Reading – Book: Saturday | Article: Women-owned businesses increase What I wish I had invented: Dunk Mug After only 2.5 hours in my attempt to arrive at work, during which I discovered I had left my cell phone at home so I couldn’t do either of the favorite Italian pastimes: Call someone, anyone, and complain…
Mightier…Keyboard?
Cool Site: NBC’s Olympic Site Off the Podium Groovin’ to: 1.FM – Chill Out Lounge (internet radio) Last year I had a great idea to take a UC Berkeley Extension class on Journalism, and become a writer! (Illuminating spotlight shines down on my head. Angelic descant in the background) I’d taken classes from them before,…
Some Kind of Wonderful
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…
Holidays = Festive Drinking.
More than any company I’ve ever worked at, this advertising company is very concerned about image, and rightly so. This therefore spills over onto their parties as well – the more lavish and extravagant, the better. And I am there to gladly accept. This week had a downhill slide of productivity starting Wednesday evening. Since…
Bits & Beppe
Thought those of you interested in a Italian comings and goings should know about Beppe Grillo, if you don’t already. He has a blog, which is also available in english. He has been one of the most outspoken critics of the government, though he is technically classified as a comedian, and is very popular. You…