Archive for Archive for September, 2008
Travel Tip Tuesday: Five Ways to feel at Home in Paris
Paris. The City of Lights. The city of romance … the city where everyone spews French faster than the TGV can get to Versailles and where the locals, well … may or may not like your American-ass accent.
Eight years ago I boarded my first intercontinental flight and headed thousands of miles from everyone I knew. [...]
Oooh La La: Je ne parle pas francaise
So it is a good thing my inner European lets me travel.
While searching Italylogue last week for a post to forward to a guest coming to our bed and breakfast in Catanzaro I found this.
And I love these memes - especially when they are right on.
Your Inner European is French!
Smart and sophisticated.
You have the best [...]
Hurricane Ike Cleanup Still in Progress
Since Hurricane Ike pounded the Texas coast two weeks ago I’ve received emails and tweets of concern for my family and friends. (Grazie mille.)
Many people are curious to know what it was like growing up in hurricane alley and wonder how my family has managed all of these years, scurrying from hurricanes and evacuating [...]
Love Thursday: Loving Italia (and bonus Calabria pics)
It’s no secret Italy abounds with natural beauty, stunning people and ageless architecture. And the food ain’t bad, either.
But what goes on behind the scenes? Where do the stereotypes end and the real Italy begin?
Frequent visitors to the bel paese have witnessed death-defying collisions on Italian roadways, know you can’t find a decent, if any, [...]
Il Ponte Bisantis: Catanzaro’s Landmark Bridge
Think there is nothing more to Catanzaro than spicy morzello, tourist-free beaches or outdoor markets? Think again. In 1962 the Province of Catanzaro constructed a landmark bridge that would become the symbol for Catanzaro and would serve as the welcoming beacon for this regional seat.
The massive single-arch concrete bridge connects downtown Catanzaro to the western [...]
Travel Tip Tuesday: Three Tips to Help Check Your Traveler’s Attitude at the Gate
The single best thing about owning a bed and breakfast, besides working side-by-side with a hunky descendant of the Roman gods, is the energetic, adventure-seeking people we meet as they come through Catanzaro.
In recent weeks we’ve had a hodgepodge of nationalities representing various regions within Italy, the US, Australia and Canada. They take one step [...]
Ciao Alitalia: And the Fat Lady Sings
Alitalia may have reached the end of the runway earlier this week when investors withdrew their one billion euro offer to save its ass. In what is shaping up to be the never-ending story of Alitalia’s demise, six of the nine unions are finding themselves in the hotseat, Berlu is blaming the left, the left [...]
La Buona Cucina Americana: Baked PotatOes
In the land of pizza and pasta who needs to add more starchy sugar to their diets?
Uhm … we all do! Enter - the potato.
2008 is the International Year of the Potato - did you know that? I for one am all about celebrating. This is also the first week of the O Foods for Ovarian Cancer [...]
Love Thursday: Life in Italy is Buon, Buona, Buono
Not everything in Italy is bello and the life here isn’t simply dolce. In fact, there are quite a few things I’ve found to be down right BUONA.
And I made a list.
You see, the Italian language in all of its grammatically challenging and gender-orienting ways isn’t that hard to grasp. It is hard to master, [...]
Bar La Torre: The Best Sicilian Granita in Calabria
The weekend of September 13 was seared on my brain and red-checked on my calendar as the day of the annual Festival del Peperoncino in somewhat-nearby Diamante. Plans were made, friends were here and the car was gassed and rearing to go. We left mid-morning and planned to arrive just in time for a late [...]
