Last observations. *Buying delicious Italian wine, grown in the region, not for export, leaving you with nary a headache in the morning, and costing less than 4 euros a bottle, is beyond wonderful. *Preparing your own feast, with local products,...
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Linda’s wrong about the Capri and God thing, Umbria is where he/she summers. *Ciliege (cherries) picked and eaten directly from the tree is almost a religious experience. Should I make this an R rated blog…hmmm, maybe not. *I actually am...
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*Another point for the acrophobic team. There is a funicular that takes people from the Ferry to the top of the Isle of Capri. It runs on a track, not the swinging in the wind, oh my god I am...
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*If you have curly hair any type of gel is a no no. It works like a moisture magnet rendering you a sorry imitation of a poodle also having a bad hair day. *Americans wear bikinis and one piece bathing...
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Si, sono in Italia, adesso. Yes, I am in Italy, now. *If you think, know, or are convinced, you are an acrophobic and haven’t been to/driven up/down the Amalfi Coast because you were told that without being tethered to a...
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The latest escapade of a friend of mine who does the "on line" dating thing, reminded me of a most delicious story that I read years and years ago. This particular story is excerpted from a wonderful book entitled "Don...
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Observed a major, major, huge, oops recently. While wandering around my neighborhood grocery store, I saw a grandfatherly type ushering about a chubby cheeked, curly headed tot, perhaps two, maybe a tad younger. I watched as a late middle aged woman...
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There is an independent health product tester; watchdog; alerter to fraudulent advertising; whatever, out there called the ConsumerLab. According to AARP (now how did that get into my mailbox?) I read this article What's really in your vitamins? Horrors! They...
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My British friend Liz (how International am I?) commenting on my post, School Redeux, said "Equally as perplexing is to pull a book off a shelf and look at the underlining that you did 30 or more years ago. Why...
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The essay in the Atlantic magazine was "What Makes Us Happy?" a fairly provocative title, I thought, so I read on. After all, aren't we all searching to find "happy." This essay, written by Joshua Wolf Shenk, reported the results...
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I know the restorative value in being able to mediate. Not first hand, however. Assuming you nodded in agreement, not about the restorative part, but the not experiencing it part, do you feel as I do, inadequate? I’ve listened to...
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Must it be true? I think that up there with the Disciples, what these two utter is as good as the Gospel.Okay, except for Oprah's snafu with James Frey's book "A Million Little Pieces." But, I understand, they kissed and...
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Have you considered flying Ryanair? Have you heard of Ryanair? No? Well, if one of their proposed new plans for their passengers takes effect, you might become very aware of who they are. More to the point, if...
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This article, finding new energy by detouring from the fast track, caused me a wee bit of angst. I mean, fast track??? Not so sure about that descriptor, and if it applies to most of us mere mortals, but...
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While I was sitting on the train the other day, I saw a young woman furiously underlining, with her yellow neon marker, the text of her book. Now, I don't know about you, but this act has always rendered me paralyzed. ...
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Are you picturing a group of individuals, gathered at a cocktail party, making small talk, handing out their business cards, connecting? You’d be wrong. Well, half wrong. These folk would be connecting, but they wouldn’t be handing out business cards....
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When Bill Clinton had his, ahem, dalliance Woody Allen made a terrific observation. It was something along the lines of "if this was Italy, they wouldn't be prosecuting him, they'd be building him a monument. I'm certain the direct quote...
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If you've been to India and had the chance to gaze, no doubt in awe, at the site of the Taj Mahal (or perhaps you saw Slumdog Millionaire, which really shouldn't count in the gazing upon category) then you would...
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And, if you want to help me remember, don't offer me anything to eat. Lithe, and whippet sharp. Nice combo don't you think? But who, in the throws of forgetting just about everything, mostly nouns it seems, wouldn't want to...
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Here's a not so deep, but nonetheless, dark secret. If I am trolling the channels, I will almost always stop on one of the CSI programs, settle in, hunker down and spend the next hour happily involved in the who, how...
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