2021-12-24 22:00
Ciao Readers! So, seeing that my last post was from this same time last year (or are we just trapped in some type of Matrix?), I think I have broken my own record for the longest I haven&rsq&hell…Read More
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2020-12-20 15:15
Ciao Readers and Happy Holidays! I thought I’d ring out the old year and welcome the new with the wonders of the Denver Botanic Garden’s Blossom of Lights (with the help of a gor… Read More
2020-12-06 23:03
Ciao Readers! I hope this blog post finds you well. Today I shift from philosophizing to sharing pretty pictures! Two of the places I’ve felt comfortable going these last many mo… Read More
2020-11-29 19:12
Ciao Readers! Boy, it’s feast or famine with me and blogging…. For those of you who don’t know me personally, I recently became a federal court of appeals mediator –… Read More
2020-11-28 04:34
Ciao Readers! I hope this blog finds you and yours doing as well as can be expected. It has been quite some time since I blogged…I suppose like many of us I have just been at a loss f… Read More
2020-05-24 04:22
Ciao Readers! How are you doing? Strange times, no doubt. I am doing fairly well as long as I stick to my morning runs, evening walks and chillaxing at home. I know why we… Read More
2020-04-21 17:28
Ciao Dear Readers! Since my last post I have been wanting to blog again, but I haven’t come up with anything original or better than all of the great uplifting and insightful pandemic… Read More
2020-03-25 21:48
Ciao Readers! I am happy to have this forum to reach out to you, wherever you are, say “hello” and offer my warm thoughts for you and yours.
So, I knew I wanted to say some… Read More
2020-03-15 19:46
Ciao readers!
So, I was going to blog about how amazing Italians are in the face of adversity – they’ve been having terrace “flash mobs” during this lock-down and I h… Read More
2020-01-15 22:44
Ciao Readers!
So, if you’re anything like me, you get back from a nice vacation with the “real world” already knocking on your door – whether in the form of a nasty c… Read More
2020-01-09 20:07
Ciao Readers!
We are back state-side and slowly adjusting to the 7 hour time difference after a 24-hour commute home (I love travel… traveling, not so much). I hope your new year has… Read More
2020-01-01 16:05
Olá Readers! Happy 2020!
So far it’s been an interesting start to the new year here in Lisbon – last night we partook in what has to be the most mellow midnight ce… Read More
2019-12-30 12:55
Olá Readers! Happy (almost) New Year!!! I have many thoughts and insights (and food) to blog about, but for today I thought I’d just share some photos. Portugal is known for its… Read More
2019-12-28 23:56
Olá Readers! Boas festas! I am blogging to you as I come down off my runner’s high, having just run the El Corte Inglés São Silvestre de Lisboa. I really don&rsquo&hell…Read More
2019-12-21 21:22
Ciao Readers! And happy and healthy holidays to you and yours! Before we head off to Portugal to eat as much seafood as deprived desert-dwellers can (and I run the Lisbon holiday 10k … Read More
2019-12-02 03:41
Ciao Readers! Happy Almost-Back-From-Turkey-Day! So, today we venture to the Albuquerque Museum for the Jim Henson Exhibition, which just got underway this past week. While our m… Read More
2019-11-28 18:14
Happy Thanksgiving Readers!!!!! I hope you are all safe and warm! We are snowed in, which is perfect since we weren’t going anywhere and we cooked everything yesterday. Pre… Read More
2019-07-12 04:08
Ciao Readers! Two blog posts in one week – I know! And both with us dudded up in black-and-white* to go to some fancy schmancy shindig! Tonight we had the unique privilege of getting t… Read More
2019-07-08 19:15
Ciao Readers! Happy back-from-the-long-weekend!!! Boy, it has been a while, huh? I’ve missed you (almost as much as I’ve missed doing things I thought were “blo… Read More
2019-01-31 19:31
Ciao Readers! Happy belated New Year to you and Birthday to me! So, I think I am making reposting this – my most “liked” post ever – a yearly tradition. Enjoy!… Read More
2018-11-15 19:49
Ciao Readers! I just wouldn’t be me without at least one philosophical blog post from this trip… So, the title of this post are lyrics from the song “Non E’ &l&hell…Read More
2018-11-10 19:37
Ciao Readers! So, before I even left home, I had planned a blog post with this title. I had imagined it as an allegory for how much things and people change – especially me. &nbs&hell…Read More
2018-10-11 18:41
Hello Readers! So, these have been somewhat heavy times for me and maybe for many of us. However, this is not that kind of blog (if you’re interested in the heavier stuff, follow… Read More
2018-10-02 04:10
2018-02-07 19:45
Ciao Readers! As I promised, this blog post is about the cutest of all creatures – LIVE pandas. Why the stress on the “aliveness” you may ask…let me explain&he&hell…Read More
2017-11-29 18:37
Ciao Readers! Happy Festivus! So, while I have one more Italy blog in me (“Siena’s 500+ year-old Palio: violent horse race or community therapy?”), it’s going to take… Read More
2017-11-20 20:07
Ciao Readers! Happy Thanksgiving Week! It’s already the end of my trip and I’m still trying to process the past week. In the past I’ve noted that travel blogs are best kept… Read More
2017-11-13 18:40
Ciao Readers! Happy Monday! Today (Sunday) I got to do something amazing that I had no idea I was going to do – I went on a real truffle hunt! So, to back up for a bit, when we lived i… Read More
2017-11-11 16:26
Ciao Readers! Well, here I am in lovely Siena Italy (after a “short” journey involving 2 cars, 2 planes and 3 trains)! I got in yesterday afternoon and did all I could to s… Read More
2017-11-07 01:55
Ciao Readers! Happy (not) Daylight Savings! If you’re thinking it’s been a while since I’ve posted, you are correct. AND, if you’re thinking I am posting… Read More
2017-04-29 14:46
Ciao Readers! Sorry about that last post – not sure why that happened as I was updating our Neighborhood Association website. Anyway, if you happen to live here, the clean-up is… Read More
2017-04-21 15:22
Originally posted on New Mexico to Italy: It’s just a fact. Italians wear scarves. If you want to try and pass as an Italian, wear a scarf (and don’t wear white runni… Read More
2017-04-17 08:53
Ciao Readers! Happy Monday! So, here we are at the end of my trip to Lucca (boo hoo)…. I still have so many nifty photos I haven’t posted as well as some random stor… Read More
2017-04-13 18:55
Ciao Readers! Today we finish our foodie tour of Lucca (sigh). So far we’ve covered shopping and cooking – today we simply indulge in EATING (and drinking wine – afte… Read More
2017-04-10 20:50
Ciao Readers! And Happy Passover and Easter! So, today we’re going to cook in Italy – specifically my language classmate, Terri, and I are cooking with Chef Giuseppe from … Read More
2017-04-06 17:30
Ciao Readers! Did you think I forgot you? Never. I just got busy with language school, leisurely meals…and a cooking class before I left Lucca (and now I am busy with thing… Read More
2017-03-29 20:01
Ciao Readers! So, when we lived in Florence (the more times I write that the less real it seems) we took a day trip to a little town called Castiglioncello to see the ocean, which I fol… Read More
2017-03-27 19:51
Ciao Readers! And happy Monday after Spring Break! We have finally made it to Italy…. The title of this post reflects both its focus, as well as the book from which I got most of… Read More
2017-03-26 14:50
Ciao Readers! So, as I sit here in Lucca Italy on a rainy Sunday and try and think deep thoughts (time to think = large part of my motivation for this trip), I’ve decided a light-heart… Read More
2017-03-24 20:17
Ciao Readers! I am already in Lucca Italy, so slower strolling on my mind and agenda, but I couldn’t let the NYC half marathon come and go without a post! Honestly, I’ve be… Read More
2017-03-22 16:38
Ciao Readers! So, those of you who know me know I don’t (didn’t) buy into the whole social media hoopla…. Well, long story short, I decided I can’t accomplish everyt… Read More
2017-03-10 02:15
Ciao Readers! It’s been awhile! So, the title of this post is a play on the title of my blog, and a preview of some hopefully exciting blogs to come. I am off to New York n… Read More
2016-02-15 17:45
Ciao Readers! Today I introduce my latest artist obsession – Hieronymus Bosch. Now, I admittedly know very little about Bosch (apparently no one does)*, but what I’ve seen of his… Read More
2016-02-09 16:22
Ciao Readers! So, today I go off on a tangent (i.e. mini-rant); one of my only posts not about travel or food. I figure, I have this grand public forum, why not totally abuse it? If yo… Read More
2016-02-05 16:00
Ciao Readers! And HAPPY FRIDAY! Today I wax poetic about the most humble of foods, but one that if done correctly can be elevated to soaring heights of yumminess….the simpl… Read More
2016-02-02 16:00
Ciao Readers! Today we go back to one of my favorite topics – the art of Van Gogh, with some yummy food thrown in for good measure. Despite catching colds and being rained on for sever… Read More
2016-01-29 16:00
Bonjour Readers! And Happy Birthday to me!!! Today I feel compelled to put the book-end on my “Paris, afterward….before” post. As you recall, at that point (la… Read More
2016-01-25 16:59
Ciao Readers! And Happy Birthday week to me (and Brian, and Joseph)! Lest you think that my travel tales suffer from rose-colored-glasses syndrome, today’s post will only be part… Read More
2016-01-20 17:00
Bonjour Readers! And Happy Birthday Selma! Today we hit another of the highlights from our recent trip – Rouen, France. If you’re anything like me, before we decided… Read More
2016-01-15 22:31
Ciao Readers (or for this post “Hallo”)! Happy 2016! I hope this post finds you and yours well and keeping warm this new year. As you may recall, we were headed out… Read More
2015-11-28 17:35
Ciao Readers! Happy Belated Turkey Day! Yes, it has been quite a while. Recently a friend and fellow blogger commented that I must not be blogging because I am busy at work… Read More
2015-07-19 00:59
Ciao Readers! Or, more appropriately – “Aloha!” Today I am taking you on a trip to Hawaii – Maui, to be precise. Have I mentioned that I LOVE Hawaii?!?!?… Read More
2015-07-10 22:30
Ciao Readers! Our niece from England recently visited, and here is her “guest blog” – enjoy!Filed under: Uncategorized Read More
2015-06-01 16:43
Originally posted on New Mexico to Italy: Ciao Readers! Okay, my mouth is watering just reminiscing about this festival and I am still smiling thinking about the fabulous little town it was… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Ciao Readers! So, I am trying to write this on an iPad as I am out of town and I can’t actually see what I’ve typed (weird)… So I will make this short…. My fr… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Hola Readers! It’s been quite a while! As you know, we’re back here in the Land of Enchantment…and one of the most enchanting things about New Mexico (and Albuquerqu… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Ciao Readers! Well it has been quite some time! I didn’t think I could leave Florence without one “farewell” post to say goodbye to all of things we have enjoyed abou… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Ciao Readers! Well, as at least one of you predicted, experiences continue to happen that warrant (scream out) to be blogged about. Today was just such an adventure. Lest you wor… Read More
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