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,...
Dec 12th
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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
Dec 10th
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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
Dec 8th
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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...
Dec 8th
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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
Dec 5th
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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) )
Dec 5th
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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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