
Anyone want to play Smoke? If you are new here and unfamiliar with this game, see this post.
One question at a time (especially you, Eric, who always wins), but not one question each. Questions and answers appear at the bottom of this post.
Y'all run over to Corn Dog's and watch her video on Sunny California before you get started here!!!
Aaron took some gorgeous photos after the ice storm in upstate New York. I'm posting my favorites here, but you can see more on his blog.

Do you see the "ghost" face?
Ice-covered fence


Frozen Berries

I love the colors in this one!
Questions and answers to the game will appear here. Other comments will be in the comment section.
I am a deceased European.
AMY: If you were a language, which language would you speak (I mean, be)(heh)?
Smoke: La langue de amour et aventure amoureuse!
MISTY: what era are you?
Smoke: Je vivre ère Le Monde du éclat. I was born around the turn of the 20th Century.
DWIGHT: If you were an alcoholic beverage, shared among good friends gathering by the fireplace on a cold night, which would you be?
Smoke: Louis XIII Cognac. Undoubtedly the world's finest, this exceptional Cognac has always been a favorite in the world of politics, fashion, and art. Rémy Martin Louis XIII uses only grapes from the Grande Champagne region which guarantees its unique, exclusive quality. It is blended from eaux de vie, some more than a century in age, then it is aged in 'tiercons', barrels that are several hundred years old, in a cellar set apart for it alone. Louis XIII has been created by three generations of cellar masters to be, simply, the highest quality Cognac available.
ERIC: If you were a body of water?
Smoke: La Seine River, of course.
LITTLE BIRD BLUE: If you were the pile of a carpet, how would you feel beneath bare toes?
Smoke: I would feel like fur. Nothing compares to the soft fur of a bear, no? Grizzily or polar bear will suffice. They are nice for making love, too, no? Oui. (I think I misread the question. I suppose a better answer is that I'd probably feel trampled on.)
LITTLE BIRD BLUE: If you were a literary subgenre, which would you be?
Smoke: Literary Fiction
LITTLE BIRD BLUE: If you rode a schoolbus, where would you sit (like, w/the bad kids at the back, or the do-gooders up front, or what)?
Smoke: There were no school busses when I was a child. I did without many things, but I think I would have sat up front.
TATTIEHEID: If you were a song?
Smoke: I am Liszt's "Liebestraum," Nocturne No.3
MISTY: If you were a dessert?
Smoke: I have been dessert to a few wealthy men, but I could never eat dessert. Au contraire! The woman's body must be slim, her hips slender. Breasts are gauche and of the pauvre. Clothing looks so much better without them. The body should be free and unencumbered. Away with corsets!
ERIC: If you were a specific part of anatomy....
Smoke: I would never be a specific part of the anatomy. My job is to make each part sing, to have fun, to be elegant, in an understated way.
ERIC: If I was a letter of the alphabet, which letter would I be and why?
Smoke: I'd be a C. I like C's. They have a certain panache. And, as an added bonus, now that I've thought about it, if I were a number, I'd be No. 5.
TATTIEHEID: What do you look for in a lover?
Smoke: Money, and his willingness to give it to me. I couldn't run my business without it, nor live in the style to which I've become accustomed. It's very important in my line of work to exude an aura of luxury and beauty (and to smell exquisite).
TATTIEHEID: It's Coco Chanel. You gave too many clues at the end. :)
Smoke: We have a winner. Very good, Tattieheid!
(Wish I had a prize for you. Sorry. Usually, the winner takes the game to his or her blog, but so far, none of the winners have a blog. So there you have it.)

Coco Chanel Aug 19, 1883 - Jan 10, 1971
"A woman should be two things: classy and fabulous."
I just saw this article about Chanel in the news.