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four things to do this friday
I. Enter Alex’s La Cucina Italiana Contest
(for which I will be a recipe tester):
II. American cooking is back!
Check out Mary’s Potato Salad at Flavors of Abruzzo:
III. Celebrate Susan’s One-Year Blogiversary at
Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy:
IV. Tell me about all the fabulous things you will or won’t do this weekend!
Me?
After a very full work week, I plan on reading, writing (old NaNo novel!),
and generally relaxing with P and the pooches.
Buon weekend!
crucified frogs, disabling church bells and two contests!
Yes, I know there’s a little something political happening in the US right now. I haven’t written about it yet, probably will soon, but in the meantime, if you’re interested in my opinions on the subject, make me a friend on Facebook or follow me on Twitter. I haven’t been shy elsewhere on the Interwebs about my political leanings.
Oh and remember to check out my Guarda! column at Italy Mag this week: The Feast of the Madonna of the Sick in Misterbianco, Sicily.
Now, speaking of Italy, here’s a bit of what’s been happening in the Bel Paese:
(1) Pope Benedict XVI declared blasphemous the artwork (pictured at left) by late German artist Martin Kippenberger called Zuerst die Füsse (Feet First).
And so, the governing board of the Museion Museum in the northern Italian city Bolzano met to discuss the fate of said amphibian art.
In short, the board told il Papa to go frog himself.
I’m paraphrasing.
(2) Ding dong, my hearing’s dead (again with the paraphrasing), said a woman in Lavagna, near Genoa, who blamed the bells of the church next to her house for causing her “moral and physical harm” for 23 years.
An Italian court agreed, awarded her €59,000 ($85,000), restricted the bells’ ringing to Christmas and Easter services (only for twenty seconds at a time!), and also ordered that bells of a nearby church be lowered in volume.
Tough times for the Catholic Church in Italy, I tell you.
But now I’m thinking…our church bells (two houses over from me) ring every fifteen minutes to mark the time and several times a day for Mass, noon, etc. Hmm….
(3) And finally, we have two contests from Italy-based bloggers.
Check out Cherrye’s Southern Italian nickname contest here and Alex’s La Cucina Italiana contest here. I’ll be talking more about the latter soon as I’m also participating as one of the taste-testers!
So, what’s going on in your neck of the woods?
Buon weekend!
carrabba’s italian grill’s “profess your love” contest: win a trip to vegas!
OK Italian food lovers (and legal U.S. residents), here’s your chance to show just how deeply your passion flows and possibly win a trip to Las Vegas in the process.
That’s right! I said Vegas!
Carrabba’s Italian Grill recently announced the “Profess Your Love” contest in which Italian food lovers can submit a short love note to their favorite food or dish, expressing how it has made time with friends and family more special for a chance to win a variety of prizes, including a trip to Las Vegas.
One grand prize winner to receive the “Ultimate Love Escape” including:
• Airfare for two to Las Vegas
• A romantic dinner for two at Carrabba’s
• Tickets to The Beatles LOVE Show by Cirque du Soleil
• A two-night stay at The Venetian and private gondola ride
Nine runners up will receive dinner for four at Carrabba’s, an apron, and signed cookbook.
Entries can be submitted online here until March 31, 2008.
See official contest rules here.
Now Profess Your Love–and in bocca al lupo!
P.S. And although I’ve mentioned wanting to go to Vegas, if you win, I really won’t expect an invite. Really. Enjoy yourself. I’ll be fine. I’ll just go to the real Venice to spite you.
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and the winner is . . .
Yesterday the sun rose:
The girls frolicked:
The sun set and the moon made an appearance:
And a few hours later, I used the Custom Random Number Generator to choose a winner of the $30 Amazon.com gift certificate as promised in the contest post here.
Can you believe the winner was Lucky Number 7?
FYI, I used 161 for the upper value as it was the number of total comments, then started from the first comment counting down only those eligible, i.e., those that told me they had linked/relinked and/or subscribed/resubscribed (or that they were going to these things and then in fact did).
And the winner is . . .
none other than my most favorite baseball player in the Bel Paese:
I’ll be in touch Lango!
With all the work you’ve put into .italiaball.com recently, you certainly deserve it!
A lot of you probably don’t know how much I *love* baseball, but it’s definitely one of the things I miss most from America (read about what else I miss here); Lango’s site and stories help fill that void a bit, although I wish someone would build a field around here so I could go to some games. Where’s Kevin Costner when you need him?
Anyway, thanks *so* much to everyone who stopped by, commented, and made the transition to the new place such a wonderful experience.
And I hope those of you who were unsure of the change are getting used to it. Because honestly, I just don’t have it in me to change looks again anytime soon.
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welcome to bleedingespresso.com!
Ta daaaaaaaa!
I still have some tweaking to do, but please look around and let me know what you think. Be kind, though, because my eyes are literally crossing after many, many days of learning many, many new things in front of the computer.
Now the fun part.
To celebrate the move and new look, I’m going to give away a $30 (thirty US dollars) Amazon.com gift certificate to one lucky winner. If you win and can’t use an Amazon.com gift certificate, we can discuss an equivalent prize.
Here’s how to enter the drawing:
1. Link to me in your blogroll OR if you already link to me, update your link to http://bleedingespresso.com.
2. Subscribe to my new feed OR if you’re already a subscriber, sign up to the new feed; really you should be automatically transferred shortly, but you can never be too sure, right?
3. Comment and let me know that you’ve done either or both of the above by 11:59 p.m. CET Monday, January 21, 2008. You can comment as many times as you like, but only one comment will count for the drawing.
Along with a new look, I’ve come up with lots of exciting ideas for this year to be discussed soon, and I do hope you’ll come along for the ride.
As always, thanks so much for reading, and best of luck in the drawing!
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Michelle Kaminsky is an American attorney-turned-freelance writer who lived in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, Italy for 15 years. This blog is now archived.
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