December 2010
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Mercato di Natale at Piazza Santa Croce
Starting in late November / early December, Christmas markets start popping up everywhere in Europe… this is a tradition that needs to be brought to the United States… now…
cookies from Bretagne
huge German pretzels
all kinds of pretzels! poppy seed, apple, chocolate, glazed, cinnamon, yum
freshly made funnel-shaped bread with various coatings - nuts, cinnamon,...
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Acqua all'Due
12/3
Shannon and I went to Acqua all’Due
We started off with the 5-pasta sampler. That’s right. 5.
broccoli-cream sauce; pesto; gnocchi in blue-cheese sauce (this was my favorite since i’m not a huge pasta fan); didn’t take pictures of the last 2 - both were in a marinara sauce… one was a ragu
shannon’s green salad
then a salad sampler…...
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Living Hong Kong Vicariously Through iPhone
all photos from my Dad
standard HK breakfast - macaroni soup, egg sandwich, milk tea
my cute little cousins sheryl & steffi
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Rivoire, Firenze
cioccolato caldo - the richest thickest hot chocolate you will ever drink. you have to drink it with a spoon because it is too thick to sip. my kind of hot chocolate.
hazelnut truffle + marron glace (candied chestnut) mom + me + waiter, haha
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Bistrot de Venise
mom’s amuse-bouche: liver pate with jam + crostini
vegetarian amuse-bouche: various cheeses with jam
Amberjack fish fillet stuffed with shellfish; artichoke hearts (so tender and good) and orsino garlic cream
Bistrot de Venise signature whole-wheat spaghetti with seafood (lots of weird creatures we had never seen/tasted before)
Best-tasting octopus I’ve ever had (not rubbery...
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Crepes
Sunday morning it was raining and cold
so we grabbed crepes, the biggest crepes I’ve ever seen
so fresh and hot; they were extra steamy because the air was so frigid
mine was goat brie, tomatoes, mushrooms, and onions
the cheese was all melty and gooey and good
i was trying to savor it slowly but knew i had to eat it fast if i wanted the skin to stay hot and crispy
best crepe I...
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The Reason Why...
…I am on a tumblr rampage is because I just got sick and have quarantined myself indoors which means I now have a lot of free time on my hands… will post more later when my host family isn’t trying to drop subtle hints that i should get out off the internet so that they can continue illegally downloading movies to be watched on their 5 TV screens
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art
thursday morning still life
project
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cannot resist
roasted chestnuts are my fave
drains my money though; 3 euro for that measly little bag that i finish in 5 minutes tops
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the reason why there's so much dog poop on...
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Florence Visitors
gabby & trish
carrie
amanda fawn witzer
so fun
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My favorite exhibit at the Louvre
(how clever and amazing is Courbet’s Origin of the World (on the left) )
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Paris: the First Dinner
at Le Grenier de Notre-Dame, a vegetarian restaurant
(I drag all of my best friends to vegetarian restaurants with me)
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