You can read another article I wrote that got published about the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival in Winter Park Florida.

I am going to be writing reviews about many more Florida travel destinations in upcoming entries. Having just moved to the state, from New England, I have been doing a lot of exploring in my new home town of Ocala and other areas of Central Florida.
This week my travel companion was my mom. We have instituted Girl’s Day Out. In its honor, we decided to do something really girly and have lunch at
The Veranda Gallery & Tea Room and afterwards spend the afternoon
at the Appleton Museum of Art.
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Wow, how great does my page look now??!?!?!?!!!!
Totally awesome!
I can say that freely without sounding arrogant, because it is not I who created it!
So here is a big shout out to Roberto for redesigning my webpage!
Molte Grazie!
Che Bella Tutti Frutti!

Il Gatto (eel gah-toh)—Cat

Cats are the best things in the world. If I was an animal, I would want to be a cat, not just any cat, but OUR cat. She eats the best food, has lots of snuggly places to sleep and gets all the affection she could need. I am so totally in love with her! Read the rest of this entry »

We have started a tradition of Sunday Dinner at our house. We thought it would be a great time to sit down, relax and enjoy delicious food, some nice wine and good conversation. Yesterday it was my turn this week to be the cook. So I decided I wanted to do something challenging. I am the type of cook who likes to use as little dishes as possible. It is an unwritten rule of mine, a goal, as I like as little clean-up as possible. However, I also decided when I had time on my hands, after moving to FLA and having the pace of a slower life, I would challenge my cooking skills and try more complicated dishes that had many steps, lots of ingredients and was a slow process all around. Kind of spend the day the way my Grandmother used to—in the kitchen! It took me 3 hours to do everything, but I had the best time and man, was it good!
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Gelato (gel-ah-toh)—— Ice Cream

(And some freebies)

Nocciola (no-cho-la)—–Hazelnut
Sorbetto (sor-bet-to)—–Sorbet
Gelateria (gel-ah-tour-ia)—Gelato parlor

Gelato has got to be one of the best things to come out of Italy. For me, that is saying a lot as I am a big fan of most things that come out of Italy. To call gelato, ice cream, is almost not fair. In my mind, being a fan of both, they are altogether different. Read the rest of this entry »

As soon as I got to FL I started my quest for where to find a good gelateria. Luckily my search was not a long one, for we found one an hour north in Gainesville. The Gelato Company is a cute little café located on SE 1st avenue. Read the rest of this entry »

Hazelnut gelato, or gelato alla nocciola, is one of the most common ice cream flavors in Italy. The creamy texture of the gelato coupled with the nutty earthy flavors of hazelnuts and this will quickly become a common treat in your house too! Read the rest of this entry »

Maybe I need to start listening! Moving to Florida from New England has been a really big change. We left that North East culture and came to something totally different. We left a winter wonderland filled with ice and headed for the balmy breezes of the south. We left our jobs, Roberto’s girls and dear friends to start over and have a clean slate. We craved change and we decided to go big!
Whenever I move to a new place, I usually always have a job beforehand. This time, I just decided to wing it. I had some money saved and I thought it would be a breeze for me to find a job. Not so. Since I got here, I have applied for over 25 jobs in my field. I got called for 2 interviews, and neither place offered me the job. I got really bummed out. This was strange. Usually I get offers for most jobs I apply for….Had I lost my mojo?
During this same time, I started this blog in earnest, because it is my baby step towards the life I want to lead - as a world traveler and writer. Read the rest of this entry »

222The Food Network is becoming a more diverse place. Instead of just featuring so-called master chefs, iron chefs, executive chefs and the like, the Food Network has also started featuring just really good cooks.
One such cook on the Food Network is Giada De Laurentiis, otherwise known as “Sorriso a 64 Denti” in my family. Read the rest of this entry »