All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘italian life’
Lesson Number 1:
Le presento Nonna~ The New Year has started and we are all in a deep freeze. It is time to warm up with a little video of Nonna. To bring everyone up to speed: Nonna is the grandmother of the family that I lived with in Viterbo, Italy, in 2005 through a university program in Siena (http://www.dantealighieri.com/italian_language_school_viterbo.html). She is the …
Romeo. Romeo. Wherefore art thou, Romeo?
See and download the full gallery on posterous Day 5: Verona~ Having worked at a theatre specializing in Shakespeare for over 20 years, it is no surprise that the first thing that comes to my mind when hearing “Verona” is the tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet. I know—predictable. Luckily, it was one of the last things we concerned ourselves …
‘Tis the Season…
See and download the full gallery on posterous The last tree~ Since my return from our Italian vacation at the beginning of November, I have been working for friends at their quite popular flower shop in Birmingham, Alabama (http://www.flowerbudsinc.com/). We have been decorating houses for Christmas—the first house was on November 15 and today was the last house. There is …
La Parola del Giorno–The Word of the Day–via France, Venice, and Oxford
Cazzo~ In high school I studied French—well, it would be closer to the truth to say that I sat in a class for three years where the teacher and two other students spoke French, while the rest of us were just thankful to not have to take Spanish from the hateful Seńora. Regardless of one’s age, when learning a new …
The long and winding road~
The book’s the thing… It is cold and rainy here today and I just received my very first rejection from a literary agent—how cliché is that? I am not too concerned about it because it was in response to a “cold call” e-mail query. It was to an agent listed in one of the many “Agents, Publisher, Editors” books I …
Tutti a tavola~
Gobble, gobble, gobble… Thanksgiving is upon us and there is nothing Italian about this very American holiday—well, except that it is a time when families gather together to eat a single meal. In that sense, Thanksgiving is very Italian. Tacchino (pronounced “tahk-keen-oh”) is the Italian word for turkey and, surprisingly, Italians eat a lot of turkey. I always think of …
Siamo a Viterbo–We are in Viterbo
Ciao ciao tutti! We arrived last night in Vitero and caught Nonna leaving the house to go to Boy Scouts (which in Italian is “masi”–I need to double check that spelling when I have more time). It is interesting to be staying in the house and writing on the same computer that I used 4 years ago to send home …
Rome, Verona and now Vicenza…
Ciao tutti, We are in Italy and, although it has been a bit chilly and rainy we are having a wonderful trip. I have tried to email a photo via Richard’s iphone, but alas, no such luck. I have eaten a lot of wonderful things and in Verona the most exotic thing has been horse…yes, horse. It was smoked–does that …
To refrigerate or not to refrigerate…
(view of the other half of our kitchen, opposite the sink) (Mark’s book: Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language & Life with an Italian Family) Brrr…it’s getting cold in here. Well, not so much~ “Are you still going to eat that?” I can hear Ian’s voice in my head as I am about to descend from my room into the kitchen …
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