Posts from ‘October, 2007’

As I mentioned before, my parents are here visiting and they wanted to buy us an early Christmas present.
Here it is (drumroll please)……
A DRYER!

Many of you may not think that this is a big deal, but actually, dryers are still sort of a new thing in my neck of the woods. Everyone hangs their [...]

OK, I promised that I’d give the recipe for the Double-Chocolate Mousse cake that I made for my birthday. But first, a word of warning. This cake is very, very rich. Don’t cut the slices too big, because you won’t be able to eat it all. That said, if you’re craving [...]

Happy Birthday to me
I was surprised around 11:00 by a knock on the door and the delivery girl handing me these

They’re from O, of course. Once he found out that I liked flowers (and particularly sunflowers as you can see here), he likes to surprise me.
It’s my third birthday here in Italy. Well, [...]

Things have been busy in my neck of the Abruzzo woods lately. My parents are here visiting for a month, so we’ve been spending some time together. Plus I’ve been busy with some work and various and sundry other things.
Yesterday was O’s mom’s birthday, and we planned on having dinner for her here [...]

About a month or so ago we took a trip to San Giovanni in Venere which is located a short distance from here near the town of Fossacesia.
Right near the Abbey can be found the oldest olive tree in Abruzzo.

The following is the text of the sign that is next to the tree

THE GREAT [...]

It seems there’s a lot of flack being dealt out to Italian men lately based on a proposed tax break for those who leave home. Of course, there was a lot said about it too and many jokes were made. The proposal? A 1000 euro tax break for Italian men in their [...]

For about a month now we have been pet owners.. And, you may think that there’s nothing like cuddling up to a dog or a cat. And you are right. But, our fish are pretty neat too, if I do say so myself.
We’ve got a large aquarium with 2 black moors, one [...]

Sorry about the lack of posts. I’ve been occupied with various and sundry other things, but am now getting back to my blogging.
Last week I posted a light ravioli dish. In response Judith from Think on It requested a typical hot and spicy abruzzese dish and I’m happy to oblige. So, here [...]

Yesterday, as I was preparing for a lesson with a student today, I was gathering together English tongue twisters to help practice pronunciation.
Tongue-twisters, as I’m sure you know are phrases that are difficult to articulate properly, causing the speaker to mix up sounds and sometimes even utter swear words in place of the normal words.

According [...]

Last week my cousin, actually my dad’s cousin (which would make her my aunt here in Italy), came to visit for a few days, so we took the opportunity to ride down to the town where my great-grandmother, her grandmother, was born. The town is Riccia, in the province of Campobasso, in the Molise [...]