Month: July 2003

  • Arrivederci, Florence… Hello, Rome!The Snook and I now find ourselves in the Eternal City. Unfortunately I haven’t seen any of the quintessential Rome movies (Roman Holiday, La Dolce Vita), so I’ve been reduced to saying things like “Hey, that’s where the Griswolds got their video camera stolen!” every five minutes. But my cultural ignorance aside,…

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  • The unforeseen perils of backpacking in Europe…Me: Hey, Snook, can you grab me one of those towels in the bathroom? I wanna take it along on our day trip in case we get sweaty.Him: Which ones?Me: You know… The little hand towels hanging above the bidet.Him: You mean the ass towels??Me: Ass towels? No, I…

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  • Milan, Cinque Terra, Florence…All in the space of 72 hours. Milan was actually pretty nice and the Snook and I had a great time climbing up on the roof of their huge cathedral. We had been worried about our hotel, which was disturbingly cheap for the area and season. We solved the mystery in the…

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  • If any of you are still pondering Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, my Book Group discussion is still going on.

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  • 48 hours in Venice and I’ve… had gelato (yummy Italian ice cream) twice realized that cities without cars are really, really nice seen the famous glassblowers of Murano travelled all over the city via “vaporetti” (canal ferries) dipped my toes in the Mediterranean at the beach on the Lido applauded the string quartets playing in…

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  • HoIy crap. This post is being made on a Sony E ricsson mobile phone. How cool is that? I do miss London technology…

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  • Ummm… My Carpenters Album Bag has been linked on The Karen Carpenter Remembrance Page. I was kinda worried when I saw the backlink that they’d be upset that I was taking the piss out of her, and it’d wind up being like the Ashley and Mary-Kate thing all over again. But they seem cool with…

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  • Happy birthday to my sister Amy, who turns 24 today. Woo! Hopefully her new boyfriend will take her out on the town.

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  • One hundred and eighty degrees.Interestingly, that figure does not refer to temperature (even though it felt like it for a while there in Boston). Rather, the Snook and I have now traversed one hundred and eighty degrees of the globe. Kinda mind-blowing, huh? We took off from Boston Wednesday night (after spending our last day…

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  • Congratulations to Kristen on her wedding. The Snook and I have been thinking of you and Mark and we hope your big day was as special as you planned. And hey, maybe we’ll run into you in Italy! 🙂

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