Butterblogger Readies to Resume the Blog

Because Butterblogger has a new iPad that must be fully functional in the next week!

Worst Way to End the Trip

Well I’ve done it again. Another late post. I’m posting this in December. This time the post wasn’t even completed … But there is a good reason. So I’ve finished it to the best of my recollection …. Here goes… This morning I feel better – markedly better. Not 100% but I’m at a solid […]

The Hole in the Plan

Upon arriving at Milano Centrale, the train station, my transfer to the airport was easy. There I grabbed a breakfast of frittata and yogurt before the flight. The flight itself was uneventful. We ate again – chicken breast with some mash up of potatoes and green beans in a mustard mayonnaise sauce, and a dry […]

Morning Reverie

The rhythm of the train is a roar in my ears and in my body, a visceral rapid-fire low pitched thrum that subsumes me as we barrel into the darkness of the Italian night. It is 5:45 a.m. as I write this and I am encompassed in a steel cocoon, the cabin bright with the […]

My Sandra Lee Moment (Or the Post In Which I Stop Caring About Verb Tenses)

Final morning in Bologna and I slept in until 8. There have been too many early mornings, too many afternoons of jet lag necessitating a 25 minute nap (this is only tolerable given that many things close for a ripasso at this time, anyway). Today we will follow a tradition of L and B who […]

Wow, That’s A Crazy Long Post

While still the haze of dawn hung in the sky, as the clouds were breaking behind the tower beyond my window, I was up and getting ready for the day. Today L and B planned to stay in Bologna scouting out some of her museums, but I have seen most of the ones I wish […]