Miranda's Miranda Fest: Miscellaneous

I'm always looking for more Miranda trivia, so if you have any drop me an email. (I used to have a guestbook, but it got too much spam.)

• Miranda Instant Mesenger, an IM client that allows you to interface with multiple kinds of servers (MSN, ICQ, etc.).
• La Miranda...a house built near Barcelona by the architect Antonio Gaudi, but torn down in the 1960's.
• Pier One's Miranda Items...Pier One has several "Miranda" items for sale on their website, such as:
  • bath accessories
  • wall frames
  • wastebasket
  • pet bed
  • pot hanger
• Miranda ...a programming language (Note: Miranda is a trademark of Research Software Limited)
• Miranda ...a line of quality 3mm single lens reflex camera produced from 1953 to 1978. Some interesting tidbits:
  • mirandacamera.com has information for collectors, plus some very high-quality photographs of Miranda cameras (thanks, Brian Hayes)
    • The site has a page for the Miranda Historical Society
    • The site has a links page with pointers to many collectors, historians and dealers
  • I once found a web page of someone who has made a Stereo Mirandas, (a camera with two lenses for taking stereo pictures). It has some good pictures of his creation (this link is an archive of the site).
• http://miranda.colorado.edu/... used to be the web server for the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.
• Miranda Wines... made by an Italian family living in Australia. They make many varieties of wine. I also found a website that sells Christmas Hampers that include them.
• The Miranda Shawl... an antique-style shawl with sleeves to make it stay on.
• Mirandés... is a dialect of Asturien, spoken in north-eastern Portugal and northern Sparin (Asturia and northern Leon). Here are some examples and more information about the language. From this region of Portugal you get a lot of other Mirandes* things, such as:
  • Mirandesa cattle
  • Carne Mirandesa (Mirandesa beef)
• The Spellbook of Miranda... spellbook for what? I don't know. But you can look at all the spells in it (scroll down to Miranda)
• Mirandy Rose... a deep maroon-red rose with a very strong fragance, it won an All-America Award in 1945. The bushes grow to medium heights and their foliage is dull, but dense. (Thanks to INKY67@aol.com) A number of reviews of the rose say that it has a wonderful, strong fragrance and deep red color that does not fade in the sun.
• Admired Miranda... one of the roses used by David Austin to produce the cross called Sweet Juliet. (Thanks to Miranda 'Ran' Jane Ward, who grows Mirandy Roses in Maumelle, AR)
• Miranda Slipcovers... for Fieldcrest by SureFit. Miranda was a lovely floral with earthy shades of rose, peach, and green on an ivory ground. Miranda was also available in blue.
• Miranda Bed in a Bag from Laurens Linens, designed by Di Lewis.
• Carmen Miranda Trout... a series of plates and bowls by artist Marguerita Hagan, who also made Carmen Miranda Meets Fiesta Ware and the Carmen Miranda Tea Party.
• Miranda Stainless Flatware... from Norstaal. If you want replacements for your set, you can go to Replacements, Ltd.
• Miranda... a drink in Saudi Arabia. MP Gill says: "Well in Saudi Arabia there is a drink called Miranda. How I know is my mom was in Desert Storm and was talking about me. They thought she missed a drink back home, they offered her some of theirs. Although she explain it to them."

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