8 March 2008
buona festa della donna: happy international women’s day!
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Today is March 8, a day to celebrate women around the world (except, ironically, in the United States where the whole thing started).
For more on how International Women’s Day is celebrated in Italy, read my post from last year: Love Thursday: Celebrating Women.
I couldn’t let the day pass without giving my fellow women some mimosa, the international symbol of the day. As I wrote last year, the mimosa around here blooms too early to still be around for La Festa della Donna, but this year, P thought ahead.
He brought me some mimosa for Valentine’s Day, climbing to the top of the tree (as told to me by witnesses) for what he insisted were the best, and now these are actually hanging to dry:
Yes, because I’m so classy, I displayed them in an old Brasilena bottle on the fireplace.
And why yes, that *is* a vase just behind them. I’m classy *and* a bit ironic apparently. And a lot paesana.
But don’t they just look at home in the bottle?
Happy International Women’s Day fellow women!
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Giulia on 08 Mar 2008 at 4:50 pm #
Auguri!
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Thanks Giulia…auguri anche a te
Charlotte on 08 Mar 2008 at 5:34 pm #
Happy International Women’s Day to you too! I have been disappointed by how low the coverage of today has been in Germany and in the UK. However, we can celebrate, can’t we?
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Yeah it seems pretty low-key here too this year. Hmm….anyway, yes, we most certainly can celebrate
Jessica in Rome » Blog s/iArchive » Happy International Women’s Day on 08 Mar 2008 at 5:53 pm #
[...] go into detail about the origins of the day because Tui at Mental Mosaic and Michelle at Bleeding Espresso said it [...]
Stefanie on 08 Mar 2008 at 6:16 pm #
How clueless am I? I didn’t even know mimosa was a flower! I do know it’s a tasty breakfast-friendly champagne concoction, though!
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Well Stefanie, we all have our own “areas of knowledge”
Carole D. on 08 Mar 2008 at 6:19 pm #
Grazie Michelle e tanti auguri anche a te!
I’m really enjoying your viaggio in Sicilia.
I’m sure you saw more of Palermo that I ever have.
Maybe, someday we could be there at the same time.
P sure is a keeper, no?
Keep on blogging bella…I may not comment spesso, ma
I’m a faithful reader. Don’t you just love the mix of
le parole? Okay, I better stop now…basta!
Thanks Carole; don’t worry I know you’re still here, and hopefully we’ll get to meet up when you’re on this side of the pond, either on the mainland or in Sicily. And I’m a mixer of the languages too…so fun
Susan at Sticky,Gooey,Creamy,Chewy on 08 Mar 2008 at 6:30 pm #
Buona Festa della Donna to you too!
We Italians sure do love our “festas”, don’t we? We have one for almost everything!
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Why yes we do celebrate a lot…aren’t we great?
Lorenzo on 08 Mar 2008 at 6:39 pm #
The message from Stefanie is symbolic
If Stefanie comes from Germany I am not surprised 
– I lived in Germany 4 years. My wife is Russian, that’s why she knows very good what a mimosa is.
Hah! Actually Stefanie’s in the US, but she may have German origins…hmm….
Ivanhoe on 08 Mar 2008 at 7:31 pm #
Hi there:
Happy IWD to you, too! I was born in Czech Republic so I know a lot about celebrating that day. Unfortunately, it was most celebrated during the communism, so I am not so excited about it. Back then, every woman would get a red carnation. I do not like carnations either. But it is a very nice holiday and I hope I will get over the “bad part” of it one day.
Oh I’m sorry the day has such bad memories for you, but I can certainly see why you wouldn’t be fond of carnations. Celebrate with mimosa (the flower and the drink!) instead
organicsyes on 08 Mar 2008 at 7:32 pm #
Love the irony:) Lovely mimosa…and thank you for the women’s day information.
Glad you stopped by by blog and enjoyed the links. Stop by again anytime! As I will be by often to see what is happening in your world.
Susan
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Lesley on 08 Mar 2008 at 8:14 pm #
We visited Italy last October, and loved it! Thanks for hosting your party.
Lesley
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Thanks for stopping by Lesley!
Robin Bielman on 08 Mar 2008 at 9:37 pm #
The mimosa is beautiful! Like Stefanie I was clueless and thought it only a yummy drink at brunch. Thanks for visiting my blog during this week of ultimate blog partying! And Happy International Women’s Day!
Thanks Robin, and thanks for coming over. See there’s always something interesting around here
Sher :) on 08 Mar 2008 at 10:38 pm #
I think the mimosa are lovely and they look perfect in the Brasilena bottle!! Thanks for stopping by.
Sher
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Thank you Sher, and thank *you* for coming over
nyc/caribbean ragazza on 09 Mar 2008 at 1:09 am #
Buona festa!
I am a big fan of both types of mimosas.
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Hee hee…hope you had a lovely day
gina on 09 Mar 2008 at 2:43 am #
What a beautiful concept.
Couldn’t agree with you more Gina
elizabeth on 09 Mar 2008 at 4:35 am #
Happy Day to you!! I love the mimosa in the bottle. It has a look of these are so beautiful and special I grabbed the first thing I could reach, not delaying one momemt to have them on display. Plus they would not have shown as well in the vase in the backround.
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Oh that’s a lovely observation Elizabeth, and just about true as well. It definitely was the first thing I grabbed and didn’t even think about the vase until I took the photo. Duh
Gil on 09 Mar 2008 at 7:09 am #
Hope that you had a great day! Strange the greeting card (Hallmark) industry hasn’t brought the holiday to the US yet.
Maybe there’s someone you can call Gil…get some residuals or something…and then retire in Italy!
mental mosaic on 09 Mar 2008 at 9:36 am #
Glad to see P thought ahead. Mimosas are cute, little yellow pom-poms, slighty Dr. Suessy!
You and Joe have got me curious about this Brasilena stuff! I’m going to keep my eye out for it.
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The yellow thingees are awfully Dr. Suessy now that you mention it; could be why I enjoy them so! As for Brasilena, good luck finding it…it’s a native Calabrian product. Not quite D.O.P. but it should be
Calabrisella on 09 Mar 2008 at 8:41 pm #
Augurioni anche a te gioia!
da quanto tempo!!!
ti mando un abbraccio forte d LA!
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Ciao bella! Grazie…now I have to go read this post of yours
My Melange on 10 Mar 2008 at 2:41 am #
Grazie mille, Sognatrice! Buona Festa della Donna anche e te!
Un abbraccio e baci a te!
Ciao, a presto!
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Look at you! The Italian is just rolling now…go girl!
Kim on 10 Mar 2008 at 4:14 am #
I didn’t realize this originated in the US. We actually had to delay our trip to Kazakhstan to adopt last year because of this holiday. Nobody works for 3 days so we would not have had a driver or translator and the orphanage director was not working either. It’s not exactly my favorite holiday because of that. LOL!
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Yes, that would be a bad connotation…perhaps you can celebrate big next year to help wipe that from memory