Month: January 2011

Image Credit Philadelphia neighborhood Center City is having its Restaurant Week soon. A 3-course lunch is $20 and a 3-course dinner is $35. And a lot of Philly places are BYOB, so the wine can be affordable as well. It’s January 16th-21st and the 23rd-28th, which means it’s just a week away! For more information–>…

So that weird techno-y song with the word “americano” you’ve been hearing on the radio is Italian. It is called “We No Speak Americano” by Yolanda Be Cool & DCup. Listen to it here: Here are the lyrics: Comme te po’ Comme te po’ Comme te po’ capì chi te vò bene si tu le…

I love my birthday, which is April 15th, a Friday in 2011. My little trip to Italy in March will be my primary celebration and my gift to myself for the year, but I still wanna mark the day, share it with friends and do something else, especially during my actual birth month. So I’ve…

Venezia I always make New Year’s Resolutions, even though I think any new day is the perfect day to change for the better. I’m very goal-oriented. Anyway, last year, for example, I actually made a total of 12! I achieved 6, a 50% success rate, which is probably fantastic since I think most people fail at…

As I want to try only owning things I love and that I actually use, I announced that I would try minimalism to an extent in this post a week ago, so now I’d like to report on my progress… I bought the book I mentioned, The Joy of Less, on amazon and can’t wait ’til it arrives!…