New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!Gelato is definitely an “O food” (Check out our O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month contest)
One of my favorite gelaterias in Rome is San Crispino. I’ve talked about it and heard about it [...]

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Thanks everyone for comments on my Latest News…it’s going to be exciting!
And Wow! over 80 comments for a free jar of an organic Nutella-substitute! You guys really want these! Congrats to Mandy, Comment#58, winner of a free jar of Deanocciola flavor of your choice! Send me your address! And stay tuned…I may have a [...]

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Do I really need to tell you where I spent the weekend?
My friends found round-trip plane tickets for 20 euros, but if you’re not leaving from Milano Linate (and are leaving from Bergamo or Malpensa), you spend more time on shuttles/taxis getting to/from the airport and checking-in than just taking good ol’Trenitalia.
Rome is [...]

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Even this picture is a bit fuzzy, which is how I’m feeling. I had a busy weekend. I cooked a lot and though I would like a break, it has somehow given me more ideas and energized me to do more!
I received free tickets to Heineken’s Jammin Festival (last year I saw Depeche Mode [...]

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I’m sure everyone is pretty comfortable with the concept of a digestive (liquor). But did you know that you can take a digestive sugar?
As I showed Shelley this past weekend in Milan, there exists something as wonderful as zucchero matricale, “medicinal/digestive sugar” here. Sugar that you can, nay, you MUST eat to make sure [...]

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Another stop on the Tour del Gelato, this time going back to the Eternal City, Rome. Be sure to check the Tour del Gelato blogroll for other entries, including a recent one from Jeff in Puglia.
Everyone, plan your next trip to a gelateria near you for the Tour del Gelato, and write about it!
I [...]

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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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[Health] It’s World AIDS Day.
[Home] This Kleenex holder built into your pillow would be a great addition to napkin bedspread I mentioned yesterday.
[Cool architecture] This cactus building gives everyone light and a terrace. I love it.

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This week�s theme is Light(s).

I’m still feeling a bit nostalgic [...]

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