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Happy Holidays!

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Photo by Zoen

Hard to believe that 2007 is already coming to a close. Grazie mille for reading and sharing your thoughts and insights with me this year. Hope you have a wonderful holiday season and that the new year finds you and yours happy and healthy.
Ci vediamo in 2008!

Don’t Name Your Kid Friday in Italy

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Interesting article. Take a quick read. I’ll wait.
Ok, for those of you who are looking for the Cliff’s Notes version: an Italian court decided that a couple who named their child Friday had to change the name to something less “ridiculous or shameful.” When the couple refused, the court legally registered their son as […]

Holiday Light Fugliness

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

I can’t take credit for the term, that goes to my dearest pal Finny, who is now into the 2nd year running of a fugly holiday light review on her blog. If you haven’t been following the fun, then I suggest you grab a mug of eggnog and pop on over to ruthlessly ridicule […]

It’s Looking A Lot Like Christmas in Rome

Monday, December 17th, 2007

A couple signs you know it’s Natale around these parts…

Panettone, anyone? Pandoro? Christmas cakes lining the sidewalk outside an enoteca… they’ll throw in a bottle of spumante for less than €5 total. Not a bad deal!

I think this is one of the most common Christmas decorations in all of Italy. Maybe it’s just […]

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