Entries from November 2006

Sorrento and the Lady and the Tramp

November 17th, 2006 · 23 Comments

So we’ve just arrived in Rome for the weekend. Of course we received an invitation like the rest of the VIPs here, to the wedding of Tom & “Kate.” In case we decide to skip out early on the party, we have a lot of friends to visit and see, including my friend’s new baby! [...]

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Tags: Italy · Naples & Campania

Watching a Futbol Soccer Game at San Siro Stadium, Milan

November 14th, 2006 · 11 Comments

UPDATE: For those of you viewing the post in your RSS feeder, there are videos that will only show when you click through to the post. Being a big Roma AS soccer fan, S wanted to go to the Milan-Roma game on Saturday night, and I thought that was a good idea. I like sports, [...]

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Tags: Italy · Milan

A Family of Generations in Tuscany

November 11th, 2006 · 7 Comments

Grab the Scavenger Hunt code. Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants. This week’s theme is Growth. Thanks to Shelley from At Home in Rome and Expat Traveller, I have discovered the Photo Scavenger Hunt which I think is a great idea! When I thought about this week’s theme of “Growth,” the obvious images of [...]

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Tags: Italy · Tuscany

Dishes of Comfort: Finding Home Away from Home in Lasagna

November 10th, 2006 · 10 Comments

[Flickr photo pools] Check out others’ photos of Italy: Italy in Black & White and Photographs of Italy [Reading Blogs] Still not using an RSS reader? The Associated Press writes about what RSS feeds are [Ad blog] Adverbatims: Hilarious, anonymous quotes from inside the world’s ad agencies Ivonne from Cream Puffs in Venice recently blogged [...]

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Tags: Food · Italy

Lunedi Lists: Firsts that Count as Rites of Passage

November 6th, 2006 · 3 Comments

It’s Monday and that’s lunedi‘ in Italian so that means it’s Lunedi’ Listday! 10 Firsts that Count as Rites of Passage when Living in Italy In no particular order. Have one to add? The First Caffettiera, coffee maker, you leave unattended too long as it later explodes onto a brown-splattered stovetop and surrounding area. The [...]

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Tags: Culture · Italy