“Don’t tell her what time we arrive.” This was how a meeting between close friends was to begin, with a lie, with an evasion. But it was necessary. We decided to do our normal night train down south so that we could “earn” another day during our little vacation, one of the several long weekends…
Fuorisalone: Design Week in Milan
This past week was Design Week here in Milan – some people consider it more important and more interesting than Fashion Week. Here are some pictures of things I saw when I walked around Zona Tortona during Fuorisalone.
Knutmania at the Berlin Zoo
We were interested in going to the Berlin Zoo because it claimed to have the largest number of specimens in the world and we thought it would be a good break when many of the museums were closed on Monday (after Easter). Before coming I had read about Knut (that’s pronounced Kah-noot), a little polar…
Meeting Italian Men in my Local Street Market
We’re going to Berlin in two days – do you have any tips or suggestions of things I shouldn’t miss? Tell me in the comments! And have a good holiday if you get one! April is not turning out to be as magical as February or even March was, weather-wise. People were ready for a…
Weekend Gourmet Classes at the California Culinary Academy
When I first moved to Italy, I spent a lot of time alone. I really only had one friend from when I studied here in 1999 and she was in Tuscany, and my timing wasn’t great because during the summer Milan empties out for vacation. The few friends of friends I had met at the…
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