and Chilling History
sculptures, way back in the 1600
lanterns by forming ice blocks in
buckets, and inserting candles into
holes in the middle.
being used in a major way for a
wedding celebration. She arranged
the marriage of an out-of-favour
courtier to a woman who reportedly
was particularly unattractive. The
February 1740 wedding was held in
bitterly cold weather. Furs draped the
couple as they sat in an iron cage
atop an elephant, being paraded
through the streets ahead of a
procession that included wolves,
camels and pigs. The newlyweds were
forced to spent their wedding night in
an ice building, built on the frozen
River Neva. Ed. note to self: Never tee
off an Empress!
Melba. Word is that he celebrated her
triumph in Wagner's Lohengrin in the
early 1890
Australian diva. In the opera a swan
boat is used and the famous chef
Auguste Escoffier used an ice swan
sculpture to advantage when he created
"peach with a swan", vanilla ice cream
topped with peaches and spun
sugar...later updating his recipe for
what we now know as Peach Melba.
held at a 13th century Irish castle.
Special FX were Bond-a-licious,
including an ice sculpture of Rodin's
Kiss and a spectacular fireworks
display. Keely surprised her groom
with ice and he surprised her with fire!