Reading – Book: Saturday | Article: Women-owned businesses increase
What I wish I had invented: Dunk Mug
After only 2.5 hours in my attempt to arrive at work, during which I discovered I had left my cell phone at home so I [...]

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Cool Site: NBC’s Olympic Site Off the Podium
Groovin’ to: 1.FM – Chill Out Lounge (internet radio)
Last year I had a great idea to take a UC Berkeley Extension class on Journalism, and become a writer! (Illuminating spotlight shines down on my head. Angelic descant in the background) I’d taken classes from them before, and the [...]

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Reading: Falling Leaves  |  Grooving To: Di.fm Lounge (internet radio)
Yesterday, we went to Milan for aperitivo and then, for the first time since I’ve been living in Italy, we ate INDIAN. I had eaten it several times at friends’ houses or cooking it myself, but never ventured out to [...]

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Warning: Mini-rant about Alitalia
A friend from CA is flying in tonight via Moscow. Yes, he’s been in -35C weather for part of the week while out on business. Plus, he’s Indian, and as he told me, “Me and the cold don’t get along well. I can’t wait for 0 degrees!”
He had booked Alitalia, and [...]

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Last year at this time, I was wading knee-deep in a 120-page Italian-to-English translation about a bridge – architecture, engineering, and construction…fun stuff. The only good thing about it was it gave me an excuse not to go outside in the cold. I just got another small assignment from them. My husband is cringing because [...]

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