Entries from September 2006

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Tags: Food · Italy · Puglia · Wedding

Reliving the Wedding Feast: Antipasti

September 7th, 2006 · 7 Comments

Smooth and creamy move: Draw certain attention to yourself in a meeting by dumping a full yogurt drink directly in your lap while someone else is talking. Bonus for new black pants. [Sara: Check. Check.] A good round-up on yoga gear. While down in Puglia, Sante and I decided we wanted to experience our wedding [...]

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Tags: Food · Italy · Puglia · Wedding

La Festa al Fresco: Stracchino, Pomodorini e Olive Crostini

September 4th, 2006 · 3 Comments

UPDATED: To see a round-up of all the blogs that participated, see Part 1 with La Mia Cucina and Part 2 with Cream Puffs in Venice. Nothing motivates me like a deadline. When Ivonne from Cream Puffs in Venice invited me to participate in the Festa al Fresco on September 5th, I knew it was [...]

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Tags: Food · Italy · Recipe