Jeri and I were away for a week and a half, visiting Daughter Number Three in Italy. The place is beautiful, it’s early spring over there, and the art and architecture are fantastic. But it’s good to be home: To our humble abode on Maple Ave: And to the harbor at Islesford. That’s the Mailboat leaving [...]
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Good to be home
Posted in Humor, Italy, Local on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
OK, one more time: Mangiamo!
Posted in Humor, Italy, Music on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In case you missed it last time, or even if you didn’t: The dinner scene from the movie Big Night. Great music, great visuals, great humor and the best food you’ll ever…see. . .
Kiss me, I’m Italian…
Posted in Italy, Religion on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Well, half-Italian at least. Buon giorno from…Ireland? No, Italy. I think they have Saint Patrick’s Day over here. By the time this posts, Jeri and I should have landed in Firenze (Florence) and we plan to stay here for three nights before taking a bus to Siena to visit Heather for a week. She’s been here since January because [...]
Italian field trip
Posted in Humor, Italy, Local on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
. Heather went to Pisa over the weekend and tried to help: . And while she was there she went to church: .
An Italian Party
Posted in Humor, Italy, Music, Visual art on January 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We didn’t really throw a going-away party for Heather before she left, but we did manage to pop a bottle of champagne (and yes, put the date on the ceiling next to the dent) and watch Big Night, one of our new favorite movies (1996, rated R—but not for nudity, as there is none. They [...]
Semester abroad
Posted in Italy, Literature, Local, Poetry, Religion, Visual art on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s official. After a paperwork mixup, Daughter Number Three finally made it to Italy, the first of our family since her great-grandparents emigrated from there a hundred years ago. We hadn’t heard from her since Tuesday after she cleared airport security in Boston. But, unless she had been wandering around the airport like Tom Hanks in [...]
