Posted in Holidays on Mar 8th, 2008 6 Comments »
Although I believe we should be celebrated and spoiled everyday of the year, it’s nice to have a day carved out just for us. Hope you have a fantastic Festa della Donna! I won’t go into detail about the origins of the day because Tui at Mental Mosaic and Michelle at Bleeding Espresso said it [...]
Posted in Holidays, Jessica on Feb 14th, 2008 9 Comments »
Well Happy Valentine’s Day readers! I wish you all a glorious day filled with chocolates, conversation hearts and love!
I never would have guessed I would be enjoying a Valentine’s Day with someone that so throughly completes me (that’s you D). Our love is non judgmental, fun, filled with laughter and based on friendship. I am [...]
Posted in Holidays, Jessica on Dec 14th, 2007 8 Comments »
Today is National Bouillabaisse Day! The one and only day to celebrate the fish stew, Bouillabaisse, that is popular all throughout the Mediterranean.
Also happening today:
in 1503 Nostradamus was born
in 1799 George Washington died
in 1955 Italy joined the United Nations
in 1972 the last of the Apollo missions returned to Earth
in 1983 yours truly was born [...]
Posted in Holidays, Jessica on Dec 11th, 2007 14 Comments »
One year ago today, I landed in Rome to take some chances. The biggest chance I took was moving on the other side of the world to see if D and I could start a life together. The second chance consisted of taking everything I knew and flipping it inside out. Starting from scratch in [...]
Posted in American Stuff, Holidays, Jessica on Nov 22nd, 2007 8 Comments »
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Posted in Holidays, Jessica on Aug 25th, 2007 5 Comments »
I was thinking about the fact that I have always lived somewhere where there was a huge natural disaster potential: in the shadow of a volcanoes Mount St. Helens and the dormant giant Mt. Rainer, on a earthquake fault, near forest fire areas or by a flood prone river. I was having dinner in a [...]
Posted in Holidays on Jul 13th, 2007 8 Comments »
Ahh good old Friday the 13th. A day that my older brother of 5 years used as a way to scare me into tears. It all started with Nightmare on Elm Street and a unhealthy belief in Freddy Krueger for just a bit too long.
But what about here in Italy? Sadly, there will be no [...]
Posted in American Stuff, Holidays on Jul 4th, 2007 5 Comments »
Hope we can all celebrate no matter where we are in the world. Fire up your BBQ’s and shovel in the hamburgers and hotdogs!
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