Carnevale (Mardi Gras) is now over and Ash Wednesday has come and gone which, when I was growing up, always meant no meat on Fridays until after Easter. Sometimes, coming up with meatless dishes can become tedious. You can get into a rut and make the same things week after week. But, with a little [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
More music
For those of you who didn’t get a chance to see San Remo, I thought I’d add some more of the songs that were sung there. This time I’m concentrating on the women. There’s still controversy surrounding Iva Zanicchi’s song entitled “Ti voglio senza amore” (I want you without love). I’m sure you can imagine [...]
New Music
Last week the usual monotony of Italian television was relieved by the San Remo Music Festival that started on Tuesday and lasted for 4 nights. I have to admit that in the past few years it has been pretty drab and not all that interesting, but this year was different. The festival was well organized [...]
When pigs are yellow….
Don’t ask me why, but when this commercial comes on Luigi has to stop whatever he is doing to watch it. Even if he’s not facing the TV he has to turn completely around, so he apparently recognizes either the voice or the music. Is it the fact that the pig is yellow? Is it [...]
The saga continues…
They called me today from the computer store and the news isn’t good. The BSOD was caused by a corrupt Windows file which means they have to reinstall the Vista operating system. Yes, that means I will have to reinstall all my programs, etc. Just like I did when the computer was new. Ugh. That’s [...]
He, she?
As I may have mentioned before, when something interests me, I have to read all about it so, when I first became pregnant I bought some child rearing books and now I get regular email newsletters about child development, etc. I’ve noticed one rather disturbing element in these books/newsletters/websites. They don’t all do it, but [...]
I did say 2 kilos, didn’t I?
Last Wednesday was O’s birthday and, since it was a weekday, we decided to celebrate on Sunday with his family and Luigi’s godparents. Since I like to cook for everyone, but haven’t really had the time since Luigi was born, and since it was to be the first pranzo in our new apartment, I wanted [...]
Am I Blue?
Back in June, not only did my son arrive, my new computer also arrived. I wanted something with a lot of memory due to the archive work I do and it had to be fast. Plus, since customer service is difficult to find, I ordered from a computer store in Vasto so that I would [...]
Whipped Nutella Pie for World Nutella Day
Who could pass up World Nutella Day? The creamy chocolate and hazelnut spread is even the Official Supplier for the Italian National Soccer Team. The event was dreamed up by Sara Rosso of MsAdventuresinItaly and Michelle Fabio of Bleeding Espresso and, once I heard about it, I was determined to come up with something. Now, [...]
Random Things
I got tagged twice on Facebook in the past week and a half. First it was to write 16 random things about me, then I got tagged with another 25. So, I had to come up with a whopping 41 things. This isn’t as easy as it sounds and, to be honest, I’ve never been [...]
