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Entries from September 2006

Day Trippin’ Firenze: My Secret Eating Place

September 29th, 2006 · 3 Comments

New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!Even as I write this post, I feel like I am breaking some sacred code. I want to share something with you, something I enjoy so much that by sharing it I am also [...]

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Tags: Florence · Food · Italy

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Tags: Food · Italy

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: [...]

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Tags: Italy · Milan

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Tags: Food · Italy · Puglia