Downton Abbey In-Style

We love Downton Abbey! Season two is finally here of this magnificent PBS Masterpiece series.   If you aren’t already watching, definitely check your local listing for when it airs.   It really is the most wonderful British period drama.

Downton Abbey has everything that I adore: beautiful scenery, the most gorgeous costumes ever stitched, scandalously wonderful plot lines, and ever so witty dialogue.  Most of the witty dialogue is spewed by that great British actress, Dame Maggie Smith (Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”), who plays the acid-tongued Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham.  We can’t get enough of her… Oh, and did I mention the bedding? The fine stitching, the lace, the drawnwork; it is all simply to die for.

The story revolve around the Crawley family and their servants. The father, Robert, is the Earl of Grantham, and Lord Crawley he is the master of Downton Abbey.  He has one problem. He only has daughters. And with the death of his male heir abroad the Titanic, this spells trouble for him.  The next in line is a distant cousin from Manchester who comes into the picture. Did I say daughters and a handsome young man?? Oh, no more from me on the plot. Just close your eyes and repeat – “There’s no place like “Downton Abbey, there’s no place like Downton Abbey.”