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 [...]

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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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Well, I fear I’ve had two negative posts and so I’ll have to limit this one though a lot of negative things have occurred. I still have to talk about stuffing ourselves in Puglia for Christmas and New Year’s, and my trip to London!! The jury is still out if the 2 kilos of cheddar [...]

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So, I’m here in London, lovely London. The next best place to home. The place where you can get Cadbury’s mini Creme Eggs, an Indian curry and Bangers and Mash within a block’s radius. Yes, I’m being spoiled. But, back to my bureaucracy story. You didn’t think it had finished, did you? That like all [...]

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