Reading: Falling Leaves | Grooving To: Di.fm Lounge (internet radio) Yesterday, we went to Milan for aperitivo and then, for the first time since I’ve been living in Italy, we ate INDIAN. I had eaten it several times at friends’ houses or cooking it myself, but never ventured out to a restaurant in Italy. We…
Mini-me, Alitalia and Taco Town
Warning: Mini-rant about Alitalia A friend from CA is flying in tonight via Moscow. Yes, he’s been in -35C weather for part of the week while out on business. Plus, he’s Indian, and as he told me, “Me and the cold don’t get along well. I can’t wait for 0 degrees!” He had booked Alitalia,…
Lost in Translation, Really
Last year at this time, I was wading knee-deep in a 120-page Italian-to-English translation about a bridge – architecture, engineering, and construction…fun stuff. The only good thing about it was it gave me an excuse not to go outside in the cold. I just got another small assignment from them. S is cringing because I…
Carnevale Season Has Arrived…
Movies I’m waiting for: American Dreamz | Confetti Reading: Kafka on the Shore | Grooving to: Confessions on a Dance Floor Carnevale season has officially opened in Italy! You can tell from the piles of chiacchiere in the windows of all the local bakeries. Chiacchiere, which I also knew as frappe in Rome, are one…
As Promised: Holiday Food Porn
So, though Christmas is a distant memory, my thighs remind me every day of the food splendor that is Southern Italy, and in particular, Puglia! These are eels, or anguille (anh-GWEE-lay) which are traditionall eaten (in Manfredonia and the Gargano area) for lunch on the 24th. The taste of eel really isn’t bad, except their…
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