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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Books I’m Reading: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiur Children
It’s summertime and I am in the mood for quick engaging stories I can enjoy while sitting in the sunshine with nice cold drink. Mental Floss blogger, Ransom Riggs’s first book Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children is just that. … Continue reading
What Italians Drink: Limoncello (or Lemoncillo)
Has anyone else seen the movie “Under the Tuscan Sun”? I have. About 20 times. It is the movie I watched the day I was offered a job in Italy. (Note: The next day I watched National Lampoons European Vacation, … Continue reading
Books I’m Reading: Bossypants
If I could have one of those fantasy lunches where you invite anyone you want and they have to show up, Tina Fey would totally be there. She is genius. I have been mildly obsessed with her since I started … Continue reading
What Italians Drink: Sangue di Giuda
After two years, I finally found a bottle of one of my favorite Italian wines: Sangue di Giuda! I first drank this sweet red at a little gelato shop about a week after I moved here. Each time I went … Continue reading
Rosemary Tea
The other night, my mother and I were having a conversation about tea when she mentioned the health benefits of Rosemary Tea. Apparently Rosemary Tea is good for congestion, indigestion, poor circulation and many other common ailments. As a great … Continue reading
Summer Doesn’t Have to Suck
For as long as I can remember I have hated the summer. The unrelenting sun gives me headaches. The heat scorches the earth until everything is brown and dry. Mosquitos seem to be addicted to the taste of my blood. … Continue reading
What Italians Drink: Sciacchetra
When I was in Cinque Terre I picked up a bottle of their local wine, Sciacchetra (pronounced Sha-Keh-Trah) to bring home. Sciacchetra is a dessert wine made from Bosco grapes that are allowed to dry in the sun until they … Continue reading
Interesting Italian Food: Pocket Coffee
I live in Italy and I don’t drink coffee. Its tragic really. I wish I was a coffee drinker because the coffee here is Amazing. Instead, I am a tea drinker. I would say that means I should move to … Continue reading
Just about time!
This is what the Apricot tree in my front yard looked like in March And this is what my Apricot tree looks like today! I think in one more week they will be totally ripe and ready to eat! Now … Continue reading
Books I’m Reading: Second Wind; One Woman’s Midlife Quest to Run Seven Marathons on Seven Continents
I’m not just a slow runner, I’m Struggling Runner. Every run for me is a fight. Before I leave the house I have to put forth real effort not to take off my shoes and watch tv instead. During every … Continue reading
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