Author: the italiagal

I ended up watching five episodes of How I Met Your Mother last night. I love that show. I love the type of humor– where they name ideas and come up with rules for each scheme. I feel like I want to quote the show in real life. I also enjoy their friendship, the way Lily seems…

I’m using three or four vacation days this week before they expire at year end. I have to say that with the extra hour of sleep from Daylight Savings Time ending, my vacation started off pretty well. After an errand and browsing Home Goods while waiting for the library to open today, I hit the library for…

Photo Credit I figure since we had snowflakes falling from the sky (in October) yesterday, that the time of year for hot chocolate has arrived. I had my first cup at Panera this morning. I quite enjoyed it over the latest issue of Budget Travel, which has Venice on its cover. I’ve been there… This…

I visited my beloved city of Philadelphia yesterday with my friend J. I hit some of my favorite spots and J happily tagged along.  The LOVE Sculpture in LOVE Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Upon arriving, we fueled up at Au Bon Pain, conveniently located in the train station (30th Street Station). After getting off…

My Apartment in Pictures Benvenuto! I hope you enjoy looking around. My Bedroom  My bedroom in charcoal gray, white and a pop of deep red. The boxspring is simply covered in a queen-size fitted sheet.  I love that photograph. I picked it up on South Street when I lived in Philadelphia. I put it over…

J’s photo of a view out a window in Verona I am a daydreamer down to the depths of my soul. Of course I am very happy in my new apartment. It’s a dream come true, and like I’ve said before I don’t believe that I’ll take it for granted. …but right before I moved and since,…

Soon after I turned 25, I created a list of 25 items to achieve before turning 30. I decided to post about this today as I am now 27 1/2 and exactly halfway through. 25 Goals and Resolutions Made in my 25th Year to Achieve Before Age 30: 1. return to Italy  I visited Italy again…

Photo by Paparutzi I am well aware that I have not posted lately. I’m sorry. Mi dispiace. I really miss it and I truly want to regularly post again. Plus, I need to write in order to work some things out in my mind. I don’t feel like I should even consider not going on just because…

The closest thing I have to a chandelier. This Pier 1 Imports piece of wall art adorns my dining room. My biggest life update is that… I’m in my new apartment and truly love it. I am just so happy to be living here. I’m pretty much settled in now, and have even had that apartmentwarming…

We had a wonderful time touring all of the unique neighborhoods and charming tourist areas of San Francisco. However….it was brrr cold for being August! By that Monday, my husband and I were excited to head north to warmer weather in Sacramento. We had the entire morning to kill before our bus departed for Sacramento…