020 live in TV and stream – Free-TV, in ARD or ZDF? Schedule and TV broadcast
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Tickets for the Summer Games in Japan, Tokyo: Where can I get tickets?
To get tickets or tickets for the Olympics in Tokyo, you have to be patient until June 24, 2019. That's when the ticket sale or ticket sale for the Olympic Games 2020 in Japan starts.
Olympic Games 2020: Which disciplines, sports and competitions are new?
These are the new sports and disciplines at Olympic in Japan:
Swimming: 800 m (men), 1500 m (women), 4×100 m mixed relay
Archery: Mixed Event
Athletics: 4×400 m mixed relay
Basketball: 3×3 (men and women)
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Triathlon: Mixed Team Relay
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While pollsters try to adjust for the demographics of voting, Ilona Dougherty defends the young non-voter.
You've probably heard the rote statistic about how only 37 per cent of Canadians aged 18-24 cast a ballot in the 2008 federal election, compared with 68 per cent of those over 65. But here's something you may not have heard: during that same election, the majority of youth were not contacted in any way by a candidate or political party. What about the 65-plus crowd? Well, 69 per cent of them were contacted directly, by my calculations, using the Canadian Opinion Research Archive. When young Canadians aren't being consistently asked to participate, it's hardly surprising that they don't turn out for elections.
Robert Asselin frets on a number of fronts.
By presenting 120-second reports that focus mostly on controversies, the media is for the most part exacerbating the negative feelings people have towards the political class. Newsrooms have become production lines. Twenty-four hour news comes with ridiculous deadlines for journalists. There are a lot of punchy headlines, but less and less rigorous analysis.
Because politics has become for too many a childish partisan game – and because it is being reported as such – less people are tuning in. To be sure, watching the spectacle of John Baird –- the diplomat-in-chief playing the role of pit-bull-in-chief –answering questions in the Commons is enough to discredit all politicians. When my graduate students watch Question Period, they are all turned off. They regard it as a bad joke.
But Colby Cosh dissents from the turnout crisis.
The true place of the Turnout Nerd in the media ecosystem is to fill space—to give us something to talk and worry and argue about in the absence of authentic information about what stirrings and yearnings lie behind the raw vote totals. But the Nerd, with his worrywart ways focused on one principle of political health, may be having the same destructive effects on our political life as any other fundamentalist or monomaniac. These people are the orthorexics of politics. Ask Kenneth Arrow: the creation of a political system is always a balancing act between virtues, a compromise, a kludge. Greater political "engagement" and "involvement" are vague virtues at best; and more "excitement" is, if you ask me, an indubitable positive vice.
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Spot gold had risen 0.2 percent to $1,225.66 per ounce by 0043 GMT. The metal fell to $1,217.25 on Wednesday, the lowest since April 6. U.S. gold was up 0.2 percent at $1,225.9.
The prospect of an early rate hike, as indicated by Fed meeting minutes released last week, and a steady dollar have pushed gold down more than 5 percent so far in May, putting it on track for its biggest monthly decline since November.
Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan on Wednesday said he would support raising interest rates in the "near future", though a vote by Britain on whether to leave the European Union will weigh on any Fed rate decision in June.
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I doubt it was an intentional allusion, but did you notice what shape these two form? Look familiar?
Where do you find meaning? This is a big question. It may be THE big question. What is the meaning of life? What is the purpose of living? You may not realize it, but this is the question of the Toy Story saga. Over three incredible movies, the characters of Toy Story are searching for meaning.
The toys, especially the two main characters, Woody and Buzz, at different times face existential crises searching for meaning as they come to grips with their own mortality. Their mortality is wrapped up in the life of their owner, Andy. In the first movie Buzz faces the reality of being a toy and not a Space Ranger. In the second movie Woody has to choose between "immortality" in a museum, or life with a kid who will eventually grow up. In the third movie all of the toys face their impending loss of purpose as Andy goes to college.
When Woody meets Buzz, Woody is a sure and determined leader of the toys. He knows his purpose. He has a laser focus as Andy's favorite toy. When Buzz shows up his status is threatened. To make matters worse, Buzz has delusions of grandeur. Woody mocks Buzz because Buzz believes that he is a space ranger. He comes to Andy's room convinced that he is on an alien planet, and must find and defeat the evil Zurg.
Buzz faces a crisis when he realizes that the storyline of his life isn't real. It is just a storyline for a TV show designed to sell toys. He is one of thousands of Buzz Lightyears" that line supermarket aisles. It is Woody who convinces Buzz that his purpose is far grander than defeating Zurg.
"I can't help anyone… I'm not a Space Ranger. I'm just a toy. A stupid, little insignificant toy," says Buzz.
"Whoah, hey, wait a minute. Being a toy is a lot better than being a Space Ranger," Woody exclaims.
"Yeah right."
"No, it is. Over in that house is a kid who thinks you're the greatest. And it's not because you're a Space Ranger, pal. It's because you're a toy. You are his toy."
Woody redefines Buzz and gives him purpose. No longer does his purpose revolve around catching the evil Zurg. Instead, it is to be with a boy. Toy Story ends with Woody and Buzz realizing something about their purpose. Woody is not defined by his status, and Buzz is not defined by his 'job.' They are both defined by their relationship to Andy, and to each other.
In Toy Story 2 it is Woody who has the crisis when he discovers that he is not just a toy, but that he is a collectible. His value is altered, and he is faced with a decision. He can define himself through Andy, where his value will inevitably deteriorate as Andy grows up and plays less with his toys; or he can define himself as a collectible and be a part of a museum forever.
Knowing that Andy will eventually "put him away," he decides to go with immortality at the museum. Fearing that he has been kidnapped, Buzz and the other toys go on a perilous adventure to find him. Risking everything for the sake of their friend, they finally find Woody, and the following scene ensues:
We witness Woody's change of heart when he is reminded of who he is. He is reminded of the mark that was placed on him by the one who loved him more than all. He is reminded of the love of his friends, and the fact that they were willing to risk everything for him.
Jesus, when speaking to his disciples at the Last Supper in the Gospel of John tells them this, "This is my commandment: love each other just as I have loved you. No one has greater love than to give up one's life for one's friends." (John 15:12-13, CEB). Jesus had a firm grasp on the transforming power of love. He said these things to the disciples when he knew that his time on earth was coming to a close. He says these things to them even while he knew that his path led to the cross. He told them they were his friends. He told them to love each as I have loved you. He told them there is no greater love than to lay one's life down for one's friends. Then he went out and did it.
That's the kind of love that can transform hearts. That is the kind of love that can make people stop on their tracks and reconsider their path. Another way of putting it: It's the kind of love that can cause you to repent, and believe that the Kingdom of God is at hand.
Woody's heart was transformed by the love of his friends. In all my time as a writer, pastor, and Christian, I don't think I've ever convinced anyone to Christ. I don't think I've ever persuaded anyone to repent. If I've done anything, I've loved them to Christ. If I have done anything, I have loved people to a deeper understanding of God's love. I've written, preached, talked, teached, but nothing counts as much as the times that I have been a friend. I'm not sure I've ever laid my life down for a friend, but I have laid down my time. I have laid down my own vulnerability. I have laid down my compassion and kindness.
More importantly, when I have had moments of doubt. When I have questioned everything. When I have wondered aloud about my own purpose, it has never been a well-constructed argument that brought me back. It has been the time, care, kindness, and love of friends that has reminded me. There have been times when competing ideas of the purpose of my life have waged a war in my mind. Like anyone, I have had late nights wondering about where the value of my life may lie. There are times when I've been lost, but every time there was someone there to remind me to look down at the bottom of my foot, recall who and whose I am, and come back to my purpose: to love.
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26:52 (CASI St. Patrick's Day, Mar. '13)
26:28 (Railroad Days, Jun. '13)*
*2nd place in age division
26:40 (Casa Guanajuato, Nov. '13)
30:30 (Modern Woodmen Knockout Hunger, Sep '14)**
**3rd place in age division
8K / 5 miles
49:40 (Gigi's Playhouse Superhero Run, Oct. '13)
47:42 (Palatine Turkey Trot, Nov. '13)
DNF (Bix 7, July '14)***
*** injured in third mile
1:38:30 (Soldier Field 10, May, '13)
2:29:00 (Live Fit With Lupus, May '14)
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