Ugh, another job offer that is exactly what I want to do and for which I even have the required experience. The downside? It's abroad, so I'll never get shortlisted because I don't already live there. Sigh. I applied, but I'm not holding my breath.

Anyway. It's Friday evening, I have less than 30 minutes until I can go home and I'm having piadina ( Read more... )

I wanted to bake something today. I had some nectarines, so I looked up nectarine muffin recipes online and found a very easy one. I followed it loosely, I only measured flour (225 gr) and sugar (150 gr), then added oil and milk little by little until I was happy with the consistency of the dough. The recipe says the doses are for 8 muffins, but I ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went to V's wedding. Today half a dozen relatives are coming over for lunch. I'm going to explode.

That aside, I saw these stills from H50 3x16 and I had to smile:

http://bookemdanno.net/photos/thumbnails.php?album=535

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Today I finally went to The Cheesecake Factory. I absolutely love cheesecake and I had wanted to go since arriving, so it was high time. I had a slice of Adam's Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple and, oh my God. OHMYGOD. Good thing I hadn't had lunch before (just a yogurt and fruit), because the slice wasn't huge but it took a while to finish. And it ( Read more... )

whatthefuckbenj asked me for the recipe of the cookie sandwiches I made the other day. I had actually thought of posting the recipe and took and couple of pictures of the process, but they are so ridiculously easy to make I don't even consider this a real recipe and was ashamed of even thinking about posting it. But since she asked, here you go ( Read more... )

Today I did a very bad thing: I went to Universal Citywalk (which could be considered a bad thing per se, but hey, let me be a tourist for once) and ate THIS:


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Let's talk about cupcakes. I went back to "Yummy Cupcakes" while I was in Santa Monica today and got a peanut butter cup cupcake. I'm not a big fan of peanut butter but I wanted to experiment. And man, it was divine.


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Oh, man. In a city as big as Los Angeles, what are the odds of meeting the same 3 Italian students I met on the bus coming back from Venice Beach on the 4th of July? Well, I met them again today, on a different bus in a different part of town (West Hollywood). And, once again, they were the loudest people in the whole bus. Sigh. And I guess I might ( Read more... )

I've finally found a place that makes bagels! *tears of joy* Bagels are not easy to find in Italy, but a couple of weeks ago I remembered there's an American bakery somewhere in Milan, so I did a bit of searching on line and found out the bakery has become a small chain with 4 shops and they have special brunch menus on the weekend. I went there ( Read more... )

Positive things of being back to living with my parents:


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