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Living Local in Puglia
All work and no play is just not a good thing. So in the interest of good mental health, part of our work schedule included some well needed beach time in the Gargano area of Puglia. Not knowing anything about the area, other than it was on (read full article)
Athens Food and Drink, Day Two, Part Two
Two things I will not soon forget about Athens, Georgia: 1.) The bats no one bothered to tell me about ahead of time. 2.) The downtown bars with great big wooden rocking chairs open to customers who enjoy a little soothing sway while they drink thems (read full article)
Celebrate Summer
It’s a celebration of summer this week with Midsummer’s Day on Thursday and the Summer Solstice today. Midsummer’s Day is primarily a Celtic fire festival, which represented the middle of summer. It dates back several millennia, and many stone (read full article)
Moving 101: Tips, Lessons Learned and fun stuff + Life Update
been busy lately trying to organize and pack up the house for the big move!! sophia is very eager to help with the whole moving process..... here's some tips and fun stuff having to do with moving that i've come across and since that (read full article)
Design Dilemma
Here are photos of our current living room/dining room. There is so little wall space that it's hard to configure. The fact that the front door opens right into the room doesn't help either. Almost everything here is going maybe the one rug (read full article)
Making Kitchen Memories
The young girl tied her grandmother’s faded apron about her waist. The bib hung down in a drooping manner and the loop over her head attempted to hold the top portion of the garment above the waist, in order to catch spills or clouds of flour that (read full article)
Saturday Stories: The End of the Journey
For those of you just joining in, every Saturday I record a bit of my family history. I started this as a new year's resolution in 2009 in order to get some of my family stories written before those of the older generations pass on and I l (read full article)
Where Are Your Manners? The First Lesson in Chinese Dining
While there is no figure quite like Emily Post in China to write tedious rule after rule on the rituals and etiquette of dining, there are a few general guidelines that should be followed at the Chinese dinner table. Over the course of a few posts, (read full article)
La Befana vien di notte...
Tonight, while everyone is asleep, La Befana will be coming to our house and filling my son's stocking with little gifts and candy. He will find it tomorrow morning, like many other children in Italy. We will leave out a small glass of red wine and s (read full article)



