This is my new drink of choice. Cocktail San Pellegrino. Don’t ask me what’s in it though or what it tastes like, because it’s really hard to explain. They say it’s ginger-flavored, but it’s nothing like ginger ale. It’s not one of those things you drink all the time though. It’s more of an aperitivo [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2007’
Green bean and Chick Pea Salad
If you’ve read some of my posts, you know that we’ve planted a lot of beans this year. Even though I joke about it, I really love green beans – especially in a nice summer salad. Last night we picked our first batch of green beans. Here they are: So, today, we get to eat [...]
Happy Cows
5:30 in the morning. That’s what time we had to be there to start taking pictures. We were designing a website for a local organic cheese producer and that included taking pictures of the milking process. It was a beautiful morning though, about a month ago. The air was fresh and it was actually great [...]
Water under the bridge
They say the problem was that there wasn’t enough of it. At least, that’s one version. I’m sure there’s a more scientific explanation. And maybe even the cause is something totally different. But, in any event, something caused the bridge to collapse. Or maybe crinkle would be the better word. It didn’t collapse entirely, just [...]
Beads
I now have a truly Italian house. Why, you ask? Because we put one of those beadie things on the door. Better that than have a million flies in the house. You see, screen doors aren’t a very common thing around here. In fact, if you wanted one, you’d have to pay a pretty penny [...]
Neither rain nor snow…..
That’s the problem. No snow this winter and no rain now. Well, we’ve had some rain, but very little – in other words, not enough to replenish our supply. As usual, Saturday morning, we headed out to the garden to do some weeding, tie up some of the tomatoes, and water the garden. This spring [...]
Tag, I’m it
Gasp! I’ve been tagged! Do you believe it? Giovanna (and yes, I will get you back) has tagged me and I’ve accepted the challenge. OK, so it’s not as if I have to do something all that difficult, but I am kind of excited to have been tagged, so here goes…. Hilda Carrol at Living out [...]
Culture Shock
Recently I gave a student a reading lesson that included an article on culture shock. As I was preparing it, I was thinking about my own experience coming to Italy from the US. Basically, the article states that there are 5 stages to culture shock. Stage 1 is basically the honeymoon stage, when everything’s new [...]
Celebration day
Yesterday was a big day in town. 8 children received their First Holy Communion and most of the town was involved. The parents of the children had even gotten together to choose the gowns that the children would wear. Therefore, all the children were dressed the same – the girls in the same style gown [...]
10 things I love about Italy
I have to admit, I feel incredibly lucky to be able to live where I do. As I was contemplating that today, I was thinking about all the things I really love about being here. Of course, there are some things that I don’t love, but that’s another subject. We won’t go into that right [...]
