With a New Year’s resolution to make the most of our time in Italy, a few friends and I hatched a plan to get out of Rome for the weekend. One of my colleagues is from the southwest corner of Tuscany, so that seemed like a good place to start. We picked up our rental car […]
Author Archives: Natalie
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Jan
Jan
Are you like me? Do you want to be your own boss? Make your own hours? And earn $6,000 – $10,000 a month working from home? Then let me tell you about an exciting career in Mobile Marketing! Get in on the bottom floor with this cutting edge technology! Here’s what you need: A car […]
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Dec
Dec
“Alla Romana” can mean to split a bill right down the middle. Example: So you were trying to save cash eating out with friends by ordering the cheapest pasta? Too bad. You’re going to go alla Romana and share the cost of everything evenly. I use alla romana to refer to fashion sense. Specifically, dressing […]
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Dec
Dec
We are gearing up to celebrate to Christmas in Rome, and while we have propped up a sad imitation tree that did not really survive the year well in the attic, many homes around us have set up ‘il presepio’. A presepio (or presepe) is a Christmas manger scene that is set up in a […]
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Dec
Dec
While walking around after a failed attempt to claim a package from the bowels of the Italian postal system, I spotted the ultimate way of spreading Italian holiday cheer. A Natale hybrid: That would be a panettone carved into a presepe and covered in chocolate. And for just 23 euro, this Christmas cake turned crib scene could […]
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Dec
Dec
After 5 weeks in California, I landed in Rome late last night. It was surreal to walk out my door this morning, hang a left, and walk through my neighborhood market. I had indeed missed it, winter weather and all. But perhaps I left the house a little too early and slightly too jetlagged. I […]
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Nov
Nov
This bird cage (which I still have not turned into a hanging planter as envisioned when I insisted we pull it out of the trash). That cat inside the bird cage (who is kind of a jerk but very entertaining). Several chairs just out of camera shot. I also once found a wine rack in […]
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Oct
Oct
Hey girls! Have you been searching for a modern, but gender appropriate way to clean your windows in Rome? Fear no more! Allow me to introduce the Lady 2000 line of cleaning products. Blue for windows, with an accompanying pink laundry detergent. If you need me, I’m just going to be over here shaking my […]