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What I wish I had invented: Dunk Mug
After only 2.5 hours [...]

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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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Movies I’m waiting for: American Dreamz | Confetti
Reading: Kafka on the Shore | Grooving to: Confessions on a Dance Floor
Carnevale season has officially opened in Italy!
You can tell from the piles of chiacchiere in the windows of all the local bakeries. Chiacchiere, which I also knew as frappe in Rome, are one of [...]

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So, though Christmas is a distant memory, my thighs remind me every day of the food splendor that is Southern Italy, and in particular, Puglia!
These are eels, or anguille (anh-GWEE-lay) which are traditionall eaten (in Manfredonia and the Gargano area) for lunch on the 24th. The taste of eel really isn’t bad, except their [...]

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Yesterday I got sent to the principal’s office. I mean, the president’s office. Some very important services were having problems and our clients were very upset. (Does this sound like I’m explaining to a small child?) Because my boss was out of the office, the responsibility and questions came to me.
Our account manager crooked [...]

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