What I Love About Italy
La Cucina Italiana
no one EVER asks me if i know how a donkey bites a corn cob
food dogma**
hitchhiking nuns
prosciutto
cobblestone streets
prosciutto
prosciutto
nutella for breakfast...mmmm
FRESH, natural, local produce around every corner
crazy people**
the Mediterranean Sea...aahhh
bread is not from the devil
everyone knows that eating a kilo of mozzarella every day is a healthy habit
ciao bella!
wine! beautiful, lovely wine!
Gucci motorcycle helmets**
pizza is a "light" meal
miles and miles and miles of coastline
plates and plates and plates of fresh seafood
acres and acres and acres of vineyards
€20 leg/bikini waxes
four-hour lunch breaks
my inner hand-talker has at last found acceptance
being mad in Italian
Law and Order in Italian
life in Italian**
(**As much as they are endearing, these things can also be very very irritating--a unique, carefully-crafted Italian talent.)
posted by Tracie P. at 3/28/2006 02:54:00 AM
18 Comments:
Tra I was on your blog and this new one suddenly appeared. A little ranting and all huh! The pictures are good though. Oh to be there!
3/28/2006 7:59 AM
that nutella thing just cracks me up. It's all too addictive as I try not to buy that stuff! And yes very neat photos. Was that a market open later at night? So weird to grasp compared to switzerland if so..
3/28/2006 8:14 AM
thanks mom! i wish you were here too...
expat--that was a lone, corner fruit and veg stand
3/28/2006 8:21 AM
Once again Tracie b. your photos are stunning!
3/28/2006 10:26 AM
Sounds amazing! Can I come live with you??
3/28/2006 1:00 PM
Don't forget those extended "lunches" on the beach. I sure wish that could catch on here!
3/28/2006 1:53 PM
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING A BOOK?
3/28/2006 3:14 PM
NO! 'CUZ IF I THOUGHT ABOUT IT MY BRAIN WOULD EXPLODE AND I WOULD START CRYING AND PROCRASTINATING. just like in college...
hey wait, mom, is that you again?
3/28/2006 3:23 PM
Tracie b. - The fotos and the words touch deeply. Only one who has lived there can understand what I am talking about.
Hot milk and coffee with some Mulino Bianco biscotti, hot bread, butter and marmellata, prosciutto cotto/crudo, fresh vegetables, formaggio and yes wine!
Not all is perfect or even acceptable but life must be lived and I think you expressed some of that.
"John Wayne riding off into the sunset in a Maserati."
3/28/2006 5:11 PM
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3/28/2006 11:07 PM
Why I hate where I'm at.
* this hitchhiking dude trying to get to work at the next town, hardly ever gets picked up since he looks like shit, but keeps trying at the same spot for hours when it's just a half hour walk. IDIOT!
* when prosciuttos fall on my head from office windows.
* crazy dumbass people who try to fight you because they thought you was making fun of their belly when you say "ciao bella!"
* miles and miles and miles of crap in the streets.
* $6 for a glass of beer, which includes a 50 cent deposit!
Believe me, none of this is endearing!
3/28/2006 11:22 PM
I've got a job for you Tracie. . . write a book. . . publish your stuff. . . it is great. . . then you can still have your 4 hour lunches. . .nutella. . . and can travel more promoting. . .
3/29/2006 12:09 AM
I notice so much of this is to do with food!!! Fantastic.
But I don't understand the reference to donkeys and corn cobs???
Wonderful photos - sounds fantastic. I've never been to Italy, wd. love to.
3/29/2006 1:34 AM
And this Traie is what they call "La Dolce Vita". I can't imagine living anywhere else!
Cyn
3/29/2006 3:03 AM
personally i dont know how you guys do it, living here without working. i mean yeah, taking a break from work for awhile can be good, but otherwise i get so bored! i have to have something to do. One summer i had two months with nothing to do - no classes and no job. I was going crazy!
3/29/2006 4:06 AM
La cucina italiana (NAPOLETANA) is very, very good! Months after visiting Naples my husband and I still talk about it.
3/29/2006 8:43 AM
I've only been to Rome (for a week) but I bet I could get really addicted to Italy for all your same reasons. And I really love Nutella :)
3/29/2006 5:20 PM
I knew that "being mad in italian" would be on the list, but, as you know, whenever you are "in italian" I think you are mad! Stop fighting already...
3/30/2006 11:43 AM
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