Well, apparently I’m not the only one. When I check my blog in Firefox, it comes out all white except for the sidebars. The problem is, that the text is white, which makes it unreadable unless you highlight it. So, I checked it in IE and, you guessed it, the color is fine. So, what’s [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2007’
Cinnamon Buns
I love to cook and especially love to make things that people have never tried before. That’s an easy thing to do when you’re in another country. Needing a recipe to make for a get together with friends and looking for something that they had never had before, I decided on cinnamon buns. It was [...]
The party’s over
Vacation is over and its back to work. Well, for us anyway. There are some people who are on vacation until next week, having the entire month of August off, but we’re not among them. And no, I’m not tan. I didn’t spend one single day at the beach, despite the fact that we’re only 20 [...]
Nobody knows the truffles I’ve seen
Truffles are something that I’ve only recently discovered – mainly because they’re very expensive. But, they grow in this area, so they are used in some local dishes and we see them quite a bit at different fairs. A small jar of chopped black truffles (90 grams) costs 13 euro. (It seems like a lot, [...]
Sagre
There is never a lack of things to do here in August with various festivals, musical events, and sagre. A sagra, for those who don’t know, is a food-based event celebrating a typical dish or product of the area. For example, here in town we have the Sagra della Ventricina on the 10th and the [...]
I’m honored
KC over at Niente di nuovo avviene sotto il sole honored me with my very first blogging award last week. This award is given by bloggers to their fellow bloggers who: effortlessly weave their way in and out of the blogosphere, leaving friendly trails and smiles, happily making new friends along the way. They don’t [...]
Not sure bathing
I came across this sign the other evening and couldn’t resist taking a picture of it. I’m not sure who does some of these translations, but I often find them amusing. (Town name hidden to protect the innocent) enough said….
Class Reunion
Yesterday was my brother-in-law’s class reunion, so to speak. There is a slight difference though. This class reunion has nothing to do with school. Your class year is the year you were born. So, instead of your 5th high school reunion, it would be your 30th, 40th, 50th birthday, and so on. The celebration is [...]
It doesn’t take much…
….to make me happy, that is. OK, this may not qualify as very exciting to many of you but believe me, I’m excited about my new arrival. Here it is – TA DA! My new stove! Front view Top view You may ask, why am I so excited? Not so much for the stove, but [...]
