I have lived my apartment for nine months and I learned something new this week- I have a dishwasher. An actual machine, that cleans dishes automatically, right in my kitchen. It has been here the entire time, and I’m not even the one that found it a few days ago. Just to remind you, my […]
Author Archives: Natalie
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Jun
Jun
Today, 4,000 miles away from Rome, is the final sendoff for an amazing man. A man I love very much. A man who made his passion his life. Yesterday, we went to St. Peter’s Basilica in his honor. At 5:30, the wait to get inside is only about 5 minutes. The evening light makes for […]
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Jun
Jun
It is officially summer in Rome. That means outdoor dining, gelato every day and river bars: For 6 Euro, you can get yourself a plastic cup of beer and take a seat for some serious people watching. The bars set up near Trastevere, on both sides of the Tiber River. They extend a ways down […]
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Jun
Jun
Data came out today showing that the 2010-2011 harvest put Italy ahead of France as the world’s largest wine producer. I wish that I had a bike so I could celebrate by buying this sweet bicycle wine rack. But I don’t have a death wish, and thus have very little interest in attempting to cycle […]
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Apr
Apr
Brightly colored cellophane has been taunting me. Italian Easter eggs are large, in charge and unavoidable. Walking down the street, riding the bus, on the metro: it seems like everyone has huge Easter eggs peeking out of their bags. Giant, chocolate, eggs. The phenomenon seems on par with the panettone craze that struck everyone at […]
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Apr
Apr
When I first visited Rome for 3 days in 2004, I had no idea the city would become my home away from home. Today, Rome turns 2764 years young! Rome and I happen to share birthday weeks, and the old girl’s incredible age makes my transition from twenty-something to older-twenty-something feel slightly less traumatic. Auguri […]
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Apr
Apr
When it was finally time to get on a plane to Rome, I agonized over what to pack in my two suitcases. How could I pick just two bags worth of belongings for one year? I eventually managed, even though my poor mother was forced to cart home many pairs of shoes and bottles of […]
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Apr
Apr
The good thing about Mondays is that they are no longer Sundays. That means the market, which is always closed on Sunday (the one day a week I seem to want to go), is back open. In an under-caffeinated beginning of the week haze, I almost went to the supermercato. I snapped out of it […]