2 June 2008
1st of the month featured blogger: june
Last week when I promised a Palermonday today, I forgot about the 1st of the Month Featured Blogger! We’ll return to Palermo next Monday though, so do come back!
This month’s featured blogger is Melissa from The Traveler’s Lunchbox. Melissa actually made her way to Calabria recently but we didn’t manage to hook up. Hopefully she’ll be back sometime soon, and I can report our meeting here. Blogger meetings are the best!
I’m not sure how I found Melissa, but I quickly fell in love with the way she combined her loves of food and travel. Yes, we have some things in common.
Melissa is an American living in Scotland with her German husband. In the course of writing her wonderful blog, she completed her doctorate in linguistics with the University of Edinburgh (woohoo!), and she kindly lets us tag along on her trips to exotic places like Croatia, Jamaica, Morocco, Spain, and Norway.
Other than writing fabulous posts and taking gorgeous photos, the girl definitely has a way with titles. Some of my favorite posts of Melissa’s include:
- Cinq Jours à Paris, or If You’ve Gotta Turn 30, You Might as Well Enjoy It
- What They Don’t Teach in Foodwriting 101 (and Finally, a Fruitcake to Love)
- Brownies, ala Nona
- Temptation Thy Name is Baklava
- 5 Things to Love about Calabria (yes, I’m kind of biased on this one)
So go visit Melissa (not on an empty stomach!), browse her archives,
& don’t forget to tell her I sent you!
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- Guest Blogger Dianne Hales: My Italian Brain and How It Grew
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- 2nd Annual O Foods Contest for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Roundup Part 1
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Gil on 02 Jun 2008 at 7:11 am #
Happy Monday. The Baklava sounds good.
I could also go for some baklava right about now…Happy Monday to you too Gil!
nyc/caribbean ragazza on 02 Jun 2008 at 8:45 am #
Looking forward to checking out her blog.
nyc/caribbean ragazza’s last blog post..Sex And The City in Rome
You’re going to enjoy NYC/C gal
Scintilla on 02 Jun 2008 at 9:18 am #
Thanks to you Michelle, I’ve discovered some great blogs and yours is one of my favorites !
Have a great week : )
Rosa
Scintilla’s last blog post..Space Invaders
Why thank you Rosa; I’m always happy to point my readers in great directions
Joanne at frutto della passione on 02 Jun 2008 at 11:25 am #
Thanks for reminding about this blog. I haven’t been in ages and I will happily go back now!
Joanne at frutto della passione’s last blog post..Pascoli part 3 – I secondi
So glad to remind you Joanne
Judith in Umbria on 02 Jun 2008 at 2:10 pm #
If you have to turn thirty you might as well enjoy it?
I feel like I have been asleep for decades and have awakened on Mars, where dog years are like human years, or maybe it is the other way around.
Judith in Umbria’s last blog post..If it’s Friday there must be cookery
You’ve gone Rip Van Winkle on us? Nah….
smtwngrl on 02 Jun 2008 at 2:13 pm #
Thanks for sharing Melissa with us! I’ve subscribed after reading just one post and I can’t wait to read more of her archives.
smtwngrl’s last blog post..OLS Week 1 – Baby Spinach and Strawberry Salad
So happy to hear it! You won’t be disappointed
Beatriz on 02 Jun 2008 at 8:33 pm #
I already went and visit her blog, thank you! She has a way with words, and her pictures are great.
Beatriz’s last blog post..100th post giveaway and blog action in one!
I’m sure you’ll enjoy visiting Melissa lots more, Beatriz
Melissa on 02 Jun 2008 at 10:28 pm #
Such an honor! Thank you Michelle!!
Melissa’s last blog post..Name That Gadget…
My pleasure Melissa
jen of a2eatwrite on 03 Jun 2008 at 9:10 pm #
Thank you so much for introducing this wonderful blogger. I’ll have to go check her out!
jen of a2eatwrite’s last blog post..PSA Tuesday – Older Women and Blog Blast for Education
Enjoy Jen!