Macedonia was an ancient Greek kingdom. Today’s Republic of Macedonia was once part of Yugoslavia. But, what in the world does that have to do with fruit? I have no idea why, but Macedonia here in Italy is a type of fruit salad. And no, it’s nothing like the canned fruit cocktail with the mushy [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
Emigrant poetry
The other day one of the local business owners stopped me to show me some old documents he had since he knows how much they interest me. Being the descendant of emigrants to America, he particularly wanted to show me an old book of poetry that included a poem about the Emigrants. The book was [...]
Number 1 cake
I don’t like Italian cakes. There, I said it. I admitted it openly and can’t take it back. The cookies and pastries are great, but the cakes leave a lot to be desired – at least in my book. You see, here cake is usually made out of pan di spagna. And, although it’s translation [...]
Birthday Boy!
Happy 1st Birthday Luigi!
Honest scrap
Recently, I was surprised and honored to receive the Honest Scrap Award from Karen at The Shock of the Old. The award is given by other bloggers who consider a blog’s content or design to be brilliant. The awardee must then post ten honest things about themselves and pass the award on to other bloggers [...]
Cruisin’
I snapped this photo the other day and can’t believe how incredibly big Luigi looks. While he is 31.5 inches tall (slightly above average), the angle has a lot to do with it.
The rose garden
OK, it’s not the White House, but our castle – which also happens to be the town hall – also has a rose garden.
Capri or not Capri..
Even though I’ve been here for over 3 years now, I still make mistakes when I’m speaking Italian. The most common one I make is mixing up feminine and masculine nouns. Something that can really get you in big trouble – take my word for it. Another mistake I make, though less frequently, is putting [...]
Magical Mickey
Luigi is at the age where he has some sleep “opportunities”. But, we did find something that works to get him to sleep – his Mickey Mouse music carousel. When he’s getting sleepy, besides rubbing his eyes and ears, he always looks over and points to Mickey. The only problem is that poor Mickey gets [...]
Zucchini and eggplant and peppers, oh my!
I love going to the green grocer these days. There are so many fresh vegetables to choose from. No, I’m not a vegetarian, but I’ll pass on the meat and go for the vegetables any day. Especially if they’re nice and fresh. So, when I went the other day and saw the eggplant, I had [...]
