And so thirty days have passed and tomorrow we will wake up to December. Congratulations to all your bloggers who persevered and posted everyday this month. Last year at this time my blog was only about six weeks old and I was amazed and exhausted by blogging every day in November. This year it was [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Saying Good Bye To November…
Posted in friends on November 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
More-Where I Want To Be
Posted in Arezzo, Italy, travel on November 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yes, I would be happy to be walking past these bikes with my prosciutto and arugola piadina up the stairs to my apartment. I would like to pass by the older men who stand outside each day discussing the day’s events and smile back to the one who was always smartly dressed with his brightly [...]
Looking Back At Thanksgiving
Posted in California, cooking, food, friends on November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While working in the kitchen yesterday preparing the big meal, I started thinking about Thanksgivings past. The first year that I was married, at the last minute J. suggested that I get a flight and go be with my family. Living so far away from them I rarely get to spend holidays with them. I [...]
Let Us Give Thanks
Posted in cooking, food, friends on November 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
May we offer up thanks for the abundance and happiness that we have in our lives and have faith that a bright future will be ahead for all of us. I have much to be thankful for, including the fact that I was able to spend six wonderful weeks in Italy this year.
On a culinary [...]
Come Dine With Us
Posted in cooking, food, friends on November 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
All over America women (and men too) are getting things ready for the biggest meal of the year-Thanksgiving dinner. Of course there are other holidays where the food served is an integral part of the day, but none more so than Thanksgiving. It is the one holiday that just about everyone here in the US [...]
A Touch Of Color
Posted in Italy, travel on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Although November is one of the shorter months of the year, if you’ve been participating in NaBloPoMo, where you post on your blog everyday of the month, November can seem like one very long month! Now I didn’t “officially” sign up, but I decided that I would do it and once I make up my [...]
La Basilica Di San Marco
Posted in Italy, travel on November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If my memory serves me right this photo was taken on the very first day (ever) in Italy. Venice was our first stop and I was already in love. We had two weeks to discover what we could of the country and so of course we tried to do as much as possible. I suppose [...]
Parmesan Black Pepper Biscotti
Posted in cooking, food, recipe on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just about this time last year I was finishing up what turned out to be one really tough semester studying Italian. The teacher was from Rome and there was no way that she was going to baby us or let us getting away with speaking anything but Italian. By the end of the year, the [...]
Tiramisu Affogato
Posted in cooking, food, recipe on November 22, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This simple dessert was worth posting the recipe. Once again I must give credit to all you wonderful food bloggers with your fabulous photos. I just can’t seem to serve up portions and then stop to take photos while my guests are waiting to eat! I fully intended to photograph this dessert, but let me [...]
Let’s Meet For Dinner
Posted in cooking, food, friends on November 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When I first moved to San Diego in an effort to help me make new friends, my good friend A. (who along with her husband, were the only people I knew here) hooked me up with a friend of hers who was part of a small cooking group. They were looking for someone to replace [...]
