Archive for October, 2009

Honey, honey: 70% less this year …

2009.10.18

I went to the market in Orvieto on Saturday and discovered the honey man. I bought the honey infused with cinnamon sticks … yum yum.
It goes very well with peccorino romano and spicy olives cured in olive oil, garlic, fennel and hot peppers. The honey guy told me all about the […]

Filed under: Italian cooking, Italian politics

Found: one dead grey cat

2009.10.12

This was not an auspicious beginning of my week.
And, it went downhill from there. But, Autumn is in the air and soon, I will be able to light my camino and smell that lovely profume of burning wood, mingled with fresh, clean Orvieto air.
Stay tuned, when i am in a better mood […]

Filed under: Uncategorized

Silvio, non si tocca On. Bindi

2009.10.08

Stop calling Rosy Bindi names like a school yard bully: honestly, what were you thinking?!
What if someone had talked to your mother like that?
Why don’t you start insulting Rita Montalcino now too, or Mother Theresa (RIP)?
You should have known that Rosie would have the last wise words stating without missing a beat I […]

Filed under: Silvio Berlusconi

Patricia for Prime Minister & Polansky for Ministro delle Pari Opportunita’

2009.10.03

Just kidding, sort of, but I saw Patricia’s interview on L’Anno Zero the other night and thought her quite articulate. Not that prostitutes are all stupid by nature, but I was expecting a ding-a-ling.
And why shouldn’t Patricia be in politics when there is already an ex-porn star in the Italian Parliament?
And, not […]

Filed under: Current events

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