Pretty [Fast] in Pink
For the third time in the 96-year history of the Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy) bicycle race, my adopted hometown of Vicenza was selected by race organizers to serve as a città di… Read More
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The Great Escape + 10 = No Place like Home
Sorry for going “Hollywood” with this post, but Cheri of WordPress made me do it. As soon as she dropped the gauntlet down on the Weekly Photo Challenge: ESCAPE, all I could think… Read More
What’s Burning: Pollo in Salsa di Pepe Verde
As the “wooden spoon that stirs the recipe,” I’ve gotta say my short-order cookin’ alter ego, Lazy Person (LP), really concocted quite a tasty dish this time around. Like in the animated movie… Read More
The Most Beautiful Race in the World
Headlamps reflecting off ancient cobblestone streets, they rolled in two-by-two. Navigating their classic sports cars — engines and chassis defying Father Time — 415 pairs of drivers and their numbered craft paraded into… Read More
Patterned after Venice
Sara of WordPress‘ Weekly Photo Challenge wants us to channel our inner Sherlock Holmes or Doc Watson this week and go in search of PATTERNS. I could provide a series of chalk lines… Read More
Leave the Gun, take the Pizza
It’s no secret, I LOVE PIZZA. I really could enjoy it every day of the week for the entire calendar year. Trouble is, I live here in Italy where there are so many… Read More
Staring Tiger down in the Produce Section of My Corner Grocery Store
Like him or hate him, golf pro Tiger Woods is a winner. He proved it again on Sunday — Mother’s Day — when he held off the competition and won The Players Championship… Read More
What’s Burning: Tagliatelle with Black Summer Truffles
My short-order cook alter ego, Lazy Person (LP), returned home from shopping with a rare find inside the grocery tote: a box of tagliatelle pasta made with semolina whole wheat flour and egg.… Read More
Throw Mamma from the Tower!
Mother’s Day 2013. It’s the one day out of the year for the family matriarch with kids — from babies to grownups — to be treated like royalty by her offspring. Breakfast in… Read More
What’s Your Folksy DNA?
Queen Mary I of England struck fear in the hearts of her subjects as Bloody Mary. United States president Abraham Lincoln was humbly known as Honest Abe. Elvis, before and after he left… Read More
