Entries from May 2007

Parmigiano Reggiano Stuffed Onions Wrapped in Prosciutto di Parma

May 29th, 2007 · 20 Comments

Wow, that’s a mouthful, in more ways than one! I’ve been cooking quite a few sweet dishes recently, so when the Waiter, There’s Something in My… theme for this month (hosted by Jeanne from CookSister) was Stuffed Fruit or Vegetables, I wanted to do something a little more healthy and went with the vegetables…well, at [...]

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Tags: Appetizer · Food · Italy · Recipe

Equal opportunity has been achieved: FemCamp obsolete?

May 28th, 2007 · 25 Comments

I have to write about this only because it’s so incredible. I stumbled upon this post and two things struck me immediately. Well, three things if you count the breasts as separate entities. First, the banner image which I find pretty unnecessary. Second, the content of his post makes it seem that much more incredible. [...]

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Tags: Culture · Italy

FemCamp: A Mortadella Party?

May 28th, 2007 · 14 Comments

Saturday I attended the (first) FemCamp (a BarCamp) in Italy, at Bologna. The location was prime, inside a tech lab for women, TechneDonne. I’ve heard some say that the easiest way to describe a BarCamp (in Italy) is chaos. They are totally correct. But I don’t see how having low expectations of anything will help [...]

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Tags: Blog Event · Bologna · Culture · Italy · Tech Talk

FemCamp, Moo Notecards, Me in Italian Glamour

May 25th, 2007 · 15 Comments

Tomorrow I’m heading with Michelle down to Bologna for the first FemCamp, a BarCamp for women and technology and new media. Don’t know what BarCamp is? It’s basically a series of “unconferences” – informal get-togethers organized by the participants themselves, using an online wiki that anyone can edit or add to. The topics are proposed [...]

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Tags: Blog Event · Culture · Girl Geek Dinner Italia · Italy · Tech Talk

Spoleto: A Second Look

May 23rd, 2007 · 10 Comments

I spoke about our weekend trip to Spoleto in Umbria and I just have so many nice pictures of the city that I have to share more! Our friends put us up in a local monastery, San Ponziano that was beautiful and set just beyond the city walls, here on the left. In about 3 [...]

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Tags: Discovering Italy · Italy · Umbria