New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!I know you thought Carnevale was on Tuesday, and it’s over, right? Wrong. In Milan, Carnevale is on Saturday (due to the Ambrosian rite), and it was this past Saturday.
We went to the [...]

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I spent all weekend in mental preparation for World Nutella Day which will be next week - have you spread the word? More details with my kick-off post or from www.nutelladay.com - so far I have confirmations of Nutella parties in Houston, Milan and San Francisco and RSVPs are coming in from Argentina to Australia! [...]

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We’re getting a lot of good response for World Nutella Day on February 6th - help us spread the word and mention it!
Don’t forget we have a Nutella Day Flickr pool as well! Join up!
[Contact Me] If you used my Contact form on the sidebar in the past few months, please note that I don’t [...]

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[Photos] Make photo mosaics with Flickr photos using Mosaickr!
[Design] Can I say Martha Stewart has me feeling giddy about the chalkboard-like Wall Calendar…me like!
[Addictive Game] Dominoes + a Tomato = Addictive fun with Domino Pressure Bet you can’t play just one game!

I would like you to meet a good friend of mine. The Panzerotto. [...]

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A Menu for Hope ends today - we’ve raised over $50,000!! You have until 6pm PST to donate - act now! My prize code is EU15.

Folks, I’m ending my Post-a-Day for a Menu for Hope on a great feeling - we’ve made a difference!! I hope whoever wins my prize enjoys it! On Sunday we [...]

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[Funny video] I found this yesterday but didn’t think it fit with my post - SNL was hilarious this weekend with Justin Timberlake hosting - check out his skits - D in a Box is my absolute favorite (warning: language may offend)
[Wine tools] A very cool “Octopus wine aerator.” This will have to please the [...]

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I’ve decided to try and blog every day from Dec. 11 - 22, which is the exact length of the Menu for Hope fundraiser. My prize code is EU15.
Here’s five other cool prizes for the Menu for Hope today:

A Kitchenaid Mixer from Megnut
A photo studio box from Kalyn’s Kitchen
Autographed books by Anthony Bourdain from Cha [...]

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Grab the Scavenger Hunt code.
Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants.
This week�s theme is Red.

This Saturday finds me in London, and of course if I was able to, I would post a big Red Doubledecker bus.
But for now, I’ll just post some other visions of red I’ve had lately.
For some reason the color [...]

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