tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086977145805133222024-03-14T03:15:04.033+01:00ciao downEm and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-25739478544127442412010-05-07T09:44:00.003+02:002010-05-07T09:52:34.964+02:00malfunctionWe've been cursed with our mac computers here in Italy (if you're thinking about moving here, invest in a pc and leave your mac at home). I of course can go into detail more about this but I'm updating via my itouch because our second mac has unfortunately bit the dust and finding someone in Italy to fix it is harder to find than a needle in a haystack. with that I will hope and pray that our computer miraculously recovers and starts working again, a girl can dream right!?Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-978731821667003052010-04-11T11:32:00.008+02:002010-04-15T08:02:14.904+02:00Next Chapter<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilF3EEuEUV8UxC1t1LhKBwGD9qP0zu4HT8F4w2odpP76f2Clz3a14QfJXKph_H13ZGdr4oJVqZlnM4-s6ceuffrT9AqKrKzotaZCFFyZScxrLLaWUQixWXlVPJoYsrbaA0UbpsrSt7zqoK/s1600/tumblr_kopfy3266Z1qzzfgmo1_500_large.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 412.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilF3EEuEUV8UxC1t1LhKBwGD9qP0zu4HT8F4w2odpP76f2Clz3a14QfJXKph_H13ZGdr4oJVqZlnM4-s6ceuffrT9AqKrKzotaZCFFyZScxrLLaWUQixWXlVPJoYsrbaA0UbpsrSt7zqoK/s800/tumblr_kopfy3266Z1qzzfgmo1_500_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460239763267306194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/1028002">photo credit</a>}</span><br /></div><br />Forgive me in the lack of blogging lately. Life here has been quite the roller coaster the past month. We've had many curve balls thrown our way, both good and bad and we haven't really known the next step in life to take. Recently, though, the path has become quite clear and I couldn't be more excited. We're moving back to New York!<br /><br />Our time in Italy has been an interesting adventure that we will always hold close to our hearts, but our home is in New York. The next chapter in our life will be bringing us back home, to America. We couldn't be happier to be back with family and friends, and (hopefully) back into our careers.<br /><br />We'll be here in Italy until July while we wrap up work, and taking in every enjoyable second that we have here in Bologna.<br /><br />Hopefully you'll join us on the ride!!Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-49276194936618527092010-03-30T11:26:00.004+02:002010-03-30T11:34:27.017+02:00Because...Sometimes in life, you just need to see a human pyramid.<br /><br />Reason #247 to love Spain:<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TWmJZ8CrDwE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TWmJZ8CrDwE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />For more videos, click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/emilyprovansal">here</a>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-65922143697546418282010-03-25T18:43:00.032+01:002010-03-31T00:28:22.748+02:00I {heart} Barcelona!We're back from Barcelona, and honestly 3 days isn't nearly enough time to truly explore that city. I'm behind in posting. Since we've returned it's been the arrival of spring and my birthday, so needless to say our little blog has been neglected while we enjoy the warm weather that has finally arrived to the city!<br /><br />But back to Barcelona! We had been planning on going there since before we moved to Italy, and it lived up to everything we thought that it would. And with that said, I've been struggling to write this post. Coming back from such an amazing city, I think it takes a week or so to process everything that just happened (and possibly recover from all the Cava that was drunk).<br /><br />Our first day, we opted to do a bus tour of the city. Normally I'm against bus tours, I love walking the streets to get a locals feel for a city, but some Italian friends had recommended doing the bus tour to get a lay of the land since the city is so big. And seriously, it was the best advice we got. We took the hop on/hop off <a href="http://www.barcelonabusturistic.cat/web/guest;jsessionid=8E58B8AF261FCFC4AAC164EB743E93AC">Barcelona Bus Turistic</a> which leaves from Placa de Catalunya. I personally think it's a great way to see the whole city when you have very little time.<br /><br />(Pictures, click <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emilyprovansal/sets/72157623691035150/">here</a> )<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgZ4H9tprF-fMs_SyWglEb_kEEMFcWXdojP7cdijQR2BMnPHFnVoAAfQwDyGmw0xOJ4Ykojnt8WT4nwtk2CsAE-faMRuOOGYnEWO8EdZfglmDeRMm78j5O0tjdde1wcnZ9g4b9xQQWJ79/s1600/IMG_2844.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgZ4H9tprF-fMs_SyWglEb_kEEMFcWXdojP7cdijQR2BMnPHFnVoAAfQwDyGmw0xOJ4Ykojnt8WT4nwtk2CsAE-faMRuOOGYnEWO8EdZfglmDeRMm78j5O0tjdde1wcnZ9g4b9xQQWJ79/s800/IMG_2844.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452628966805926082" border="0" /></a><div style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; text-align: center;" class="photocaption_text">Casa Batllo'<br /><br /></div>From the bus, we hopped off and headed to La Boqueria, off Las Ramblas, for some lunch. If you walk past the tourists and the crowded front entrance, you'll find the tapas bars where the fishermen, servers and shop owners stop for a midday snack. We found this little place in the back of La Boqueria where we got to practice our Spanish.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTNW8ldXH8SXEwgpS8ADWd_paTATrQxa3RlfMe6H1_zSIJq0OfedwM_Ynw4zXEtJZ-0jsxWBcs1xLsbLweDTeOFGp_1xy8xAPH4ICAeu1zlTzxli3NfPQ9m4XpiuxTiRustSaAoYUcZhS/s1600/IMG_2921.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTNW8ldXH8SXEwgpS8ADWd_paTATrQxa3RlfMe6H1_zSIJq0OfedwM_Ynw4zXEtJZ-0jsxWBcs1xLsbLweDTeOFGp_1xy8xAPH4ICAeu1zlTzxli3NfPQ9m4XpiuxTiRustSaAoYUcZhS/s800/IMG_2921.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452629222365666002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Lunch at La Boqueria</span><br /></div><div style="" class="photocaption"><div class="photocaption_text"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0NlokTRPHtRW6qnyxO0tw5N5BGYyphryzdFTjt5cqP6xuB_Hfv_HAzCMx8gRi4MSYwVZiKobuUEVuxXHHhBz9ijTvxLC9vCVgyEv5ZxFiozy5XeqOpVzDxJj0wvmb1WQr5UaL3EgtLSb/s1600/IMG_2922.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0NlokTRPHtRW6qnyxO0tw5N5BGYyphryzdFTjt5cqP6xuB_Hfv_HAzCMx8gRi4MSYwVZiKobuUEVuxXHHhBz9ijTvxLC9vCVgyEv5ZxFiozy5XeqOpVzDxJj0wvmb1WQr5UaL3EgtLSb/s800/IMG_2922.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452629431649374722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">La carta</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnuAmGMJAAPvNf-g3nEsAAmbVjaMboZ9n0KDIK2-CkGzBHt4yyY8ASjh-M5q2BoT2CA9Rvv3r3VTAJ0zX5CSvwyqKwAm-tKAwMMfjkKEggUIzuRIT_VIp-8g298S5XFYiwKsUorc3Irse/s1600/IMG_2925.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnuAmGMJAAPvNf-g3nEsAAmbVjaMboZ9n0KDIK2-CkGzBHt4yyY8ASjh-M5q2BoT2CA9Rvv3r3VTAJ0zX5CSvwyqKwAm-tKAwMMfjkKEggUIzuRIT_VIp-8g298S5XFYiwKsUorc3Irse/s800/IMG_2925.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452629630180542242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">#yumtown<br /><br /></span></span>Tummy's full of tapas and cerveza, we wandered around the streets off the main tourist streets. I loved the side of this wall.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxYOg0gJ0QDrHiBwpuHHwiJdgMb8siz5B4Ffp6a40WbBVj6Ch_3QgamM9cLTalN6C7uaXKLddtKhLFayj8iLfnO_Z1aIQufbHNGwPtaMX4wVby167dpX7NH2Gx3tFZBRTBf2Gq0TV9sqU/s1600/IMG_2940.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxYOg0gJ0QDrHiBwpuHHwiJdgMb8siz5B4Ffp6a40WbBVj6Ch_3QgamM9cLTalN6C7uaXKLddtKhLFayj8iLfnO_Z1aIQufbHNGwPtaMX4wVby167dpX7NH2Gx3tFZBRTBf2Gq0TV9sqU/s800/IMG_2940.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452629846608909474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Wandering around the city I found this wall... amazing!</span><br /></div><br />One of the more modern tapas restaurants we went to was <a href="http://www.lonjadetapas.com/english/">Celler de tapas</a> (Placa Universitat 5). My favorite thing there was the personally sized paella tapas dish. Delicious!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwqiejw2HJ6DSYk4UGzIlpV-jONr3KpTtt95n349ec83UpSJjMduXOlJ9EDZApNZcd1oW4ojcYti0GkjRF0BKyWBjjex8uJ-T6VnzJ1SWNAkbbkY30qEjs_XxmpZbZiR1BwNXUea4OTGZ/s1600/IMG_0449.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 600.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwqiejw2HJ6DSYk4UGzIlpV-jONr3KpTtt95n349ec83UpSJjMduXOlJ9EDZApNZcd1oW4ojcYti0GkjRF0BKyWBjjex8uJ-T6VnzJ1SWNAkbbkY30qEjs_XxmpZbZiR1BwNXUea4OTGZ/s800/IMG_0449.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452635170490855026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">My personal seafood paella!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyZHEVK0XXzxoNQGCzJJeyUsklf-LvqBv2oSMmD_ddikGUB_9d7ta6eDoz5MV9u1TlICa6j6-mxIzzMZyM0tlG8NTD89r_Y4dg-5jW-TZY5aZSCxjrulDOEZsA6T7pE5RBvGmDSDax7Ed/s1600/IMG_2960.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyZHEVK0XXzxoNQGCzJJeyUsklf-LvqBv2oSMmD_ddikGUB_9d7ta6eDoz5MV9u1TlICa6j6-mxIzzMZyM0tlG8NTD89r_Y4dg-5jW-TZY5aZSCxjrulDOEZsA6T7pE5RBvGmDSDax7Ed/s800/IMG_2960.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452630103006332466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Park Guell </span><br /><br /></div>We headed up to Park Guell and spent some time wandering around the crazy mazes of the park. Unfortunately, the weather for us was hazy and cold that afternoon, otherwise you can get a beautiful view of the city below.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVP5eGGEvwUfRoPblfPaU7hc31Bz42pwS6LLGivCPkGopOgATo9oMUsuuKhakvS9ApcHIS8Ug5nMw0rD0vqZWCifJbTWTVIVZYBap67HidA3nGWfmICcViPDnICuVtyeIB884bl0uEKz6/s1600/IMG_2969.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVP5eGGEvwUfRoPblfPaU7hc31Bz42pwS6LLGivCPkGopOgATo9oMUsuuKhakvS9ApcHIS8Ug5nMw0rD0vqZWCifJbTWTVIVZYBap67HidA3nGWfmICcViPDnICuVtyeIB884bl0uEKz6/s800/IMG_2969.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452630375158779154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Us at Park Guell </span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXl0660-Wfi6sHWyn9vmkJmuxkER95G4mSbRDaKfsRd0Sb8cTA1c0x-wu6WfUR2on-T4hT9QI7XAK3-Xg4hBZVdWtiWYEpthPXEMepiHMlZkUHw6FztIPeyWmzY5y3NqL6uZIdSbtlKuB/s1600/IMG_2972.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXl0660-Wfi6sHWyn9vmkJmuxkER95G4mSbRDaKfsRd0Sb8cTA1c0x-wu6WfUR2on-T4hT9QI7XAK3-Xg4hBZVdWtiWYEpthPXEMepiHMlZkUHw6FztIPeyWmzY5y3NqL6uZIdSbtlKuB/s800/IMG_2972.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452630638976016770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Beautiful tiles of the park benches</span><br /><br /></div>More food? Always! On Friday night we found ourselves wandering around a new area in Barcelona and found this place, <a href="http://www.grupotragaluz.com/barlobo/">Bar Lobo</a>. It's a beautiful bar where Spain meets New York's Soho, and it's definitely worth a trip if only to try the jamon! (<span class="adr" id="adr" dir="ltr">Carrer del Pintor Fortuny 3)</span>. In the summer, the outside is a perfect people-watching spot.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjMaa6FHNclCKStfkQFIEyKxHbD9hmsopiNthj26mqWfiFUtJfqJ4wDFrj6pKb70Hdv4JKGu8qCeMSVlYQDyC9hRGz8BpqOvnlUe3Wsj1MmPUcE9fxoTI_lvsGwu4VGA1T8gc-UPwY16Z/s1600/IMG_0374.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjMaa6FHNclCKStfkQFIEyKxHbD9hmsopiNthj26mqWfiFUtJfqJ4wDFrj6pKb70Hdv4JKGu8qCeMSVlYQDyC9hRGz8BpqOvnlUe3Wsj1MmPUcE9fxoTI_lvsGwu4VGA1T8gc-UPwY16Z/s800/IMG_0374.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452632397740550450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Bar Lobo - absolutely amazing!</span><br /><br />One of the things we found during the bus tour was the area of Barcelona called Mont Juic, which means Jewish Mountain. In Mont Juic you can visit different art museums, the various Olympic arenas, have a gorgeous view of the city below, and check out Poble Espanyol.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.poble-espanyol.com/pemsa/en.html">Poble Espanyol</a> is a really unique area where you can see all of Spain in one little park. The cost is around six euros and inside you can visit all the different regions of Spain, shop the local regional stores, and spend an afternoon drinking sangria and enjoying the surroundings. If you want to avoid the crowds, go in the early morning before the bus loads of tourists arrive.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBMIh5JG3vBAD2ogxIUwZbOiyn46JHhyphenhyphenaghF2mfpMhV4IeeBTLLg8eEaZKOGSEH2sGqmpurOMmanGlzZB1ausXBm8uYLM42z-KKQFIGH7IWwRrkI07n7tMJQkmdegwtC13a38qDW0Pjxj/s1600/IMG_3039.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBMIh5JG3vBAD2ogxIUwZbOiyn46JHhyphenhyphenaghF2mfpMhV4IeeBTLLg8eEaZKOGSEH2sGqmpurOMmanGlzZB1ausXBm8uYLM42z-KKQFIGH7IWwRrkI07n7tMJQkmdegwtC13a38qDW0Pjxj/s800/IMG_3039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452636800875949410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Poble Espanyol de Mont Juic</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRuMJ-hy0s9Sz5y4AxSlCuzgmjchx3tnNhlvHeCN9Du13X-O7ikBcUQJdLwgq4ANsxvip6dEsifehX_F79THPrcLyXxvR0cgV64pmaJ9Tlwho4cpr1C-reYnYb_9rVxDKkFEZiFzVotSe/s1600/IMG_3044.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRuMJ-hy0s9Sz5y4AxSlCuzgmjchx3tnNhlvHeCN9Du13X-O7ikBcUQJdLwgq4ANsxvip6dEsifehX_F79THPrcLyXxvR0cgV64pmaJ9Tlwho4cpr1C-reYnYb_9rVxDKkFEZiFzVotSe/s800/IMG_3044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452637023218098946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsxgFfOp6vpoL6zdKqKkQjzcEIitavpa1WWgZts1AXxvp3Fwx-TdXVKoxue9JaEsHX9cIuzMBpgP-Eya4NDiycpQbdxYNu7o9aOgOsbgLYT7U0j5ewUQBOBl_6RKdxMVv-bxE_Rz1lY7p/s1600/IMG_3063.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsxgFfOp6vpoL6zdKqKkQjzcEIitavpa1WWgZts1AXxvp3Fwx-TdXVKoxue9JaEsHX9cIuzMBpgP-Eya4NDiycpQbdxYNu7o9aOgOsbgLYT7U0j5ewUQBOBl_6RKdxMVv-bxE_Rz1lY7p/s800/IMG_3063.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452631111535898914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Andalucia at Poble Espanyol </span><br /><br />After spending the morning doing some traveling throughout Spain and some much needed shopping for a porron, we headed down to Port Olympic in search of some seaside paella. We arrived at Xiringuito Escriba (Ronda Litoral 42). Despite the chilly breeze off the Mediterranean, the restaurant was filled with locals all opting for a huge paella dish to share at the table.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56W5eQ-w4tpHLC412-pUaVTrWfaJqrNpN86jHbIzUOaIPqlHR6ZXh5Gu93bGwhQGV3iifODAR2F87Ter55Blv6vGmtq2xk-6iomMOhM0HLEZSwN1qGYnhdeMirZy4tTR1z9MGz8z_r8Or/s1600/IMG_3088.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56W5eQ-w4tpHLC412-pUaVTrWfaJqrNpN86jHbIzUOaIPqlHR6ZXh5Gu93bGwhQGV3iifODAR2F87Ter55Blv6vGmtq2xk-6iomMOhM0HLEZSwN1qGYnhdeMirZy4tTR1z9MGz8z_r8Or/s800/IMG_3088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452633194091650802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Seaside dining </span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQnEWIzhLtZdaFIa6U1wMLOninOtKt8nHHUp0Rybh7kSIeQLslrgLLg7-eba33nj6WR2D8rEOqI6iBQiUpLHrEUdgG6EgSP0Rczh554fTSHaLrRpr1ZkkrFlzuKHeM0SFukD6laY_sztA/s1600/IMG_0420.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQnEWIzhLtZdaFIa6U1wMLOninOtKt8nHHUp0Rybh7kSIeQLslrgLLg7-eba33nj6WR2D8rEOqI6iBQiUpLHrEUdgG6EgSP0Rczh554fTSHaLrRpr1ZkkrFlzuKHeM0SFukD6laY_sztA/s800/IMG_0420.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452632778387127298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Paella at the beach!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZzQiw1YR0wPqUE43-PVDYSt-nz9pEmUehmF6cQOLxs5yQjm5p4ES4cscz8nbqZsvYxJE_0irWnNrCSZdcljMgXZ8BBWhBfjBDu25okh-ZhVj7mqE1q9mwEeypoH-M9VCJuiXLajeLmXX/s1600/IMG_0426.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZzQiw1YR0wPqUE43-PVDYSt-nz9pEmUehmF6cQOLxs5yQjm5p4ES4cscz8nbqZsvYxJE_0irWnNrCSZdcljMgXZ8BBWhBfjBDu25okh-ZhVj7mqE1q9mwEeypoH-M9VCJuiXLajeLmXX/s800/IMG_0426.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452635564380589330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Us on the Mediterranean</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Ep1rXwPVaLR0BJgG5RQHSojK0W20nxzd5SM274V-N_uJvvKed6fhDd8gs-OTc5UAIQllKB9HmjjA7oo0uId5vh8z0Ej_Sg_kM4MnQwUs826gIdPoh4x828b0IIo_HKI9eurqC60mC2CG/s1600/IMG_3096.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 336px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Ep1rXwPVaLR0BJgG5RQHSojK0W20nxzd5SM274V-N_uJvvKed6fhDd8gs-OTc5UAIQllKB9HmjjA7oo0uId5vh8z0Ej_Sg_kM4MnQwUs826gIdPoh4x828b0IIo_HKI9eurqC60mC2CG/s800/IMG_3096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452635808506964594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Playing</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHHEuAvdtk7-dxSg9F5-Xk8-B76rRc8NjrnLlDq551SozRCcivk7uUosYRVYapDpDdrLbFSz_YDRBtSF9EcYODt5Qo_lwFxnFtHZKCI0426vQ8NE4K_x9RPKiZw11prCh7W-vjvtaQE4E/s1600/IMG_3102.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHHEuAvdtk7-dxSg9F5-Xk8-B76rRc8NjrnLlDq551SozRCcivk7uUosYRVYapDpDdrLbFSz_YDRBtSF9EcYODt5Qo_lwFxnFtHZKCI0426vQ8NE4K_x9RPKiZw11prCh7W-vjvtaQE4E/s800/IMG_3102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452631655761816594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">La Sagrada Familia </span><br /><br />Our last day in Barcelona we headed down to the area off Las Ramblas where I was told you could find the locals doing a traditional dance of <a href="http://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/general/catalan-dancing-sardana.html">Sardana</a>. We waited anxiously to see what it was all about, but nobody showed up to dance. Instead we were greeted with a street parade of over-the-top sized human puppets and a human pyramid team!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39y_foAqr_j3Z98kjX_Ea65kmFebx4r0RjcVRgzuW1oPIpfbZ8nQd65Q4K1jGJSJNxaIq5BzE3GL9yQrW-_f5e3a79J9BUsYxQafqcH22WDWODx13SGGb7AhJAJ76kF8yIAmcRvhOMnq5/s1600/IMG_3146.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39y_foAqr_j3Z98kjX_Ea65kmFebx4r0RjcVRgzuW1oPIpfbZ8nQd65Q4K1jGJSJNxaIq5BzE3GL9yQrW-_f5e3a79J9BUsYxQafqcH22WDWODx13SGGb7AhJAJ76kF8yIAmcRvhOMnq5/s800/IMG_3146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452631939419636386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">A random street parade in Barcelona</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdl6h-0KnwlTIEJj-4Qs2BJsjboHfj8_huMebehKhNz-cA6GHwUpEsWnobMAidyppjjZmX8IPcH1ljW3506PIBu9vOxYaqEu19qfVMRXr_XE15eeumvEWZhuFImmwWLpA74Glq_b2IC9M/s1600/IMG_3183.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdl6h-0KnwlTIEJj-4Qs2BJsjboHfj8_huMebehKhNz-cA6GHwUpEsWnobMAidyppjjZmX8IPcH1ljW3506PIBu9vOxYaqEu19qfVMRXr_XE15eeumvEWZhuFImmwWLpA74Glq_b2IC9M/s800/IMG_3183.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452634032561813906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Human pyramid during the street parade </span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnSsjQukQS6PBQLtwnthhejdIHOxzIXz6pyhVXTnygnEUKJJwTqnB_kl16YqKFHqdU7A74il4Y9qSs20RLLSUP7e_MQ0w2mi0LQOHfeOkUM19vIBLyczHXlGxSuRCzqJ9L3qd-q0yL-Gi/s1600/IMG_3082.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnSsjQukQS6PBQLtwnthhejdIHOxzIXz6pyhVXTnygnEUKJJwTqnB_kl16YqKFHqdU7A74il4Y9qSs20RLLSUP7e_MQ0w2mi0LQOHfeOkUM19vIBLyczHXlGxSuRCzqJ9L3qd-q0yL-Gi/s800/IMG_3082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452633577057843266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">One last round of tapas and cava sangria</span><br />Cava Mar (C/Vila Joiosa 54)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-eHIDsyoZjrfFWkhQZ_zq6d4kjYk6VvTCjgnsDmWvAzouEvP73NIfQ6DGdVEOsWGhBackEiTBZLtRuMqlPxkCVsUfuamTOexh2_TP1DSXHcBtj9dTw9ypqvIK5bbrS4DxotuXrKTMOmF/s1600/IMG_0464.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-eHIDsyoZjrfFWkhQZ_zq6d4kjYk6VvTCjgnsDmWvAzouEvP73NIfQ6DGdVEOsWGhBackEiTBZLtRuMqlPxkCVsUfuamTOexh2_TP1DSXHcBtj9dTw9ypqvIK5bbrS4DxotuXrKTMOmF/s800/IMG_0464.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452636403243194258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">I {heart} Barcelona</span><br /><br />There are so many wonderful spots in Barcelona and if you're willing to step off the tourist path, you can find quiet streets filled with Catalans enjoying life. I truly love this city!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Additional information:<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our hotel- <a href="http://www.hotelamister.com/barcelonahotel/esp/index.html">Hotel Amister</a><br />Av. Roma, 93-95<br /> Barcelona (España)<br /> Tel. (34) 93 363 34 68<br /> Fax. (34) 93 363 18 65 <!-- INICIO /formulario del motor --> <script src="http://www.sercotelhoteles.com/Sercotelweb/MbListaHab.aspx" type="text/javascript"></script> <input id="mbser_lang" name="mbser_lang" value="1" type="hidden"> <input id="mbser_redirector" name="mbser_redirector" value="009" type="hidden"> <input id="mbser_codhotel" name="mbser_codhotel" value="009" type="hidden"> <div class="mbserClass_Bloc1"> <span id="lblHotel" style="display: none;">Hotel</span><br />Tapas spots:<br />Euskal Etxea (Euskal Taberna)<br />Placeta Montcada, 1-3<br /><a href="http://www.grupsagardi.com/">www.grupsagardi.com</a><br /><br />Vinorvm (La Bodegueta del Barri)<br />C/. Provenza, 99<br />Closed Mondays * but if you try to speak Catalan, you will find a bottle of Cava missing from your receipt ...at least we did! *<br /><br />El Xampanyet Bar *locals overflow this Champagne bar *<br />Carrer de Montcada 22, 08003 Barcelona, Spain<br /><br />Museums:<br />Picasso Museum<br />*Free Sunday afternoons<br /><br /></div> <a href="http://www.hotelamister.com/barcelonahotel/esp/index.html#" class="mbserClass_Boto" onclick="javascript:getDatosReservaMb();"><span id="lblReservar"></span></a><br /></div></div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-21433378042504934892010-03-17T08:06:00.004+01:002010-03-17T08:14:46.857+01:00Can you guess...<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">where we're off to?<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AYy7Cdx4NYVdrzjWujjlsWZqCm6n-m4rWs9B75vGcyDvthUePrQ52s8MbE3OLBP9prhCL-iYxDR9Xlr2M9to0jVWnJ6BUiw53XwytzmD2uCBV0AkG3D4itJSxSI7-stx9a9aBK7iLdwz/s1600-h/tumblr_ktzjlfkEvy1qaofnso1_500_large.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 450px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AYy7Cdx4NYVdrzjWujjlsWZqCm6n-m4rWs9B75vGcyDvthUePrQ52s8MbE3OLBP9prhCL-iYxDR9Xlr2M9to0jVWnJ6BUiw53XwytzmD2uCBV0AkG3D4itJSxSI7-stx9a9aBK7iLdwz/s800/tumblr_ktzjlfkEvy1qaofnso1_500_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449495955919314498" border="0" /></a><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/1275708"><span style="font-size:85%;">{photo credit}</span></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We're heading to Barcelona! (Finally!)<br /></div><br />We've been planning this trip for about a year now (thanks to a Ryanair zero euro flight we bought last June) and it couldn't come at a more perfect time. We're off to celebrate Giancarlo's new job, a pre-birthday birthday and a break from life in Bologna (for a weekend).<br /><br />We'll be back soon, hopefully refreshed, motivated and checking a city we've been dying to go to off the list!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Hasta Luego! </div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-87029586018639786302010-03-08T10:38:00.005+01:002010-03-08T11:14:28.162+01:00Let's catch up<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBRNXDN-7UyjByV_w7HNSog6rtUSFcf9pZ9EW7nsY7dzdHndBcH94JLDc4DA6ub4y7rcTCPXsRRf_O3MUSzak27Nr66zi9F2SJpXFkLnZPSIV2QGDSFdEpE-ekAm7PetdXuSbk_yVsmZu/s1600-h/4401080169_9fb7b2b094_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBRNXDN-7UyjByV_w7HNSog6rtUSFcf9pZ9EW7nsY7dzdHndBcH94JLDc4DA6ub4y7rcTCPXsRRf_O3MUSzak27Nr66zi9F2SJpXFkLnZPSIV2QGDSFdEpE-ekAm7PetdXuSbk_yVsmZu/s400/4401080169_9fb7b2b094_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446203345130968418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/1616635">photo credit</a>}</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I can't believe March is already here!<br /></div><br />Spring has been teasing us here in Bologna, a beautiful sunny, warm day followed by<a href="http://twitpic.com/17byvb"> snow the next</a>. But, life continues and Giancarlo and I have been so extremely busy that I can't wait for our little vacation we have planned.<br /><br />So I figured I'd fill you in on whats been going the last two weeks:<br /><br />Finally ventured to do #60 in our list of 101 things to do in Bologna, and went to <a href="http://mambo-bologna.org/">MAMbo Modern Art Museum in Bologna</a>. First impression, wasn't overly impressed however I'll give it a second round when they open the <a href="http://mambo-bologna.org/mostre/mostra-3/">Fellini exhibit shortly</a>.<br /><br />Did a guest blog post at <a href="http://dayinyourshoes.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-in-your-shoes-emily-provansal.html">day[s] in my shoes</a> about life in rainy Bologna! Check it out!<br /><br />Early birthday trip to <a href="http://www.bcn.es/english/ihome.htm">this place</a> next week! I'll have to buy me one of <a href="http://www.engelinaalcoy.com/porron1.html">these</a>.<br /><br />Giancarlo got a new job! And I got more work than I know what to do with, which made me fold and start using <a href="http://twitter.com/emilyprovansal">Twitter. </a><br /><br />I finally channeled my inner Napolitana mamarella and made homemade pasta (<a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavatelli">these little goodies</a>) and some homemade southern Italian sauce. Don't worry... I'll be sharing the recipes too! Next weekend, I'm going to try my hand at some more handmade goodies...stay tuned!Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-35200380459475317622010-02-26T08:00:00.006+01:002010-02-26T08:52:17.461+01:00It's All In The Name..<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGN7RIjjaYx0sXkpfJzLMq1DK_rQVX0uJHc0j2OreNiOTMdpL1CPAV6LgZ11OqCiWfFCsdMiU3tiPI3QfMznkM5I_aGsFNg2j-u53ut2oqnxPdfXyJYFfbeRvmdV5e5UWd7G4sL5NPaJnF/s1600-h/tumblr_kpuqx4upZs1qzevt2o1_400_large.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 590px; height: 467px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGN7RIjjaYx0sXkpfJzLMq1DK_rQVX0uJHc0j2OreNiOTMdpL1CPAV6LgZ11OqCiWfFCsdMiU3tiPI3QfMznkM5I_aGsFNg2j-u53ut2oqnxPdfXyJYFfbeRvmdV5e5UWd7G4sL5NPaJnF/s800/tumblr_kpuqx4upZs1qzevt2o1_400_large.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442446963420620418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">{<a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/718578">photo credit</a>}</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Apparently, I have the most difficult name in all of Italy. Emily.<br /></div><br />No matter where I go, or who I speak with, the first time I tell someone my name I get an arrangement of confused looks, and then asked to repeat it.<br /><br />Case-in-point, the poor telemarketer who called me yesterday. Now, I never pick up numbers I don't know, but this particular case I was expecting a call and assumed this was it. Wrong. The poor soul didn't know what to do when he asked me my name. Me: Emily. Telemarketer: What? Me (again): Emily (I even attempted an Italian accent, but still no dice). This went on for about 3 minutes till I then proceeded to say "Emily like Emilia" (the region that we live in), and then from that moment on my name was Emilia, no longer Emily.<br /><br />This is the story of my name here... too many <span style="font-style: italic;">vocali,</span> vowels, together I guess (and that's if we're counting that "y" as a vowel). Long gone are the days where I can find cheesy tourist key chains, mugs, state license plates or whatever tourist trinket may have my common American name.<br /><br />The flip-side, I now find all those tourist trinkets with Giancarlo written on it. I always joked in America that he never got the pleasure of having a key chain from California with Giancarlo written on it, but now he's one-upped me. He gets a key chain from everywhere in Italy with Giancarlo written on.Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-63019888399234369942010-02-24T09:07:00.009+01:002010-02-26T09:07:18.478+01:00American BreakfastI'm a little behind in a few blog posts, especially this one.<br /><br />When we returned from America, we decided to gather our Italian friends and have an American Brunch, complete with everything bagels, scrambled eggs, muffins and of course, bacon (which we finally discovered you can buy here!).<br /><br />It was so much fun, for the first time being on the other side of the food-spectrum and sharing the concept of brunch and a heavy American breakfast. It by no means can compete with Lasagna, Tortellini or homemade ragu`, but everything bagels can come close, right?!<br /><br />A big thanks to Roberta for letting us crash her kitchen!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjNejbxrwb9FPaR9BaaTPJ6MJkGk4CY9W_vwLRAOvDM-q2csoVSOnaU8GVSUL-UpL0mIWnfldniGIUYdXLACUutGEyGTT1-NPhb3vyZogSuLiZ0p83BpvpwlJ14hhKrW9yQXIgbzH_vcT/s1600-h/IMG_2529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjNejbxrwb9FPaR9BaaTPJ6MJkGk4CY9W_vwLRAOvDM-q2csoVSOnaU8GVSUL-UpL0mIWnfldniGIUYdXLACUutGEyGTT1-NPhb3vyZogSuLiZ0p83BpvpwlJ14hhKrW9yQXIgbzH_vcT/s800/IMG_2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441722320099744770" border="0" /></a>{Chef Pacheco}<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebGy8iqLdAXzZqH1eFu3d9q7DLEErOAtbNXD1-eO4OdMGl3-TbHXZOXEqOa5BoEET9pabNECfAgX2sC0BW7jOuAxhHgK2RFCWi9jx37shhrSo5nsdwcnMpmvq0FrbCq96jRVHrziwAmNU/s1600-h/IMG_2544.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebGy8iqLdAXzZqH1eFu3d9q7DLEErOAtbNXD1-eO4OdMGl3-TbHXZOXEqOa5BoEET9pabNECfAgX2sC0BW7jOuAxhHgK2RFCWi9jx37shhrSo5nsdwcnMpmvq0FrbCq96jRVHrziwAmNU/s400/IMG_2544.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441722504969047410" border="0" /></a>{The delish everything bagel with bacon, egg and cheese - a NY staple!}<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUZs0DslfdsrxammpkzZB0goBDtnBZKSH8YDFHsJIdCW2f4u9YF53V8lOVxHF73EKsYiguBylQQEKPogxcGs1Piyt0scFoVg5OA7bp4VIz7yLYwjC6xYrjAZazDPZ6BVMsqs8l1f6DadP/s1600-h/IMG_2538.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUZs0DslfdsrxammpkzZB0goBDtnBZKSH8YDFHsJIdCW2f4u9YF53V8lOVxHF73EKsYiguBylQQEKPogxcGs1Piyt0scFoVg5OA7bp4VIz7yLYwjC6xYrjAZazDPZ6BVMsqs8l1f6DadP/s800/IMG_2538.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441723644810083506" border="0" /></a>{Sampling the goods}<br /></div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-29436281164662446202010-02-24T09:05:00.001+01:002010-02-26T09:04:03.205+01:00Sora Lella<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTvAJFrxNC6j7q-y0cELc_oma4YsXopDtDk4RH0fHPxCBqhPtKWR0zHaIJz_ZuVX3bAVEjHKtYsA5jnS02NIPbHj0E9UN5EZJqXOuPE5NRixB458EkKNhNfxtyQTNNg6KlFMvAWMMPbxW/s1600-h/IMG_1195.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTvAJFrxNC6j7q-y0cELc_oma4YsXopDtDk4RH0fHPxCBqhPtKWR0zHaIJz_ZuVX3bAVEjHKtYsA5jnS02NIPbHj0E9UN5EZJqXOuPE5NRixB458EkKNhNfxtyQTNNg6KlFMvAWMMPbxW/s800/IMG_1195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441714818939577810" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">{All of us with Simone at Sora Lella NYC}</span><br /></div><br />New Yorkers, Romans and all who love to travel to either place reading this blog - I'm going to tell you about the best new restaurant in New York that you've probably never heard of, but speak to your Italian friends and I guarantee they'll know exactly who, what and where you're talking about.<br /><br />Over Christmas break, Giancarlo and I had the opportunity to meet the two wonderful Italian brothers who are renting an apartment from Giancarlo's mom. They moved to New York from Rome last year to open up their second restaurant, <a href="http://www.soralellanyc.com/">Sora Lella New York City</a>.<br /><br />Being back in New York, we missed having an <span style="font-style: italic;">aperitivo</span> hour, and the food all around just tasted different. One of the brothers invited us to join him at his restaurant for their <span style="font-style: italic;">aperitivo</span> (which I'm hoping takes off in NYC before we move back).<br /><br />We were delighted with the thought of <span style="font-style: italic;">aperitivo,</span> and arrived one cold night at the Soho restaurant. Candle lit walls, the restaurant bar was filled with <span style="font-style: italic;">ciao</span>'s and <span style="font-style: italic;">come stai</span>'s - a language now very familiar to me. The <span style="font-style: italic;">aperitivo </span>spread was just as fresh and delicious as if they had magically transported it directly from Bologna (and I wouldn't have put it past them). Long story short, it became my little Italian oasis in the middle of Soho.<br /><br />When we arrived back to Italy, like good Italians, all discussions led back to food. And our trip to Sora Lella came up. "Sora Lella?!" everyone said to us with excitement and awe. It's one of THE<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>most famous restaurants in all of Italy. Mention it to any Italian and they will immediate know Elena Trabalza, nicknamed “Sora Lella,” an actress and the sister of famed Italian actor Aldo Fabrizi, both of whose photos you will find throughout the restaurants in both Rome and New York. What I love most about this place is that it's the true core of everything authentic and genuine you love about Italian food. The simplicity and freshness of ingredients to create the most mouth-watering dishes.<br /><br />If you're in New York or heading to Rome, make reservations for Sora Lella. I couldn't recommend a better place!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.soralellanyc.com/">New York City</a> <br />300 Spring Street <br />New York, NY 10013-1399 <br />(212) 366-4749 <br /><br /><a href="http://www.soralella.com/">Rome</a><br />Via di Ponte Quattro Capi, 16 <br />00186 Roma Rom <br />066 861601Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-80688043278325622112010-02-21T12:26:00.005+01:002010-02-22T23:15:47.730+01:00Good Friends + Good Food<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's always a treat when we have friends visit.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAsX3VN7MqfAg_tUOZUYIxp9TLvMiv0iiE_X18QoXO_w6jmTRf-uZPs3ydGKa4v8nSavzxd1bf-ishy6gx88KfxSnV_UZHaCFDXud4i9e-raUb5YJsvkMg7JfxnDtp_r5pDDBAFa0k9qwe/s1600-h/IMG_0277.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAsX3VN7MqfAg_tUOZUYIxp9TLvMiv0iiE_X18QoXO_w6jmTRf-uZPs3ydGKa4v8nSavzxd1bf-ishy6gx88KfxSnV_UZHaCFDXud4i9e-raUb5YJsvkMg7JfxnDtp_r5pDDBAFa0k9qwe/s800/IMG_0277.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440657262597110754" border="0" /></a><br />It also gives us a great reason to back go to <a href="http://casadipacheco.blogspot.com/2009/01/2009.html">Osteria Broccaindosso</a>.</div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-1445705837261019122010-02-16T09:44:00.012+01:002010-02-22T23:14:32.314+01:00Sunday Love<div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;">Happy (post) Love Day!<br /></div><br />This year was really the first year that Giancarlo and I got to celebrate V-day in Italy (<span style="font-style: italic;">last year, we were <a href="http://casadipacheco.blogspot.com/2009/02/venetian-valentines.html">here</a></span>), and since I was busy working all day on Saturday, Giancarlo decided to cook up something special for Sunday.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">A simple wrap up of the day....<br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />I woke up to this</span>...<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2Miy2dV9q1w22kB18J6m16L4AjwOERBeVtzKyzzHavaHoBatkM-e7UftDIdYGe6ROxaJStvwltDZhRvNuzbmHZGh_7eF-bAUaqIpgvkVrhotuoW3RaWeYIWuL_AakUUiu-Orwg2ewaJV/s1600-h/vday+table.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2Miy2dV9q1w22kB18J6m16L4AjwOERBeVtzKyzzHavaHoBatkM-e7UftDIdYGe6ROxaJStvwltDZhRvNuzbmHZGh_7eF-bAUaqIpgvkVrhotuoW3RaWeYIWuL_AakUUiu-Orwg2ewaJV/s800/vday+table.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438763206831916530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">And was given this</span>...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3w9pZ7zJHwd9LCwHsoPkhEEv1ZcqnClx2jv8njLwrxFVXIEggi1FrZ3VuU7_79ft5WtdxAV425_1_z4ymruNYkGnsVMFFOEBr3xemXLoS-2pniUqjiz4L8NiWC40gPEJxJDFM9Hl0ROrE/s1600-h/lv+bag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3w9pZ7zJHwd9LCwHsoPkhEEv1ZcqnClx2jv8njLwrxFVXIEggi1FrZ3VuU7_79ft5WtdxAV425_1_z4ymruNYkGnsVMFFOEBr3xemXLoS-2pniUqjiz4L8NiWC40gPEJxJDFM9Hl0ROrE/s400/lv+bag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438763350282894322" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Which had this inside...</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbD3XjV7T-unpkjCvPmyHms-zvwBlImI4S5fjA8uagp0XG06A4cycCBuAVlDzCyAkK9vXLQpW04PfWfNWlXCHB7N9McJPkEXMGpQC9dTHDCSlOvu9KQtV58pWSXYCAzcK52CMtJGYDdhyphenhyphenW/s1600-h/lv+books.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbD3XjV7T-unpkjCvPmyHms-zvwBlImI4S5fjA8uagp0XG06A4cycCBuAVlDzCyAkK9vXLQpW04PfWfNWlXCHB7N9McJPkEXMGpQC9dTHDCSlOvu9KQtV58pWSXYCAzcK52CMtJGYDdhyphenhyphenW/s800/lv+books.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438763485776987426" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Followed by late lunch here...</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4tytH78aZHCDGfkTFuBIJa1rrX7jCiAIhVeaDXT5hUJndBwMUfx_zpO04I51XtGb5b5UyBegz5FAEfySmo-3mCo2JekKFwvhHHLAUOXV106yKTy_dJMpOeHYBobID1-zn1hVmdr495-v/s1600-h/osteria.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4tytH78aZHCDGfkTFuBIJa1rrX7jCiAIhVeaDXT5hUJndBwMUfx_zpO04I51XtGb5b5UyBegz5FAEfySmo-3mCo2JekKFwvhHHLAUOXV106yKTy_dJMpOeHYBobID1-zn1hVmdr495-v/s800/osteria.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438765861671280658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">And we had ourselves some of this...</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcN7-YxIUpcVGlGOKATf0KWwQtV_XLvAPH0-PevGlWaoJMdu9_tDgSl5pSTp2VmcveNcspHB7TmsGYKSTAzxDBW1_gWinH3EsL8ZPX-YBUoMqEzzcyCzXYAZjSMZxeTs6CYGnX12rXtAo/s1600-h/tortellini.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcN7-YxIUpcVGlGOKATf0KWwQtV_XLvAPH0-PevGlWaoJMdu9_tDgSl5pSTp2VmcveNcspHB7TmsGYKSTAzxDBW1_gWinH3EsL8ZPX-YBUoMqEzzcyCzXYAZjSMZxeTs6CYGnX12rXtAo/s800/tortellini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438763740910465090" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">On the way home, we ran into this...</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8L9NIRC1FdWcr85pF4nUmLZzqHBe-KAecqDmDggAKYs-vZ2m-KrVR7M60Lzq4pL-HGMDFFgMNquPCAkKmEXYiP7q1l0NSvfkZ3mbCY2G0RoM9juK-LjJNhkyu5OD7BkJolxDhCCoz2dk/s1600-h/bologna+carnivale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8L9NIRC1FdWcr85pF4nUmLZzqHBe-KAecqDmDggAKYs-vZ2m-KrVR7M60Lzq4pL-HGMDFFgMNquPCAkKmEXYiP7q1l0NSvfkZ3mbCY2G0RoM9juK-LjJNhkyu5OD7BkJolxDhCCoz2dk/s800/bologna+carnivale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438763901802467394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">All in all a very successful Italian V-day! And, I highly recommend the Ristorante <a href="http://www.ristorantebiagi.it/">Biagi</a> in the Osteria della Lanterna (Via Savenella 9/A- Bologna- closed Tuesdays). There was no menu and the food was absolutely delicious- traditional Bolognese food, which never disappoints!<br /></div></div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-57142219770369562492010-02-11T08:37:00.005+01:002010-02-14T12:12:52.098+01:00How To......start a conversation in Italy: carry a to-go coffee mug with you on the way to work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCcQDPzJx23JhY7yan3wFzQWLesSpy-WuF35Znql7w3IcEPYfRkIPQbfxWR8tbmW2maFZ9960LeLEuSshtuUtGvrwRW5kGNeWk7L-u_t8dvHhyphenhyphensu9WlglVJ_haGhyE1R-uarHEjJBsUoV/s1600-h/coffee+to+go.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCcQDPzJx23JhY7yan3wFzQWLesSpy-WuF35Znql7w3IcEPYfRkIPQbfxWR8tbmW2maFZ9960LeLEuSshtuUtGvrwRW5kGNeWk7L-u_t8dvHhyphenhyphensu9WlglVJ_haGhyE1R-uarHEjJBsUoV/s800/coffee+to+go.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436887626158486162" border="0" /></a><br />Results: Stopped twice in the span of 15 minutes, and had a conversation about my very cool, very American coffee mug.Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-59829327994790574952010-02-10T10:50:00.010+01:002010-02-10T11:26:42.840+01:00Carnevale 2010!It seems fitting that our 200th post would be celebrating Carnevale!<br /><br />It was quite the event, and it was adorable to see all the little kids dressed up like it was Halloween. Everything got underway on Sunday afternoon, so before we left for the train station to head back to Bologna, we watched the start of the parade. Everyone, adults mostly, were ready with their umbrellas, to catch the candy thrown from the floats.<br /><br />Here are some of my favorite pictures from the Carnevale festivities in Fano last weekend.<br /><br />Next year I'll remember to bring my umbrella for the candy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrVCBZV63XxzCWXJtX0jtvWf7yVJnkhcEubHsxqz-L3J4wcngtQBoSg18-VzgJxNtnx3K28c6a8vq1ge9pJhYlKQROh6l4-ZNXdSOww8OPFiP2DMQPv96JKzLzW_HeHrILGK8HkwgH-J3/s1600-h/4343218558_675f2e8dab_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrVCBZV63XxzCWXJtX0jtvWf7yVJnkhcEubHsxqz-L3J4wcngtQBoSg18-VzgJxNtnx3K28c6a8vq1ge9pJhYlKQROh6l4-ZNXdSOww8OPFiP2DMQPv96JKzLzW_HeHrILGK8HkwgH-J3/s800/4343218558_675f2e8dab_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436552178516350338" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVZmMw3daWFGw1fwDy6rnCdeW18ukwyqN7zIkTtrKCgXmF8IB9r05yRajSbsV1CD7JkfCBqLsZJwAlh5DGjEMYMftszZWGVsLFA5eKu6jFHQU-JPUVNA6DqQvOkzbLkAVx_EwzmZR28TY/s1600-h/4343217352_6bcaa0ef37_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVZmMw3daWFGw1fwDy6rnCdeW18ukwyqN7zIkTtrKCgXmF8IB9r05yRajSbsV1CD7JkfCBqLsZJwAlh5DGjEMYMftszZWGVsLFA5eKu6jFHQU-JPUVNA6DqQvOkzbLkAVx_EwzmZR28TY/s800/4343217352_6bcaa0ef37_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436552053076832866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3OhtFYpaCbb0atsen5tnwdeYBeDiVJ4guUJpBZMlNEINCQfj-Y3kZTpCdD4T0hmJy38yPz9uuXlCYbGjXAZhseNNm7WYDXIz9enf90vT7Tb0IcgEGZxCfmwJR91wpHexyV4Bn44uW2NA/s1600-h/4342480955_5d8835c32d_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3OhtFYpaCbb0atsen5tnwdeYBeDiVJ4guUJpBZMlNEINCQfj-Y3kZTpCdD4T0hmJy38yPz9uuXlCYbGjXAZhseNNm7WYDXIz9enf90vT7Tb0IcgEGZxCfmwJR91wpHexyV4Bn44uW2NA/s800/4342480955_5d8835c32d_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436551852993023458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmWOFqgaggYxLwy7QcVAL_TyGjrBtT_6vSZ7Z3LK7NjdpxVKh4XNmj-fknXW2kfbzwBehRjaHfd_De7PRaJexsgFm-cnBzPZq2t-LQCMzfYPTvFjwP2suxkFPEUXRmhW2pmM5itbckidV/s1600-h/4343209472_a1e3127dc4_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmWOFqgaggYxLwy7QcVAL_TyGjrBtT_6vSZ7Z3LK7NjdpxVKh4XNmj-fknXW2kfbzwBehRjaHfd_De7PRaJexsgFm-cnBzPZq2t-LQCMzfYPTvFjwP2suxkFPEUXRmhW2pmM5itbckidV/s800/4343209472_a1e3127dc4_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436551950242618626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHU-f-i9F99Gx99KndNcxFYp6NQW0z_IdlAhch1zZkIAbRUIZh1sSjgBkxSwVjnjOtVyGFwnR2Xb8_i8r8eeSEs19mFPmf4kDSbuHeOeqdSgL68FeYkSe2SRTcRCBaa5kUIhoP2V4v4QCc/s1600-h/4342478389_2037a8104d_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHU-f-i9F99Gx99KndNcxFYp6NQW0z_IdlAhch1zZkIAbRUIZh1sSjgBkxSwVjnjOtVyGFwnR2Xb8_i8r8eeSEs19mFPmf4kDSbuHeOeqdSgL68FeYkSe2SRTcRCBaa5kUIhoP2V4v4QCc/s800/4342478389_2037a8104d_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436551731938966210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67da3Ro_-d2ujY7FqxfjsxlZIriKqYqfSIUE6Jz29xUy8u-KLOC5LdcZFsQiDx0lB3ZLcd0c99O59XQRYo-492u-s3sWUMc5L6aL18XgBvpCUcOxuNRcK-CMW4r_V0PzJg2qf3oqy0NTU/s1600-h/4342474515_83bacec361_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67da3Ro_-d2ujY7FqxfjsxlZIriKqYqfSIUE6Jz29xUy8u-KLOC5LdcZFsQiDx0lB3ZLcd0c99O59XQRYo-492u-s3sWUMc5L6aL18XgBvpCUcOxuNRcK-CMW4r_V0PzJg2qf3oqy0NTU/s800/4342474515_83bacec361_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436551616327981378" border="0" /></a>Carnevale in Fano runs for the next few weeks (7th, 14th, and 21st of February). For more information, click <a href="http://www.carnevaledifano.com/">here</a>.<br /><br />If you want to check out more pictures from the parade, click <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emilyprovansal/sets/72157623262000441/">here</a>!Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-25238065055171005052010-02-09T10:03:00.007+01:002010-02-22T23:11:26.603+01:00Good Morning!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTCeQRN5l_pGIYWnemqgPEGS2D0_03ihKS6slrW1uMGi3LKXoSipw_jy_neqouBdrLIc9Arn3BxIZBr2A8ivleyKgLXoDZPfgBQ1t-mcuLyO3M8yZC8upLc-RNPJ0fuNRJGplv2ZjZ6OL/s1600-h/breakfast+polaroid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTCeQRN5l_pGIYWnemqgPEGS2D0_03ihKS6slrW1uMGi3LKXoSipw_jy_neqouBdrLIc9Arn3BxIZBr2A8ivleyKgLXoDZPfgBQ1t-mcuLyO3M8yZC8upLc-RNPJ0fuNRJGplv2ZjZ6OL/s800/breakfast+polaroid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436167802732933538" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'm headed off to another long day at work, but I managed to get up early enough to upload all the photos from Carnevale in Fano (there is a first time for everything).<br /><br />We had such a great weekend relaxing, eating and enjoying the festivities. Sadly we missed the Superbowl, but considering neither the Chargers (me) nor the Jets (GC) were playing, we didn't mind missing it so much. Till next year!<br /><br />You can get sneak preview of the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emilyprovansal/sets/72157623262000441/">pics here </a>in the meantime!<br /></div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-38437467739023400712010-02-05T11:32:00.011+01:002010-02-06T09:42:39.404+01:00Carnevale!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4U_dr73Qi_kq28KDYMU-0DyOwv1edUrzWbUuOT8v7Ys6cy9Or4coqNRJl82oqaduI4aWouSnfkcIAdJr4CsDUwDpFj7XYL9-E5vn7owKAeURkNR-U8No6Rm-76Xz7mrkk1NQb-Quz-48/s1600-h/3289372411_a0decb6cd2_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4U_dr73Qi_kq28KDYMU-0DyOwv1edUrzWbUuOT8v7Ys6cy9Or4coqNRJl82oqaduI4aWouSnfkcIAdJr4CsDUwDpFj7XYL9-E5vn7owKAeURkNR-U8No6Rm-76Xz7mrkk1NQb-Quz-48/s800/3289372411_a0decb6cd2_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434804894570939250" border="0" /></a><br />Last year, we spent this weekend celebrating at one of Italy's most famous <span style="font-style: italic;">Carnevale</span> in <a href="http://casadipacheco.blogspot.com/2009/02/venetian-valentines.html">Venice</a>. This weekend, we're heading down to <a href="http://www.carnevaledifano.com/">Fano</a> to check out <span style="font-style: italic;">Carnevale</span> there, which we've been told is quite famous as well (who knew?!).<br /><br />Over the course of last year, we began to discover all the different <span style="font-style: italic;">Carnevali</span> around Italy, everything from over-sized caricature floats, famous Venetian masks, to medieval orange-throwing fights.<br /><br />My top favorites to check out:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.viareggio.ilcarnevale.com/">Viareggio</a> - Every year this quiet Tuscan beach town hosts one of Italy's most popular <span style="font-style: italic;">carnevale</span>. The parade consists of over-sized floats and caricatures of popular people, and runs alongside the local beach. Festivals, cultural events, concerts, and masked balls take place throughout the <span style="font-style: italic;">carnevale</span> season both in Viareggio and nearby cities, and restaurants have special carnival menus.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBWBHxMKS8DHf7SJCgKe9ktF_Nipu1hFLdrtHWyQ0LvarZcGhxS0sNp9i8fI3Vc53NE7Il1kPtcIuEPcWxFYZZreFSv1EbuxQeRIwaIWzkGg2E_FWrcsxgke1ih_2pB3CX2cve-vJOkIA/s1600-h/800px-2007_Viareggio_Carnival_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 450px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBWBHxMKS8DHf7SJCgKe9ktF_Nipu1hFLdrtHWyQ0LvarZcGhxS0sNp9i8fI3Vc53NE7Il1kPtcIuEPcWxFYZZreFSv1EbuxQeRIwaIWzkGg2E_FWrcsxgke1ih_2pB3CX2cve-vJOkIA/s800/800px-2007_Viareggio_Carnival_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434793776316907026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">{<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2007_Viareggio_Carnival_01.jpg">photo credit</a>}</span><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.carnevalediivrea.com/">Ivrea</a> - The town of Ivrea, is located in the Piedmont region of Italy (40 miles north of Turin). Ivrea has one of the most unique carnival celebrations with deep medieval roots. In addition to the local carnival parade, the town also houses tourists from around the globe to participate in the orange-throwing battles held in the center of the town.<br /><br />The orange battles take place from Sunday until the Tuesday of Carnevale. The highlight of the event is the burning of the <i style="font-weight: bold;">scarli</i> (big poles, erected in the middle of each district's square, covered with dry bushes) on the last evening to end the carnival season. Why?<span> The battle is an allegoric representation of a local insurrection in 1194 against Holy Roman Emperor Frederick of Swabia, a.k.a. </span>Barbarossa (Red Beard). A local Joan of Arc, Violetta, supposedly started the insurrection, which resulted in the destruction of a castle that represented<span style="font-size:100%;"><span> imperial power.</span><br /></span><br /> If you're interested in reading moe about the history behind the event, click <a href="http://goitaly.about.com/od/carnevale/a/ivrea_fest.htm">here</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEijlV7o9namcH0sQf9wQkr-aKrSYew2QMZ8eLukaJThHYnHaftIjciUFVVY5y2Zt24eFuFsd_5FzNbQrcvO983jkfr-d8BLcqAFC7kQxkoD902cHqpr8vj0y3WnCVgc-dwG40Zi9JqAy5/s1600-h/ivrea-picture-7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 366px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEijlV7o9namcH0sQf9wQkr-aKrSYew2QMZ8eLukaJThHYnHaftIjciUFVVY5y2Zt24eFuFsd_5FzNbQrcvO983jkfr-d8BLcqAFC7kQxkoD902cHqpr8vj0y3WnCVgc-dwG40Zi9JqAy5/s800/ivrea-picture-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434797399816827170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">{photo credit- James Martin}</span><br /></div><a href="http://www.carnevalecento.com/index.asp">Cento</a> - Cento <span style="font-style: italic;">Carnevale</span> is located in our neck of the woods, in Emilia-Romagna, near the city of Ferrara (about a half hour from Bologna). It's also the sister <span style="font-style: italic;">carnevale</span> to the most famous celebration in the world, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No orange-throwing festivals, but nearly 30,000 pounds of candy are thrown into the streets of Cento.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUN8ql73LCHZc4C8ju0lg28n8Bfn9nNk5R10ZfzHXvfA2SPqfkBXSuFiuyyDug-ZKj4jxVN6pH69MbbCluaYis2ZXYNnnETRipZz1ttATwUJwfFscIjZbn4nQcbI2r4mloZUJlbtjK1vq/s1600-h/url-7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUN8ql73LCHZc4C8ju0lg28n8Bfn9nNk5R10ZfzHXvfA2SPqfkBXSuFiuyyDug-ZKj4jxVN6pH69MbbCluaYis2ZXYNnnETRipZz1ttATwUJwfFscIjZbn4nQcbI2r4mloZUJlbtjK1vq/s800/url-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434799952712850130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">{<a href="http://www.ferraralink.com/?_task=proposte_soggiorno&id_cat_proposte_soggiorno=6">photo credit</a>}<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">If you want a complete list of the different <span style="font-style: italic;">carnevale</span> around Italy, click<a href="http://goitaly.about.com/od/festivalsandevents/a/carnevale_2.htm"> here</a> for more details.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Buon Martedi grasso!</span></span></span><br /></div></div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-15826997716641297722010-02-01T10:02:00.021+01:002010-02-01T11:16:54.811+01:00#31 - Fender Strats and Mozart<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >#31</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Vedere Il Compito Sbagliato di Mozart</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1EccV1oUkDMJwGh-yk889gI9QgeEh_Tqizi5ozzto1Z5m9_5tixiADw9wguRnqm9Z1cWpblm-H9U563QugAsqOatoIFvz0i4HG1l7Dw9EKnNzeatQZq_u5bRq3RKJiujcQxFqryyTyEr/s1600-h/IMG_0086.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1EccV1oUkDMJwGh-yk889gI9QgeEh_Tqizi5ozzto1Z5m9_5tixiADw9wguRnqm9Z1cWpblm-H9U563QugAsqOatoIFvz0i4HG1l7Dw9EKnNzeatQZq_u5bRq3RKJiujcQxFqryyTyEr/s800/IMG_0086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433203623863354066" border="0" /></a><br />Did you know Mozart made mistakes? Neither did Giancarlo.<br /><br />#31 on the list of things to do is to visit The International Museum and Library of Music of Bologna, and in addition to seeing all the frescoes and musical artifacts from all over Renaissance Europe, you can see Mozart's failed test.<br /><br />The story goes that Mozart came to Bologna at the age of 14 to study music with the Philharmonic Academy of Bologna. The entrance exam consisted of transcribing a Gregorian chant to sheet music, exactly as it was heard. Well, Mozart screwed up. Big-time. The monk he was staying with during his studies in Bologna broke protocol and submitted his own original sheet music for the above mentioned chant - thus getting Mozart accepted into the academy. As they say, the rest is literally history...<br /><br />For the past couple of months, the International Museum and Library of Music has played host to the <a href="http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=429">Love Me Fender</a> exhibit, displaying art inspired by classic Fender guitars. Giancarlo braved the snow here in Bologna this past weekend to check it out before the exhibition ended this week. Among artwork inspired by Fender, there were also original guitars used by Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, and tons of other legends on display... right alongside Mozart's failed test and plagiarized homework. Now that's Rock 'n Roll.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEharbYQSKFHzTDjfld-XKNdwhgjex2PS5pu4P_LuSkvHEGAynwPi7zqXHnOXxz-Sbt926VkL4OinKr9vdqF-9eTCnefaTZTJ-6uYRdofkKRg5z-6UDMOOPYA2bbgS9mTfv38gBYbFrEZuoF/s1600-h/IMG_0082.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEharbYQSKFHzTDjfld-XKNdwhgjex2PS5pu4P_LuSkvHEGAynwPi7zqXHnOXxz-Sbt926VkL4OinKr9vdqF-9eTCnefaTZTJ-6uYRdofkKRg5z-6UDMOOPYA2bbgS9mTfv38gBYbFrEZuoF/s800/IMG_0082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433202794708193170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Jimi Hendrix's guitar from the Monterey Pop Festival</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOW0yRoxa2HHyKAXAPf4TyI2TXyMk6gMXp9s_GolDuWRQoF9pZColoHmscZOTqYXODMP9RCBwgfuQiZxUMFQfAZvaFlvytoY9XlGkEXawl2YoarZMLa13IRrIGqM_UF512ftTy0IOv_KV/s1600-h/IMG_0078.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOW0yRoxa2HHyKAXAPf4TyI2TXyMk6gMXp9s_GolDuWRQoF9pZColoHmscZOTqYXODMP9RCBwgfuQiZxUMFQfAZvaFlvytoY9XlGkEXawl2YoarZMLa13IRrIGqM_UF512ftTy0IOv_KV/s800/IMG_0078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433205021300425922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rock 'n Roll Panda!</span></span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHPD_YjcaV7-z_QCxCZK52LX6d60lDmbriVlOc3EBerShINmuRYGA7Svj-5d3NQxs9T8TMGeNzxCMM-ba59ckaT4oo1zSudPg7sVb3Jm62dsCMT08MSZgz04W3sMkD5vmVhAglL5FKqzO/s1600-h/IMG_0095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHPD_YjcaV7-z_QCxCZK52LX6d60lDmbriVlOc3EBerShINmuRYGA7Svj-5d3NQxs9T8TMGeNzxCMM-ba59ckaT4oo1zSudPg7sVb3Jm62dsCMT08MSZgz04W3sMkD5vmVhAglL5FKqzO/s800/IMG_0095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433204238510645938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fender made a special Stratocaster<br />for the inauguration of this museum in 1994. </span></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca di Musica di Bologna</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Strada Maggiore 34</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tues - Fri: 9:30 - 16:00</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sat - Sun: 10:00 - 18:30</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Entrance to the museum is free</span>.<br /><br /></div></div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-3776012730785470212010-02-01T09:14:00.012+01:002010-02-01T11:13:22.639+01:00Brrrrrrrrr!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMiyTrCiAjgMwW4QvhlfGRyS-5IcLO1L8b7rShhEmhCdyGDjRQoAdhfeN1UuDSodDHGUUYOkIDYWNuXgEkYUoJLtsWjhmF-v98qNB4w2C_FNmnBPay5dzXEJ32t6AEweGo3daQWGf5d6G/s1600-h/IMG_2585.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.6px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMiyTrCiAjgMwW4QvhlfGRyS-5IcLO1L8b7rShhEmhCdyGDjRQoAdhfeN1UuDSodDHGUUYOkIDYWNuXgEkYUoJLtsWjhmF-v98qNB4w2C_FNmnBPay5dzXEJ32t6AEweGo3daQWGf5d6G/s800/IMG_2585.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433193411929670514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our old buddy, Neptune, definitely feeling the cold.</span></span></span><br /></div><br />It snowed all weekend here in Bologna. And since it wasn't our responsibility to shovel it, we enjoyed every bit of snowfall that hit this city! And of course, we took our fair share of pictures. Enjoy!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSXL5BIzB5SNdvjWvLERHzjPj6ynk7nndfU0Sr_mMKqnqvhIv3Tsc24aggHirrUMHRLRBEVRvVAKr6ZDXeyXNEZ_oFHPHpvHMbpN8VKzRiL1akNHzOFJ2v8vVVkA0wIkpLNuAtYnq_Ak0/s1600-h/IMG_0049.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSXL5BIzB5SNdvjWvLERHzjPj6ynk7nndfU0Sr_mMKqnqvhIv3Tsc24aggHirrUMHRLRBEVRvVAKr6ZDXeyXNEZ_oFHPHpvHMbpN8VKzRiL1akNHzOFJ2v8vVVkA0wIkpLNuAtYnq_Ak0/s800/IMG_0049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433186604944855778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The view from our window.</span><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLOO3PuTIRigr4QRr4vLI4lsDLuf-fDXSvSTku2g90LaGf9zunYpZ9euEiNHw849Z_xh2w5cX7HU4iDRsmlccHjVRgOLJLDuAHSayyBbPwFLm6ZLkH_UmQiwMwnYkU3XdEnaHVYPsmaOX/s1600-h/IMG_0058.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLOO3PuTIRigr4QRr4vLI4lsDLuf-fDXSvSTku2g90LaGf9zunYpZ9euEiNHw849Z_xh2w5cX7HU4iDRsmlccHjVRgOLJLDuAHSayyBbPwFLm6ZLkH_UmQiwMwnYkU3XdEnaHVYPsmaOX/s800/IMG_0058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433187082953035682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Cold vespa!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcNkthCBiN2_MQQs_aJLNdya-d9pTvpReXd__zNezB3SZk_g72hT4PC4wrk5FBxTr4hIL1eXSuyvCR_wd-PuI2AwJatb6ikhV-F65bPutNt9JZPS-KI9OrwjTdhfg1JAKZTXkdTtSBJaY/s1600-h/IMG_2575.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcNkthCBiN2_MQQs_aJLNdya-d9pTvpReXd__zNezB3SZk_g72hT4PC4wrk5FBxTr4hIL1eXSuyvCR_wd-PuI2AwJatb6ikhV-F65bPutNt9JZPS-KI9OrwjTdhfg1JAKZTXkdTtSBJaY/s800/IMG_2575.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433192700690943426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Snow everywhere!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKAcvQvOZ3FFhozz1zZrt5pWTZHm9sbzFAf1k3bMnZlPrVDBj2oJlY1qtfJ91oVowOP1CwT9-WI-izExBvwJqazoMEwBAElu4jfvLchKLV854J7HkEDtqUelW1I2r2D01P2z2E5UXqZv6/s1600-h/IMG_2602.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKAcvQvOZ3FFhozz1zZrt5pWTZHm9sbzFAf1k3bMnZlPrVDBj2oJlY1qtfJ91oVowOP1CwT9-WI-izExBvwJqazoMEwBAElu4jfvLchKLV854J7HkEDtqUelW1I2r2D01P2z2E5UXqZv6/s800/IMG_2602.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433193074508328210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Seven Churches of Santo Stefano.</span></span></span><br /></div><br />Needless to say, it's been cold here in Bologna this past week (and will continue to be that way for a while... noooo!). Since our apartment is older than the Declaration of Independence (true story) - and it seems our heating is too - as <a href="http://bleedingespresso.com/2010/01/heating-a-house-in-italy-meet-our-new-stufa.html">Bleeding Espresso</a> can attest to, we'll be making very good use of our new <span style="font-style: italic;">stufa</span>!Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-4197391856715948612010-01-25T08:56:00.005+01:002010-01-26T09:50:58.996+01:00#64<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >#64</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Fare La Spesa Al Mercatino Biologico</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxeHBsoE5PkRYNLYNZKuB0CuF9Yj4o-UbFNexfCH39biPpv0JlKyTANQqc2EO7GYURrGk-pw6pVjeUBboKVIWc-guuV4sFYuaajBMqXcRfXIg8p5lPNUn-H8Pesl_qAyp4GY0DXeiA26P/s1600-h/IMG_0634.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxeHBsoE5PkRYNLYNZKuB0CuF9Yj4o-UbFNexfCH39biPpv0JlKyTANQqc2EO7GYURrGk-pw6pVjeUBboKVIWc-guuV4sFYuaajBMqXcRfXIg8p5lPNUn-H8Pesl_qAyp4GY0DXeiA26P/s800/IMG_0634.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430961172145603842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Number 64 on the list of things to do is shopping at the farmers market here in Bologna. Every Saturday morning for a few hours, all the local farmers gather in the little piazza behind the <span><strong><span class="size12 lh18 grigino"><strong>Cinema Lumière</strong></span></strong></span> to participate in the <a href="http://www.mercatidellaterra.it/network/bologna">Slow Food Earth Market</a><a href="http://www.mercatidellaterra.it/network/bologna">: From the Earth to the Table</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQf-YA1J-M_Gq2aPeSexn9s9T-TdX4hoj4FMoSLUei-Wcv9K55_4N0IMiAwLM7UIEqnreoB7SlkTkNFB_LWJ7LhP7frHwfrVW33QIfLuEUUDOkd6vhY2fYfvT_NjJIsSQbD2c5-OzFCCHk/s1600-h/IMG_0625.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQf-YA1J-M_Gq2aPeSexn9s9T-TdX4hoj4FMoSLUei-Wcv9K55_4N0IMiAwLM7UIEqnreoB7SlkTkNFB_LWJ7LhP7frHwfrVW33QIfLuEUUDOkd6vhY2fYfvT_NjJIsSQbD2c5-OzFCCHk/s800/IMG_0625.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430960796596505842" border="0" /></a><br />Check out <a href="http://vimeo.com/4883103">Un sabato al Mercato della Terra</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1675033">Jonathan Ferramola</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br />Click <span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><a href="http://www.mercatidellaterra.it/network/bologna/calendar">here</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span> </strong></span>for a calendar list of events.<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Bologna Earth Market<br />Via Azzo Gardino, 65</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Every Saturday morning, 9am to 2pm.<br /><em>Contact:</em></strong><strong> </strong><br /><a href="mailto:mercatodellaterra@slowfoodbologna.it">Giorgio Pirazzoli</a> </p>Other great markets in Bologna include central <a href="http://www.quadrilatero.net/ieri_oggi_e_domani.htm">Quadrilatero</a>, the <a href="http://www.mercatodelleerbe.it/">Mercato delle Erbe</a>,and <a href="http://www.eataly.it/eatalybologna/bologna.lasso">Eataly</a> - which are open everyday (except Sundays), but get there in the morning before everything's gone!<br /><br />And for those in New York City, <a href="http://www.eataly.it/index.lasso">Eataly</a> (Turin's famous indoor farmers market) will be opening up a giant market this summer with 80% of the products being imported directly from Italy!<br /><br />According to the release:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Giant foodie mega-market </span><b style="font-style: italic;">Eataly</b><span style="font-style: italic;"> has its first piece of signage up at 200 Fifth Ave. The 60,000 square foot space will contain all kinds of retail plus a wood-fired pizza and pasta bar, a cheese and salami counter, a steak restaurant, a vegetarian restaurant, a wine shop, a bakery, a crudo and seafood bar, and a classic Italian bar serving gelato, espresso, and wine. On the roof will be a 4,500 square foot open-air rooftop beer garden serving pizza and sausages."</span><br /><br />Buon Appetito!<br /></div></div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-81127919982972774792010-01-19T20:19:00.016+01:002010-01-26T10:01:16.123+01:00#92<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span>#92</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Gustare La Cucina Bolognese al Ristorante e in Trattoria</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div> Well, we never said we'd do all 101 things in order - so here we are starting with #92 of the 101 things to do in Bologna. It's a number you'll probably see a lot of on this blog, and (hopefully) experience just as equally in Bologna - <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Enjoy the cuisine at a Bolognese restaurant or trattoria</span>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9q3Q8jT_08j0q8vLWXn6e2FVDV6HPsDb9qYEqipSbTdBKCikjTdNeQBC4xOF-FKcnkdrMEfzUKRKuBg59ovHHad7lZSuMJ0VT9Bfzf5dbRheoqZWpt-uUhHgXROJpt_DxQSXEa-WXwW5c/s1600-h/IMG_2519.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400.5px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9q3Q8jT_08j0q8vLWXn6e2FVDV6HPsDb9qYEqipSbTdBKCikjTdNeQBC4xOF-FKcnkdrMEfzUKRKuBg59ovHHad7lZSuMJ0VT9Bfzf5dbRheoqZWpt-uUhHgXROJpt_DxQSXEa-WXwW5c/s800/IMG_2519.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428746921959681970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Tamburini</span></span><br /></div><br />Some of the mentioned restaurants in the book are <a href="http://www.caminettodoro.it/test.php">Il Caminetto d'Oro</a>, <a href="http://www.osteriadepoeti.com/">l'Osteria dei Poeti</a>, <a href="http://www.trattoriannamaria.com/">Annamaria</a>, <a href="http://www.fodors.com/world/europe/italy/emilia-romagna/review-454186.html">Da Gianni a la Vecia Bulagna</a> and of course one of our favorite places, <a href="http://casadipacheco.blogspot.com/2009/01/2009.html">L'osteria Broccaindosso</a>, which is so off-the-beaten path that google had virtually nothing on it. (<span style="font-style: italic;">Via Broccaindosso 7/a- telephone: 051.234153 </span>- <span style="font-style: italic;">reservations are highly recommended</span>).<br /><br />This weekend we tried another Bologna staple (and a favorite of this <a href="http://www.fodors.com/news/story_3011.html">American chef</a>), <a href="http://www.tamburini.com/">Tamburini</a>. If you walk around the center of Bologna, it's difficult to miss this culinary treasure. Mortadella, prosciutto, salami and various other meats overflow the front windows of the building, while on the other side every kind of hand-made tortellini, tortelli, tortelloni, etc., tempt passers-by to come in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNgqOPWaWU2Lh4TNV-g6HBqzw-icxzgBOYqR_ffIVtPc5n9egoLt3YtuPpjOAD5e2mdwPPDuBjfpVafJlmiiORYNwjQ300-_7NisNu-O4hjou9bYssjp3xcqAI2eLvUCkU-3-jugNX_iW/s1600-h/IMG_2506.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNgqOPWaWU2Lh4TNV-g6HBqzw-icxzgBOYqR_ffIVtPc5n9egoLt3YtuPpjOAD5e2mdwPPDuBjfpVafJlmiiORYNwjQ300-_7NisNu-O4hjou9bYssjp3xcqAI2eLvUCkU-3-jugNX_iW/s800/IMG_2506.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428747444387177970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The window meat display at Tamburini</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBdJR89sxTFdzvow-N2Uss9o2cRYhDklB2GpYYR_kHTIEXG6oXvj3j5WTEl_DUdY-roD_28mSQ4J1_wVsvqWSCwQA_1B3mDtsV_y1MixxV48PkRGkIwAQWX-ph_xSl1VsM7Iz62aEJ3E1/s1600-h/IMG_2509.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400.5px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBdJR89sxTFdzvow-N2Uss9o2cRYhDklB2GpYYR_kHTIEXG6oXvj3j5WTEl_DUdY-roD_28mSQ4J1_wVsvqWSCwQA_1B3mDtsV_y1MixxV48PkRGkIwAQWX-ph_xSl1VsM7Iz62aEJ3E1/s800/IMG_2509.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428747633176532658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Hand-made tortellini</span></span><br /></div><br />On Saturday we wandered in, passed the mountains of meats, cheeses and pastas and tucked away in the back of the store is a little self service restaurant. There you grab a tray and ask for a pitcher where you pour your own wine of choice, and tell the man behind the counter which pasta with ragu you'd like. Then you continue to choose which <span style="font-style: italic;">secondo</span> you prefer (and if you have room, there is also dessert). After those easy steps, you pay and choose a place to sit. We arrived around 1 p.m. and it was perfect timing, shortly after a flood of Italians entered for the lunch hour.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmj3maLKlGDJALTkpwFpMPE4XCz_sYSKbzcfqenOB_5MrjXYHV1eTLUSsUkxKJjJkHMO3ybGelIUl2Ng7Q8jU5x-MxnV9ABqjgUqPKpvKhnptLmXKA3KSjFiPL1cXS7cD4vEpFhWWTUCn/s1600-h/IMG_0021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 450px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmj3maLKlGDJALTkpwFpMPE4XCz_sYSKbzcfqenOB_5MrjXYHV1eTLUSsUkxKJjJkHMO3ybGelIUl2Ng7Q8jU5x-MxnV9ABqjgUqPKpvKhnptLmXKA3KSjFiPL1cXS7cD4vEpFhWWTUCn/s800/IMG_0021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428744895800856354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Pranzo alla Tamburini</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE97a8AlWRVbBRMh72FBWUONCSnP0l0q3H2JkmQugyEMGrA3zPMsCsAEeOu0tdpXALFXrCW7kM8W0NAqKvIBdD670fkk1su0ntM5ZotFtLY_inSgn_RNvfGva3d7DZCa-r4CcLzqzeyOXh/s1600-h/IMG_0031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 450px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE97a8AlWRVbBRMh72FBWUONCSnP0l0q3H2JkmQugyEMGrA3zPMsCsAEeOu0tdpXALFXrCW7kM8W0NAqKvIBdD670fkk1su0ntM5ZotFtLY_inSgn_RNvfGva3d7DZCa-r4CcLzqzeyOXh/s800/IMG_0031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428746702301129938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The line that quickly followed</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tamburini<br />via Caprarie, 1</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">40124 Bologna </span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">tel +39 051 234726</span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Times New Roman,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Times New Roman,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">*If you live in the EU - Tamburini can ship it's goodies, click <a href="http://www.tamburini.com/">here</a> for more information. Sorry Americans, no shipping there yet - however I do have some other goodies coming your way, so stay tuned!</span></span><br /></div></div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-38939562698626310742010-01-18T09:21:00.009+01:002010-01-18T12:51:58.573+01:00101 Cose Da Fare A BolognaLast year (technically just last month since this happened in December), as a Christmas present one of Giancarlo's students gave him the book <span style="font-style: italic;">101 Cose Da Fare A Bologna (</span><span>101 Things to Do in Bologna)</span><span style="font-style: italic;">. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wRxix0M4kXtuMzpRrKojrNJQ6hG24asJ3FvzUPlIwzz5pB9EGxValRxn7GJowhVOTZ1ZUPwW_03robMXi95B72Sfgzwpv4fsGQaoTK3V-_GNp2K4u5YooC_0ZEW2ZL3Y-rTYpb1O97uu/s1600-h/978-88-541-1533-0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wRxix0M4kXtuMzpRrKojrNJQ6hG24asJ3FvzUPlIwzz5pB9EGxValRxn7GJowhVOTZ1ZUPwW_03robMXi95B72Sfgzwpv4fsGQaoTK3V-_GNp2K4u5YooC_0ZEW2ZL3Y-rTYpb1O97uu/s800/978-88-541-1533-0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428041671081160722" border="0" /></a><br />Since coming back to Bologna from New York, we've made it our New Year's Resolution <span style="font-style: italic;">alla Bolognese</span> to do all these things this year with the book as our guide. Some of the things we've already done - like <a href="http://casadipacheco.blogspot.com/2009/11/byof.html">spending an evening at Osteria del Sole</a>, visiting all three main historical buildings in Piazza Maggiore (especially <a href="http://casadipacheco.blogspot.com/2009/10/festa-di-san-petronio.html">San Petronio's church</a>!), checking out the Fountain of Neptune at just the right angle, shopping at the local organic farmers' market, <a href="http://casadipacheco.blogspot.com/2009/03/san-luca.html">making the trek up to San Luca</a>, eating at traditional Bolognese <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emilyprovansal/sets/72157623226278276/">trattorias</a>, and a couple other things that I'm forgetting right now.<br /><br />But now, it's game on! We've got our Sharpie in hand ready to cross off all these different things we have left to do in Bologna as the year progresses. And yes, I'll be taking pictures and blogging about each and every one of them. Which means as of today, we have about 90 some-odd more things to do! <br /><br />Andiamo!Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-5498052384854184592010-01-18T08:45:00.003+01:002010-01-18T12:57:19.510+01:00Bologna Beer FestivalBefore we left for New York, Bologna had a <a href="http://www.pintamedicea.com/birra/2009/italian-beer-festival-a-bologna-11-12-e-13-dicembre-2009/">beer festival</a> in Palazzo Re Enzo (the big Castle in the center).<br /><br />Like most Italian things, it wasn't publicized. I saw a little ad tucked away in a cafe` the day before. So we gathered some friends, not really knowing what to expect other than the fact that you could drink beer in a big castle. And in all honesty, that's all we needed to know!<br /><br />This year was the first year they held this festival in Bologna (this traveling festival also hit Rome and Milan). The cost was relatively cheap, €7 and that included your beer tasting glass and a handy little yellow carrier, and each beer you tried was €1. Even though New York was on the horizon - spending the night drinking beer in a medieval castle? That's a no brainer.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBukdcRroMTkclygoV_LPIgYLv93f7ELq0GMMeyefjeJkBTf2N4lKvOyMXyPss5H-DcdsKDPbNvFLeCYAvU_qJc6XNhkypkeOOn4L7YJ5dJiEKS8dwT_ByI_yN8T2pyWc3Vav_1f0pltfK/s1600-h/4200770101_ac512060b4_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBukdcRroMTkclygoV_LPIgYLv93f7ELq0GMMeyefjeJkBTf2N4lKvOyMXyPss5H-DcdsKDPbNvFLeCYAvU_qJc6XNhkypkeOOn4L7YJ5dJiEKS8dwT_ByI_yN8T2pyWc3Vav_1f0pltfK/s800/4200770101_ac512060b4_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426168666702970322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Giancarlo and his handy yellow beer bag</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bDtnfvvN2d9CpcX5-AibB01oPbDxV02x1QpRI1EZD33HgljQVvtobfmpJaYmHMUUFnwpqhzm22oLs8MlvLoYnKgC-bsIvraSsFcoO8MPFL7gRs-Ica-edU_RhgBdx3NS6cSwcE-xPGZt/s1600-h/4258582137_d8785fa257_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bDtnfvvN2d9CpcX5-AibB01oPbDxV02x1QpRI1EZD33HgljQVvtobfmpJaYmHMUUFnwpqhzm22oLs8MlvLoYnKgC-bsIvraSsFcoO8MPFL7gRs-Ica-edU_RhgBdx3NS6cSwcE-xPGZt/s800/4258582137_d8785fa257_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426168782940377826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Beer tasting</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeX_Q8K602wap5s2R56am2pT1IWARuRC8ItR2tsdW-eeX2V9OtA4iPudkXlkz4ye0EIR-PxDJNoKYWUb-NFebL1UN0PFc-LqO9pLy5CaNotW0e2mC1VyynBJ_NGKzC9nc6cX69ndhYn-zx/s1600-h/4259338990_0a9c4505ab_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeX_Q8K602wap5s2R56am2pT1IWARuRC8ItR2tsdW-eeX2V9OtA4iPudkXlkz4ye0EIR-PxDJNoKYWUb-NFebL1UN0PFc-LqO9pLy5CaNotW0e2mC1VyynBJ_NGKzC9nc6cX69ndhYn-zx/s800/4259338990_0a9c4505ab_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426168904006253202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Me and my handy yellow beer bag</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IeSsyQQ1Za_Z42R9nAtI30cKwgApe3bKkNuSsQy13rNOjjOBfapvCN1JYjIYokN0R3eHEagi7NqYtWo3U-pnc_uUtbXpoEZYB3XVLSBCW1_c5Sjs5mAMXY9wc-uVfg5MKKl3CxoZ8jFG/s1600-h/4258582877_043ddf6c16_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IeSsyQQ1Za_Z42R9nAtI30cKwgApe3bKkNuSsQy13rNOjjOBfapvCN1JYjIYokN0R3eHEagi7NqYtWo3U-pnc_uUtbXpoEZYB3XVLSBCW1_c5Sjs5mAMXY9wc-uVfg5MKKl3CxoZ8jFG/s800/4258582877_043ddf6c16_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426169314577385506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Checking out everyone's beer choices</span></span><br /></div><br />I'm not sure if it will be back in Bologna next year, but the festival consisted of local Italian micro breweries, and they traveled around the country together. If you're interested in finding out more details for 2010, you can check out the <a href="http://www.degustatoribirra.it/news.php">Italia Beer Festival</a> Associazione Degustatori Birra (or click here for the <a href="http://www.degustatoribirra.it/page.php?19">English</a> version).Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-11535346321178511362010-01-13T11:37:00.010+01:002010-01-18T13:51:58.336+01:00The Ladies of We:Plan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowetclISiYPKD6aL0OywXVZqrIX4uF1MU4S7kYvqPYqibDEeo3VMsXAhXuGkjecgjRSouhYu_1Pk6FkY-HSZCGx9llCFdrK2fHGIMcu63l4WQV6U7x-q6HTmLPX93Sf5HyK_jKwjIY4Ya/s1600-h/bloglogo3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowetclISiYPKD6aL0OywXVZqrIX4uF1MU4S7kYvqPYqibDEeo3VMsXAhXuGkjecgjRSouhYu_1Pk6FkY-HSZCGx9llCFdrK2fHGIMcu63l4WQV6U7x-q6HTmLPX93Sf5HyK_jKwjIY4Ya/s400/bloglogo3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427986959052446002" border="0" /></a>I've been meaning to write this post for some time now, but if you're thinking of planning a destination wedding in Italy, you need to check out the ladies of We:Plan here in Bologna. I started freelancing with these ladies over the summer, and quickly fell in love with not only their style but the loving personalities of these two ladies. We quickly became fast friends and I absolutely adore them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFHh8oEw_EAb4DmHIQ8KdjhOt7WeGE9Wq_uRQMUdtw65Dc1-vEbNercSWq__hddFurngJ3HfuFFiLK2PhH0fVpjX6QmJtq3DJ-X0wmihKRPZfQn-ZxWP0EbqEnQlLvLlXIvEdm-E_426D/s1600-h/WEDDING+ING+callcard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 414px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFHh8oEw_EAb4DmHIQ8KdjhOt7WeGE9Wq_uRQMUdtw65Dc1-vEbNercSWq__hddFurngJ3HfuFFiLK2PhH0fVpjX6QmJtq3DJ-X0wmihKRPZfQn-ZxWP0EbqEnQlLvLlXIvEdm-E_426D/s800/WEDDING+ING+callcard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427989594298932162" border="0" /></a>You can check out their blog <a href="http://weplanwedding.blogspot.com/">here</a> (where I'll be contributing) about everything, and I mean everything you want to know about the non-touristy Italian places to eat and stay, weddings in Italy, eco-friendly Italy and weddings, and off-the-beaten path travel ideas. These ladies seem to know everyone here in Bologna and more or less all of Italy, and they know how to make quite possibly some of the most beautiful Italian weddings I've seen. They also know how to do it create these beautiful weddings on a budget which nowadays is even more important.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJ8b72s19WDnKJbQoKKw2tR6dbrKAyymxU1nd3U7_4Jk1yDCMTrXm6kxiEM-2ikvZkGOEbOwjJ_SHDKVzD2f_zewIc34qqggRve8G7lYi_UZ3ZgF-z26yIR4MSRVhgf6sAaWqytfSwUa4/s1600-h/WEDDING+ING+enrico+e+chiara+callcard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 414px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJ8b72s19WDnKJbQoKKw2tR6dbrKAyymxU1nd3U7_4Jk1yDCMTrXm6kxiEM-2ikvZkGOEbOwjJ_SHDKVzD2f_zewIc34qqggRve8G7lYi_UZ3ZgF-z26yIR4MSRVhgf6sAaWqytfSwUa4/s800/WEDDING+ING+enrico+e+chiara+callcard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427989235311967202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">My favorite wedding- wedding and cocktail party. The brides dress is Dolce & Gabbana. </span></span><br /></div><br />You can also check out their press page for past weddings that have been published. These ladies are smart, stylish, extremely creative, and I wish I had them around in 2008!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRRV40NkiXLKiGi1OevdMPOvazshwc5kTXBhTon0h8Z5ayIwyxMeL0_I6rqxIt2jEQ0DjRPZEANRaDwwKVI4c8rub8yo0VSETaTH2GrUc2C5QjqnTIi5r6D4zLrHASzN62ofQF4ldW9So/s1600-h/tn_fra-marco-1008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRRV40NkiXLKiGi1OevdMPOvazshwc5kTXBhTon0h8Z5ayIwyxMeL0_I6rqxIt2jEQ0DjRPZEANRaDwwKVI4c8rub8yo0VSETaTH2GrUc2C5QjqnTIi5r6D4zLrHASzN62ofQF4ldW9So/s400/tn_fra-marco-1008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427986669100714258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Paola and Roberta of We:Plan</span></span><br /></div><br /><br />For more information, click <a href="http://www.weplan.it/ing/index.php">here</a> for their main webpage (English or Italian)<br />We:Plan - Wedding & Event Planner<br />Via Andrea Costa 4 - 40134 Bologna<br />tel + 39 051 432907<br />fax + 39 051 4392277 - C.F. e P. Iva 02688091202<br />e-mails:<br />info@weplan.it<br /><br />For press (English & Italian) contact:<br />press@weplan.it<br /><br />And stay tuned over at the <a href="http://www.weplanwedding.blogspot.com/">We:Plan blog</a> as we debate who had the prettier Christmas... Bologna or New York!Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-36720890967605126662010-01-13T11:18:00.013+01:002010-01-18T13:00:58.902+01:00Week FourThe last week back home we visited DC with my sister. The last time we went, it was extremely hot and it seemed appropriate that we'd go back and have it be extremely cold. One of these days we'll get it right. Till then, here are some pics from the trip-<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLFu4phkU7c_aygvj9u_qsyRDMn0IEJ_SYSmaOmVtPkic_fJ29M4lFOWLPsBiTtz75uAjzYT7epNkcLYUQNkzpqJZ-L-Y35h9c_Z0Ss8bWBFMelGzTPbrFzJDyYPejmFEX-FKco484EIGd/s1600-h/IMG_2368.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLFu4phkU7c_aygvj9u_qsyRDMn0IEJ_SYSmaOmVtPkic_fJ29M4lFOWLPsBiTtz75uAjzYT7epNkcLYUQNkzpqJZ-L-Y35h9c_Z0Ss8bWBFMelGzTPbrFzJDyYPejmFEX-FKco484EIGd/s800/IMG_2368.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427978687457484818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Capitol Building</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7iOR4ngimci_E4C3Oddx5kpFv-JRpY_YFRFUXXpFdWiHDnRkFjcXTu1yWyVjpXrPYmwMZWQP744nDYy74TJ_tJa-g5kRH157_rBz85jR_QbXVBtUW-1mXutXLB5mDbkIsAMDB260fr8gX/s1600-h/IMG_2394.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7iOR4ngimci_E4C3Oddx5kpFv-JRpY_YFRFUXXpFdWiHDnRkFjcXTu1yWyVjpXrPYmwMZWQP744nDYy74TJ_tJa-g5kRH157_rBz85jR_QbXVBtUW-1mXutXLB5mDbkIsAMDB260fr8gX/s800/IMG_2394.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427978891380217298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Nicole and Giancarlo climbing snow at the stop light</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIsg2FnrJfC3gbsDYCQJWj9hRtGlpglK4-3p4U3j7S_uKQ1ATgYJxk5EepNrpxHT784m5DxCaGRqxIL2GJpaZbfbISfL0ArU9tb8jWH5uc6RrbLh5itGZ6FIuahJD6CF8gO0BSsTO-KPF/s1600-h/IMG_2429.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIsg2FnrJfC3gbsDYCQJWj9hRtGlpglK4-3p4U3j7S_uKQ1ATgYJxk5EepNrpxHT784m5DxCaGRqxIL2GJpaZbfbISfL0ArU9tb8jWH5uc6RrbLh5itGZ6FIuahJD6CF8gO0BSsTO-KPF/s800/IMG_2429.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427979074702826498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The three of us in front of the White House</span></span><br /></div><br />And seriously, forget taking Greyhound from NYC to DC, or worse.. the Chinatown bus. There are two really cool new options. One is <a href="https://www.boltbus.com/">Bolt</a>, but we took <a href="http://www.megabus.com/us/">Megabus</a> (if you're in the UK, you can find them <a href="http://www.megabus.com/uk/">here</a>, and Canada <a href="http://ca.megabus.com/Default.aspx">here</a>). For $15 we took the bus to DC from New York (one way). They're fully equipped with free wi-fi, plus sockets for computers, etc., and the real selling point... it's a double decker! They do multiple routes daily to DC, Philadephia, and Boston from New York.<br /><br />Ok, that's my little plug, now back to the blog.<br /><br />The rest of the week we spent saying our goodbyes, and doing last runs to the supermarkets for American goodies to bring back. Sadly, we have no plans yet to return to the United States (for vacation), but rather (hopefully) moving back sometime in the next year. And while it's been bitter sweet to be back in Italy, the thought that this might be our last year here has made us more appreciative of this little thing we're doing abroad.<br /><br />So far, 2010 has had a good start!Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-25511799365930934692010-01-13T10:30:00.014+01:002010-01-14T16:44:48.649+01:00Week ThreeWeek three in New York brought extremely cold weather and more snow. I let Giancarlo do most of the tour guiding since I'm a wimp when it comes to the cold.<br /><br />The roundup: Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, Nicole coming to town (which means <a href="http://ciaobellabionda.blogspot.com/2008/04/this-past-weekend-was-best-birthday.html">Fig and Olive</a>, <a href="http://ciaobellabionda.blogspot.com/2008/04/spring-has-sprung.html">Central Park</a> and Magnolia cupcakes), finally seeing the new Highline park (awesome!), Chelsea Market, New Years Eve in Brooklyn, and our "We eloped in Italy" wedding party.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_J_m_et_-Qf_rWu79NFmlgJr9Bqi6vLWwbiEiJIPAY5jwuvjQVoZ8yW3d0XUGa5VHm7ZD0x_hdsqAcpP8XK-RPYuWNVSlq3Xk4NzLqV1AlltIvhBaOLCUx0SJN0dI4yY-62gNrziWzt-/s1600-h/IMG_1612.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_J_m_et_-Qf_rWu79NFmlgJr9Bqi6vLWwbiEiJIPAY5jwuvjQVoZ8yW3d0XUGa5VHm7ZD0x_hdsqAcpP8XK-RPYuWNVSlq3Xk4NzLqV1AlltIvhBaOLCUx0SJN0dI4yY-62gNrziWzt-/s800/IMG_1612.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426158952722813058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Giancarlo being a tour guide in the freezing cold</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiLZR3jGy3uzK2dEPg6iWEFh3kMwcrvepfvhKoM-wVPubOPwKXwSpFASD0-lQeXpfR9_aKISEnMqF5uQJIMCNG6Imt0P9fqLAgGm2EAA9Ed42OCQdrsSo9sJ9GFNpYqZVdjmPmqhsoYjT/s1600-h/4263004385_344eef2a54_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiLZR3jGy3uzK2dEPg6iWEFh3kMwcrvepfvhKoM-wVPubOPwKXwSpFASD0-lQeXpfR9_aKISEnMqF5uQJIMCNG6Imt0P9fqLAgGm2EAA9Ed42OCQdrsSo9sJ9GFNpYqZVdjmPmqhsoYjT/s800/4263004385_344eef2a54_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426159120730970098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Sister!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibE6ciMQAdvD701kbCmIJEo8s-squZuPhK1gk5_J-zLpmHf1kEW_dKczCoySRYMpVbmJdjqtstiA2gNamKTnk76Qtecl7nUxYuZmEDCn7uUL_gZI30FtleAvXO39vqSxK-o68nr4mJLJ5b/s1600-h/4269041553_9187e77fdd_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibE6ciMQAdvD701kbCmIJEo8s-squZuPhK1gk5_J-zLpmHf1kEW_dKczCoySRYMpVbmJdjqtstiA2gNamKTnk76Qtecl7nUxYuZmEDCn7uUL_gZI30FtleAvXO39vqSxK-o68nr4mJLJ5b/s800/4269041553_9187e77fdd_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426159276347745154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Bubble gum contest in Central Park. I won. </span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSLy63GSarups3ydIaTapSvGwsHxCzutsKeO6ONB5eS4Df_JL9eR0oocVA2WMAwb_hWIa_RAjJTXxcarsgYllWc9uL4yHgkiQP2mxxQs9wa2FdZ-lJsepsOcImolBAX66Xp1VeMb_vqTX/s1600-h/4269037307_36cd98591c_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSLy63GSarups3ydIaTapSvGwsHxCzutsKeO6ONB5eS4Df_JL9eR0oocVA2WMAwb_hWIa_RAjJTXxcarsgYllWc9uL4yHgkiQP2mxxQs9wa2FdZ-lJsepsOcImolBAX66Xp1VeMb_vqTX/s800/4269037307_36cd98591c_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426159409347752802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Some of my favorite people</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Mf87SAd2pevkSa0qGXBzIPrqnepieG9f-4uo89_Kysgd65tNB_EcYwxbruaAB6glISbkUkVkM5ZF34CRkj3KQg8Xx6nVYkEzRR_dvQhgw_xZ3Hw8Q0r2pu1fL0G-PGSPAsgAcxTyXzKA/s1600-h/-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 391px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Mf87SAd2pevkSa0qGXBzIPrqnepieG9f-4uo89_Kysgd65tNB_EcYwxbruaAB6glISbkUkVkM5ZF34CRkj3KQg8Xx6nVYkEzRR_dvQhgw_xZ3Hw8Q0r2pu1fL0G-PGSPAsgAcxTyXzKA/s800/-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426159498348054386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Magnolia!</span></span><br /></div><br />Best of New Years Eve pictures- (well, maybe not the "best" but rather the blog appropriate pictures). The rest- all 111- are <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emilyprovansal/sets/72157623180275290/">here</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioh9ATujMFTgKXKBk0GCh_-IARymq4nVMyJumFys07Lwysb2b5aV-gH7MgOG4zspPpPe7oVnf_rGDfjlTs_HpmhyuhS2Wg39bZd9wNSf9x-fl0J42F2od36ia306V17osfUWWgHXcsfXGe/s1600-h/4261963117_03bcb501e2_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioh9ATujMFTgKXKBk0GCh_-IARymq4nVMyJumFys07Lwysb2b5aV-gH7MgOG4zspPpPe7oVnf_rGDfjlTs_HpmhyuhS2Wg39bZd9wNSf9x-fl0J42F2od36ia306V17osfUWWgHXcsfXGe/s800/4261963117_03bcb501e2_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426159609183663106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Nicole and her sparkle shorts. The hit of the night. </span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjKy9t2uotLkpHgyopi1aU7qKYJGFdvXIc2V7TdTJ-2U5OUN36GLx0gTh_3zYzWSHjJWSjM7rd3BQoRuu4TGHaCa57C602kkURgINxfot22H1O84SZ0QiKXCOtyzveBgUclv4R2-qqgIc/s1600-h/4262715842_211279e941_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjKy9t2uotLkpHgyopi1aU7qKYJGFdvXIc2V7TdTJ-2U5OUN36GLx0gTh_3zYzWSHjJWSjM7rd3BQoRuu4TGHaCa57C602kkURgINxfot22H1O84SZ0QiKXCOtyzveBgUclv4R2-qqgIc/s800/4262715842_211279e941_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426159810091646498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Us. </span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxKMa4x2Gsi5frjuQj7Sus0MToE4p36RYD-Em15WEZDa3TbFhdkOncRJVrocf33d2LiRmtYpG7pTKDhFgmJcghTbv9BuP_89Aqqw5NyseTa1mlyzgTd3BxMu5EGjeabnrOEqHeRsBP_Az/s1600-h/4262728322_0ed8007c5d_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxKMa4x2Gsi5frjuQj7Sus0MToE4p36RYD-Em15WEZDa3TbFhdkOncRJVrocf33d2LiRmtYpG7pTKDhFgmJcghTbv9BuP_89Aqqw5NyseTa1mlyzgTd3BxMu5EGjeabnrOEqHeRsBP_Az/s800/4262728322_0ed8007c5d_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426159954018714626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fordham U./Maujer crew</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSQvPQH08QEOjUxVFIkyEqckOJO6gegpRmh9_AkmTy9zaRo-Dg9NN1Tu2cg8W4XBkhBkNr-O-jA9ittokDFPFK1__31vvQV-cPd8ZBNuTac-G5lBR02svziJc0svK8ZE7IXBaQaczErvs/s1600-h/4262852044_aba1ec42c7_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSQvPQH08QEOjUxVFIkyEqckOJO6gegpRmh9_AkmTy9zaRo-Dg9NN1Tu2cg8W4XBkhBkNr-O-jA9ittokDFPFK1__31vvQV-cPd8ZBNuTac-G5lBR02svziJc0svK8ZE7IXBaQaczErvs/s800/4262852044_aba1ec42c7_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426160074326656434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >End of the night</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYiZJ4kZEGGx0S_6gH05pExMGwZUZ4SJDJfA62gtSQAf32GEs5akvFqhmP0xCjdA8_eDtYMqvVZjkH0yYa6iT0BhYQ4e9mvPkptMv6Jk0Fj80U2Ojguj11-kL94VIQHsHEnhRQM6epSJ7/s1600-h/4269076189_33c165c52f_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYiZJ4kZEGGx0S_6gH05pExMGwZUZ4SJDJfA62gtSQAf32GEs5akvFqhmP0xCjdA8_eDtYMqvVZjkH0yYa6iT0BhYQ4e9mvPkptMv6Jk0Fj80U2Ojguj11-kL94VIQHsHEnhRQM6epSJ7/s800/4269076189_33c165c52f_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426164895259020050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Highline = awesomeness</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbLfPoRyv_k6V3razMoDSGcjqDHpBtmlzRqhRlK8l3fQe_vH2pEhueC0-BwUL_pgJFsiTfSjVbyhOTrpZGf2wwJIjAH7W7mkuvEJLUOCMAxOz-tYyGb9HGfUyPR_fkKn2Ed7qGPo7kqq7/s1600-h/4269079427_f50377ecb8_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbLfPoRyv_k6V3razMoDSGcjqDHpBtmlzRqhRlK8l3fQe_vH2pEhueC0-BwUL_pgJFsiTfSjVbyhOTrpZGf2wwJIjAH7W7mkuvEJLUOCMAxOz-tYyGb9HGfUyPR_fkKn2Ed7qGPo7kqq7/s800/4269079427_f50377ecb8_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426165073946825218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chelsea Market</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQU2yitHrvC_gxI3JkPSnx_IpgVgm8SmrBkRDtZTulZ_RiY5iR0_LqFY41jviZLz_LncXYXik60i9_Q_kxqj6ltoBYn9LAiCenmE1FCeBpX__3eLHzSX4MwDQlHv6lH2IGzMI4oPgX1NOG/s1600-h/4269851650_d4d75df640_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQU2yitHrvC_gxI3JkPSnx_IpgVgm8SmrBkRDtZTulZ_RiY5iR0_LqFY41jviZLz_LncXYXik60i9_Q_kxqj6ltoBYn9LAiCenmE1FCeBpX__3eLHzSX4MwDQlHv6lH2IGzMI4oPgX1NOG/s800/4269851650_d4d75df640_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426165204215101314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Us again at the party</span></span><br /></div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608697714580513322.post-51008237591486968562010-01-13T09:52:00.010+01:002010-01-14T16:48:52.748+01:00Week TwoEvery week we were home seemed to get more packed. You'd think with four weeks you'd be able to do everything and see everyone, but time flies so quickly that before you know it, you're back on a plane to Bologna and it's 2010.<br /><br />The second week we were home, we were able to see all the family for Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Last year <a href="http://casadipacheco.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-big-fat-italian-christmas.html">we spent the holidays </a>with Jacopo's family in Fano, so it was nice to trade places and have them experience new holiday traditions. It was also my first time to experience a "Pacheco" Christmas, and I can honestly say that my life will never be the same. Normally their tradition is to have an Ecuadorian Christmas Eve and an Italian Christmas Day, but this year we had a Puerto Rican Christmas Eve (GC's aunt who is from Puerto Rico hosted) and an Italian Christmas Day. Needless to say, there was just as much food (if not more) as there was last year.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtBpopfwbSHgfj6_Fs8VV2XAnt7sDgdeScwzcqVKKREv-AeX4tgO9UukpVOMo2PhGObIOytFaKFruMHDV7NEzH72DK_TrGFZ5gHOlY7gLPlA6b0XUtEwGZ1b1c7vDU09r_t_L9uJZwpoo/s1600-h/4261884977_8222fcfe90_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtBpopfwbSHgfj6_Fs8VV2XAnt7sDgdeScwzcqVKKREv-AeX4tgO9UukpVOMo2PhGObIOytFaKFruMHDV7NEzH72DK_TrGFZ5gHOlY7gLPlA6b0XUtEwGZ1b1c7vDU09r_t_L9uJZwpoo/s800/4261884977_8222fcfe90_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426146744538532610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">All of the Pachecos under one roof , but too many to fit in one picture</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWoDO0jHsMWdLN-lPjSx0CXL61kTcO8dDXRQ52-vMrLmAEuwVt4e7SVP-OFohpKPMoYT87SLo6_-50-4dxALdZRaKmcVQMmlHEUioOWpvAuXTsWHO7AMYQiR4o4ta0pxPrtFkRqkOEVBC/s1600-h/4261886901_1f1e3692eb_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWoDO0jHsMWdLN-lPjSx0CXL61kTcO8dDXRQ52-vMrLmAEuwVt4e7SVP-OFohpKPMoYT87SLo6_-50-4dxALdZRaKmcVQMmlHEUioOWpvAuXTsWHO7AMYQiR4o4ta0pxPrtFkRqkOEVBC/s800/4261886901_1f1e3692eb_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426146133000661506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Hanging out by the warm fire place</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BxGy2smTBpZLK5j-KgpO08bk00rWn-K8VG7ct4DPbdqXbl0b30VAKCy0shUeuCfzwlDodfeDevM3156TkefqfW5WyXmWci0kBNdwcbcgKapOSmBFBpzPSm6Vqw98sFSPnFAg5FR_QSaU/s1600-h/4261915239_4713167ebc_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BxGy2smTBpZLK5j-KgpO08bk00rWn-K8VG7ct4DPbdqXbl0b30VAKCy0shUeuCfzwlDodfeDevM3156TkefqfW5WyXmWci0kBNdwcbcgKapOSmBFBpzPSm6Vqw98sFSPnFAg5FR_QSaU/s800/4261915239_4713167ebc_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426152900079505762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Me and my "E" stocking (also the only time you'll see me without makeup)</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyHdqK_jWbj5JqzfhwHo4RIJxJrGzZ1wR3okqU8i_zjhIhnZb8z74BK8tyR6PvG2yUFctNiSg9v0aYhInd97AghCBIClAIcKGpwSz7QGetQ4DfLfdSVHBOoOthZfgHQKM4_tqB6XtIYiF/s1600-h/4261936417_87d1eab778_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyHdqK_jWbj5JqzfhwHo4RIJxJrGzZ1wR3okqU8i_zjhIhnZb8z74BK8tyR6PvG2yUFctNiSg9v0aYhInd97AghCBIClAIcKGpwSz7QGetQ4DfLfdSVHBOoOthZfgHQKM4_tqB6XtIYiF/s800/4261936417_87d1eab778_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426153022572482978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Christmas morning breakfast</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXO5rL8f2lEKdtGSFyJvolIVYIU3MxURzApoPyqhnQzd7Rwk4n8HgVHHS2H9OoOc5UcMZBQ3mpn_J8Yns-Mlu-eIrKcbsz7hjXBT1Df6F2HAMb6Qy9uWNyYmGb9F3MRGmnelfqhQZWo38V/s1600-h/4261939079_6ed44fcfa3_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXO5rL8f2lEKdtGSFyJvolIVYIU3MxURzApoPyqhnQzd7Rwk4n8HgVHHS2H9OoOc5UcMZBQ3mpn_J8Yns-Mlu-eIrKcbsz7hjXBT1Df6F2HAMb6Qy9uWNyYmGb9F3MRGmnelfqhQZWo38V/s800/4261939079_6ed44fcfa3_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426153659563617810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Christmas Day Italian lunch</span></span><br /></div>Em and GChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411775691121436192noreply@blogger.com0