The holiday party season is in full swing here in Boston.  Can I admit?   Looking festive and keeping warm has been a challenge.  It is cold.   It is very cold.  And all of my favorite party clothes do not accomodate New England winters.
During my Italian years, wind and temperatures this cold were only [...]

Always attempting to streamline life’s annoying details, I’ve encouraged friends and clients to scan copies of their driver’s license, passports and prescriptions as well as credit card details.  Email copies of these important documents to yourself at a web-based service (such as hotmail, yahoo or gmail) in case these documents are lost or stolen on [...]

Episode 25 of the Virtual Cappuccino was uploaded on Monday, and since Wednesday, I’ve thought at various random times, oh, yes, I need to tell folks on the blog as well.  Sorry for the delay.  It’s Friday again, and I am ready for a glass of Prosecco.
Whoosh! went the week as I’ve worked on FiberCamp [...]

What should you eat today?  A question we ask every day, but think a bit more as December 10 is Terra Madre day.  A project of the Slow Food Convivium, it’s a day to celebrate local and traditional foods.
It’s the time of year in Milan when Pannetone declares that holiday season has begun and everything with [...]

Social media redefined the color purple in Italy during the last month.  Fed up with the latest actions of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the “No Berlusconi Day” movement organized a rally in Rome on Saturday, December 5.  More than 350,00 Italians traveled to Piazza della Repubblica to ask for his resignation.  Their chosen color: purple.
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