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Linda Mancini … A Forkful of Italy
Linda Mancini … A Forkful of Italy

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4 days ago

MIXED BAG

Lago di Garda is our lake, our favorite. David fell in love there. Not with me, but with Italy in 2004. We stayed in Room 411 … quattrocentoundieci was David’s first word. …

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MIXED BAG
MIXED BAG
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Jan 27

UMBRIA ON MY MIND

After cappuccino and cornetti, we said arrivederci to our hosts in Rome, newlyweds Joyce the American and Claudio the Roman (sorry for the geographic mismatch), and drove north to Orvieto. After our supermarket tourism stop at the Coop, we made our way up the winding hill along increasingly narrow streets…

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UMBRIA ON MY MIND
UMBRIA ON MY MIND
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Jan 13

MEET MY MARITO

It would be a short trip. Our American friend and newlywed Joyce wanted us to meet her marito romano Claudio. They had moved to an apartment in a Rome suburb with a guest room … an offer we couldn’t refuse. As with all trips, once we pick the dates, I…

Rome

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MEET MY MARITO
MEET MY MARITO
Rome

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Jan 6

ALL FOODS, GREAT AND SMALL

1/23 … January 2023. I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I think about personal improvements on MY new year … my birthday.

Cookies

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ALL FOODS, GREAT AND SMALL
ALL FOODS, GREAT AND SMALL
Cookies

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Jun 22, 2022

COMING AROUND AGAIN

Part 2 of 2 We were in L.A. for a few weeks, catching up with friends after the Covid-forced hiatus from travel. And much of everything else … except sourdough starter. This weekend would be spent with my chosen sister Agat. Since she’s French, we had stopped at Trader Joe’s…

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COMING AROUND AGAIN
COMING AROUND AGAIN
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Jun 8, 2022

YOU WENT TO L.A. ON A DARE

Here’s the trip tik tok … 1.45 CET - alarm 3.15 - driver arrives to take us to Florence Airport 4.00 - arrive at airport 4.10 - check in 4.25 - wait for security to open 4.35 - Covid security check 4.40 - baggage security check 4.55 - get to gate 6.15 - boarding 6.40 - wheels up 8.15 …

Cake

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YOU WENT TO L.A. ON A DARE
YOU WENT TO L.A. ON A DARE
Cake

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Apr 20, 2022

ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

Living life through a straw. While a liquid diet leaves lots of choices, one is limited by the diameter of said straw. Even a ”big” one for boba bubble tea requires gruel-like consistency vaguely reminiscent of “please sir, can I have some more?” It all started when I broke my…

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ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
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Apr 6, 2022

THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT

i . am . lying . face . down . on . the . floor . that’s not right my . chin . is . bleeding . I stood up slowly, and saw big red drops on the wood-grain ceramic tiles. that’s not good I walked into the bathroom, got…

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THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
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Mar 2, 2022

CAT SCRATCH FEVER

The bad news was that we had a potentially sick kitty. The good news was that we already had an appointment to take 4, um, victims to get vaccinations … so we’d be killing 2 birds with 1 stone. An appropriate cat metaphor.

Cats

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CAT SCRATCH FEVER
CAT SCRATCH FEVER
Cats

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Feb 16, 2022

WHEN IN ROME

We had rendezvoused with ma petite amie Agat in Rome, and it was her last full day here. For the past three days, we had been showing her the Renaissance and antiquities, guiding her among the non-secular and secular, taking her to eat delicious Roman food. Today we’d wander … …

Rome

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WHEN IN ROME
WHEN IN ROME
Rome

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Linda Mancini … A Forkful of Italy

Linda Mancini … A Forkful of Italy

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