Archive for Archive for August, 2007
Sale or No?
And, no! This is not referring to the lack of regularly seen sconti throughout Italy, but rather. Salt or no salt.
On your watermelon, I mean?
All summer, at the amazement, and sometimes utter disguist of the Italians, I have added a dash of sale to my watermelon.
Well, I finally got one Italian to try it.
And, he [...]
"Wedding Traditions - All’ Italiana!" WW - Part 1
“Ne di Venere Ne di Marte non si sposa ne si parte!”
Welcome to Part One of a Five-Part Series about le nozze, i matrimoni or, as we say in English, WEDDINGS!
On the board today…Tradizioni Italiani!
Wedding traditions, in both the US and Italy, date back further than Martha Stewart, Preston Bailey, or theknot.com. But, shhh…don’t [...]
And….the Winner is!
Thank you to everyone who donated money, said prayers, or thought “happy” thoughts for my friend Andrea during the Breast Cancer 3-Day Contest.
Without further ado….
The winner of a brand new Calabrese-something regalo
is….
Annika of Dove Mi Porta Il Cuore
Although my contest is over, you can still donate to Andrea - or any of the [...]
Ground-Breaking News!
I try to keep this blog as professional as possible and not really discuss my personal life! Ha! As if…(and yes, that was an intentional throwback to Alicia Silverstone in Clueless!)
We all know my life is an open book, and not always as simple as Paperino!
So - I absolutely must share with you our latest [...]
Breast Cancer 3-Day
“What are you going to do with a degree in Communication?”
I heard that question at least 100 times during college when I told someone about my major…
“What are you going to do with a degree in Communication?”
And, my response was usually…
“Anything I want…”
I believed that, too. I tossed around the idea of PR and I [...]
My Bruta Figura
Ok, Ok…it happens to all of us at some point or another, right?
Right?
Oh, come on…
Well, it happened to me. I made my first Italian bruta figura. How did it happen?
Well, let me show you some pictures of the most recent wedding we attended…and we’ll see if YOU can tell.
This is the church located just [...]
Un Mondo Piccolo
Walt and his pal Topolino were on to something when they sang about our Small World.
Imagine.
They had never even heard of the Internet…never sent an email…never read a blog.
What would they say now?
Several times a week I get an email from someone commenting on this blog.
And. I. Love. It.
As a wanna-be-famous-someday writer, I am thrilled [...]
Take 5, Folks
Happy Ferragosto, friends! Today, August 15 marks two important occasions. First and foremost, it represents the assumption of the Virgin Maria into heaven. Secondly, and not quite so historically - it marks one of the biggest vacation days in Italy. Although many Italians I talked to didn’t even realize the two were related, the dates [...]
Kickin’ It Up a Notch
Peppe and I have decided it is time to kick our language skills up a notch! He, for one, is ready to learn Spanish. He insists this has nothing to do with his secret dream-filled love affair with Shakira, or his, thus so far, futile attempts to learn her latest song “Las de la Intuicion.”
He [...]
Going to the Chapel
Birds are singing and bees are buzzing - love is in the air. As in America, summer is the season of love, and with that love, comes marriage, and before you know it, a baby carriage.
Oh, wait. I got ahead of myself.
Anyway, you might remember a few weeks ago when I was lamenting over a [...]
