Podere Spedalone Day 4 started with a drive out to a farmhouse, Podere Spedalone on the outskirts of Pienza. Giancarlo, the proprietor, was quite charming and he immediately made us feel welcome at his place. In the backyard where drinks and appetizers were served, we met Maggie the Magpie, an injured bird nursed back to health at the farm. …
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Italy 2010 Day 3
Pisa A trip to Pisa of course meant we had to take six million photos of the leaning tower. If I had a euro for every time I saw someone doing the hand on the tower pose, our airfare would have been paid for. This was also the beginning of the ever repeating theme of …
Italy 2010 Day 2
Day 2 started out with breakfast made by Jimi. A simple egg & potato dish and a fruit platter… well he made it look simple. Pienza For our first day trip, we drove the clan to Pienza. This was our first exposure to the small meat and cheese shops we quickly fell in love with. …
Italy 2010 Day 1
Podere Monti After the stress and chaos of waiting for everyone to arrive, renting 2 huge diesel vans, ramming everyone’s luggage into said vans and driving for 3 hours, we finally arrived at our temporary home, a villa in the small town of Montepulciano. Podere Monti is a 7-room bed & breakfast and we managed …
G12
Just pre-ordered it. I’ll be getting rid of the G11 soon.
Sunday
Today we dropped off Judy at her Burd Boarding facility as we will be on vacation soon. We then drove to San Jose to have dinner with the Nakamatsu’s. I tortured Kathy’s kat with my camera.
Norah Jones
Tonight we had the privilege of watching Norah Jones at the Greek Theater in Berkeley. This was the first time we’ve been to the Greek, damn is my butt hurting…wait I meant it was because of the concrete seating. Probably the most uncomfortable venue I’ve ever been to. We got there early and had enough …
10 years later…
Today we celebrated 10 years together. A decade of love & affection (Def Leppard ref). 6:15 rezzies at Pappo in Alameda.
Mosquito
Almost in the place as the spider from 7/16. Sorry I do love shooting bugs.
Meatless Monday II
According to Google Dictionary, meat is defined as: The flesh of an animal (esp. a mammal) as food rabbit meat meat sandwiches assorted meats The flesh of a person’s body this’ll put meat on your bones! The edible part of fruits or nuts The essence or chief part of something he did the meat of …