When I say the words “plastic fork,” I’m guessing it doesn’t bring to mind fine dining. Take-out? Sure. Or airplane “meals”. Maybe a well-organized picnic. Well, maybe a well-organized picnic is a good way to describe the feast I recently dined on. La Sagra. Translate it to “festival,” think of it as “Town Fair,” but [...]
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Putting Lipstick on a Wild Boar
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 200, 586 on September 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Paint It Black
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 200, 3737 on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Umbrellas are the only accessory in Milan that aren’t black. Exaggeration? I woke up at 7:30 this morning in Milan to a steady drizzle, which is how I tend to think of the city. Grey grey grey. Maybe that’s why the Milanese wear lots of black and white; both non-colors go well with their usual [...]
Working on a Holiday…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1098, 200 on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the oddest things about moving to a new country is finding yourself with a different set of National holidays. Not that it’s surprising that Italy doesn’t celebrate the 4th of July. It’s just slightly unsettling when you realize a holiday has slipped you by. Today I realized it was a long weekend in [...]
