Archive for August, 2008
The re-entry is the hardest part …
2008.08.26
Am-Girl is officially back in Italy and at work, a potentially lethal combination, but I have discovered with the passing of the years that it is absolutely imperative to not, I repeat not return on a Monday. Additionally, a re-entry strategically planned for the last week of August, while other monsters, I mean colleagues […]
Filed under: italian holidays
Food + Wine = Love
2008.08.19
I am on my second glass of sparkling white something-or-other-Orvieto swill from a spout, which is purchased from our neighborhood enoteca; the same enoteca on the corner, sandwiched between the butcher and the picture framer, where the neighborhood afficionados line up at 9:00 am for the opening, ‘cept Mondays when the enoteca has a day […]
Filed under: Art & culture, Italian cooking
A Simpleton is Born…
2008.08.17
I have been caught not paying attention to Italian politics yet again.
Just last night, I heard on the RAI news that there is a newly created Ministry of Semplificazione (Normativa).
Um, just a thought from a simple American Girl, but if you are going to have less bureaucracy, why do you need to create […]
Filed under: Italian Ministry, Italian politics
Return to the Bel Paese from Dubrovnik
2008.08.14
American Girl is back, relaxed and bronzed by the Croatian sun. We visited Rovinj, Zadar, Split and finally Dubrovnik. Zadar and Dubrovnik were my favorites with the prettiest architecture and cleanest sea for swimming, or floating on the waves as I mostly did. Lenny Kravitz was also in Zadar and we think […]
Filed under: Uncategorized
