Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cartoons?, film on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In honor of Halloween, I’m watching my favorite commentary on the holiday (at least from the perspective of the ladies): Mean Girls
A low-quality mashup of this scene can be seen here:
Or you can practice your Italian listening comprehension here, which I find completely awesome:
And for something a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged music on October 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Have been listening to this quite a bit today.
Some days, it’s good to embrace la dolce vita italiana, and others–well damn, it’s good to be Irish.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged acqui terme, italiano, Italy on October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the less-expected aspects of our trip was having a kitchen at our disposal to make dinner at night, which of course sounds completely counterintuitive to going on vacation. Growing up, going down the shore usually meant that we would eat out every night, something we never did while at home. But this vacation would [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fashion, fonts! on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Unisex Helvetica Alphabet T-Shirt
(Image obviously from American Apparel)
It goes without saying that I irrationally want one of these. Along with this.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged italiano, Italy, photography on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After our first meal in Acqui Terme, which, being Monday in Italy, consisted of falafel because everything else was closed up, we opted to walk back to the B&B instead of trying to make a night of it in a town that we had yet to really explore (save for buying Tamarin-brand toothpaste at one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged design, housewares on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m taking a teeny breather from posting Italy photos to share Eddie Ross’s blog with you. He’s a contestant on the second season of Top Design (which I need to start watching as it seems it’s been significantly improved since the first season seemingly eons ago) and a Martha Stewart acolyte. His aesthetic is repurposed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged acqui terme, italiano, Italy, maps on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A map, courtesy of Google, of Acqui. Fitting in part due to the fact that my most popular post is dedicated to transit cartography.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged acqui terme, italiano, Italy, photography on October 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Baur B&B is a unique place to spend a week, and for me, the little details of the property drew the camera out of my bag before I even took any pictures of the actual buildings. We had spent Tuesday morning in town buying food for dinner, and while there the sky was a cloudy–the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, italiano, recipes, wine on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Almost a year ago I picked up a copy of Food & Wine magazine that touted “Italy’s Best Recipies.” touting some of each main “food” region’s best specialties. This led to us making Piadina with Ricotta, Proscuitto and Arugula, which is freaking delicious, but it also left us with a tub of ricotta cheese that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged italiano, Italy, photography on October 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I mentioned before that I wasn’t necessarilygoing to recount this chronologically, but it feels fitting to give the first post over to us driving to Acqui Terme from Malpensa aeroporto. Particularly given that Michael was the one who shouldered 100% of the driving…but perhaps I should backpedal a bit.
As of Sunday morning, we had no [...]
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