Restaurate Flipper's, 10 year anniversary party!
The great folks at one of our favorite restaurants threw a special birthday party for Tom. OK, it was also their 10th anniversary!here's their fb page...
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these shoes are made for walking - a tale resoled!
A year ago, while in Spain, I posted about a pair of shoes I had taken on the trip. You can read the post HERE you can see how worn the shoes had become. I really love these shoes. They are...
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Hacienda San Jose Pachul
Hacienda San Jose Pachul is a FABULOUS way to treat yourself to incredible food, in an amazingly beautiful location, surrounded by the sounds of birds, frogs, and friends.Richard and Jose have done an...
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on the road again!
We are in the midst of prepping for our trip to Italy. We are both quite excited as we've never been before. The house is a wreck, stuff strewn everywhere. Today the cleaning lady, gardener, and...
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Travelogue - Florence, Italy
So if the Italians call it Firenze, why do we call it Florence??Firenze is beautiful, amazing things to see at every turn. The streets are postcard/camera ready. Window boxes, clothes on the line,...
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Pitti Palace, and Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy
So we went to both the Pitti Palace, and the Boboli Gardens today, Sunday 8 September.So far my favorite places, and what I would call Must See when in Florence.The Pitti Palace is immense, and if the...
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Florence is testing my resolve
July 2012 I gave up buying, cooking, eating, wearing (unless I already owned it) animal. That is, anything with feet. I still eat eggs, and seafood, although I'd like to give up eggs.We are in...
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The Knights are great in Florence
Friends of ours from Mexico, they used to live in Merida and now live in Ajijic are on a cruise that stops at enough ports to make your head spin, AND they offer so many excursions that you couldn't...
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Travelogue - Ponderings in Montalcino, Italy
10am Sunday, 15 September, morning. We just finished breakfast, coffee, yogurt with granola, a few pieces of dried fruit and a croissant.I am sitting on a stone bench admiring the amazing vista set...
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Travelogue - Ravenna, Romagna, Italia
We have/had 3 days in Ravenna. Rick Steves says it merits 4 hours, I have to disagree. Ravenna is an interesting City, with quite a few "tourist" attractions, as well as a number of theatrical venues,...
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Fennel Tea
Tom and I are in Parma; which deserves a write up. Even if Rick Steves doesn't even mention it in his book.Most every place we've stayed has included a breakfast. What that means typically is coffee,...
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Mid trip update
We're sort of mid-trip. Parma. So time for a little R n R. Yeah I know, from what? Well from the pace of a vacation where you are totally off your routine, your food, your standard schedule of doing...
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Travelogue - Cinque Terre
We've been in Riomaggiore now for 5 nights. We leave tomorrow. This region is called the Cinque Terre (5 lands) and is made up of 5 mountain villages connected by trails. Starting from the South,...
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Travelogue - Parma Italy
We were in Parma 21, 22, 23 September, 2013 Tom and I are in Parma. We've got three nights here. WOW is all I've got to say. There are some pretty amazing things to see and do here. My enthusiasm is...
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Travelogue - Pisa, Italy
1 October 2013 While in Lucca we used one of our days and did a day trip to Pisa. It is a short train ride, less than 45 minutes, and costs 3.3€ per person each way. We had talked about staying in...
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Travelogue - Bagni di Lucca, Italy
Bagni di Lucca, October 2013 From Lucca we decided to come to Bagni di Lucca. Why? Well, why not? We are in our last week of Italy and decided we like the mountains and the hill towns, and we really...
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Allow me to introduce...Permítame presentarle
You may remember from numerous posts that we sometimes foster animals. So far we've re-homed 7 dogs, this does not include the 2 that we now call 'ours'! So I guess that makes 9. And this does not...
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IN SOLIS SIS TIBI TURBA LOCIS, yeah, I know, sounds like Latin to me too!
While in Florence Italy recently Tom and I were on a walkabout in the not so touristy area on the Oltrarno side of the Arno river. read what wiki says about Oltrarno herewe came across this beautiful...
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An Ode - A Lament - to shoes of old, or just old shoes, you choose!
So a year ago, when we went to Spain and Portugal we walked, a lot! I took 2 pairs of shoes; a pair of Fitflop flipflops, and a pair of Mephisto sandals. I took these 2 pair because they are...
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my new camera
Whilst in Italy recently we visited Pisa, to see the famed Leaning Tower of course. So silly, but when we rounded the corner and caught our first glimpse of it we turned and looked at each other,...
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Hanal Pixán, and the Paseo de las Ánimas
I have gone to every Hanal Pixán, and the Paseo de las Ánimas here in my neighborhood since we settled in to our house. I rave about the event. It is my favorite event of the year. I don't attend...
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Chamaco - a tale of terror
So last night, around 11pm I am walking home from Patti's Martini party, and No, before you ask, I did not have too many, in fact I had one glass, short pour, of white wine.I was attacked, taken down...
View ArticleOnce again, to Wordpress or Not to Wordpress??? That is the question
Blogger has started doing a few new things, things I'm not completely thrilled about -First, people keep telling me they can't post comments! That's bad news, although I get quite a few, nee...
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To Comment or Not, Here in lies the problem
So not only do I not see any way to Comment, on my own blog, but apparently some of the viewers/readers of my blog can not see/access Comments either.So any of you Blogger/Blogspot users have any...
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I looked and looked on Blogger/Blogspot Help and some Blogger/Blogspot Forums but found no answers to my Comments dilemma.Therefore I have resurrected an old Wordpress blog I started a few years ago...
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