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Entries from September 2006
Day Trippin’ Firenze: My Secret Eating Place
September 29th, 2006 · 3 Comments
Bad Girl: Dogs as Accessories
September 27th, 2006 · 7 Comments
The bad girl in this post is me.
When I was home over the summer, I went with my dad, his girlfriend and my husband to a place in San Diego that does a great seafood Happy Hour. We drank pomegranate margaritas and ate fresh ceviche and calamari.
We got there right at the beginning of [...]
Tags: Travels Abroad
Uva Fragola
September 25th, 2006 · 5 Comments
Know all of Google’s products/services? Today’s count: 71 - could be a good baby or bridal shower game!
German-born Nigerian-Gipsy Ayo’s Down on My Knees is very popular in my office right now.
When I saw Lex Culinaria’s post about Winemaker’s cake a few days ago, she took me back to a very vivid memory of a [...]
Gym Tales: Making Friends
September 21st, 2006 · 5 Comments
Lots of links today!
Fitness: A nice NY Times article about exercise and weight loss - why it works differently for everyone
Music: People are buzzing about “music discovery engine” Pandora - here are some tweaks from Lifehacker to make it work better for you!
Fashion: I know some of you will like this: A new fashion blog: [...]
Day Trippin’ Firenze: Gelato da Grom
September 19th, 2006 · 15 Comments
Today is officially International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Don’t ask me how I know this. But I thought that the “How to Talk Like a Pirate” training video was pretty funny. It reminds me a bit of the Dharma Initiative training videos from LOST. Want more? Here Here Here
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Tags: Florence · Food · Gelato · Italy
Separating the Apples of Apple
September 16th, 2006 · 2 Comments
I have to admit, I am a huge Apple fan. When I bought my laptop last year, I was this close to getting a cute little 12″ iBook. But I wasn’t ready to make the application leap to Apple.
Of course, shortly after I bought my current laptop, Apple released versions that would allow Windows [...]
Tags: Tech Talk
Italian Palestra/Gym
September 14th, 2006 · 9 Comments
Truth in Advertising: A regular meeting environment, with the different roles and power struggles just beneath the surface of regular comments. Except this time they say what they are thinking. Gotta love the Teddy Bear icon.
This year, more than any year in my recent history, feels like a new school year. This is ironic since [...]
Tags: Italy
Wedding Feast Revisted: I Primi, the Pastas
September 11th, 2006 · 8 Comments
Note: I do remember today, but with all the great memorials, I think it’s enough. I’d rather say today, let’s think about Peace everywhere, please.
Like I mentioned in my last post, a few weeks ago we went back to the restaurant where we had our wedding reception/lunch last year in Puglia. This was after the [...]






