We enjoyed our last full day in Sayulita with John and Jenna yesterday. Soon we will catch our flight to go back home where we will ring in the New Year with friends Barbara and Denise. How fast 10 days goes by...Rick and I are left with John and Jenna's [...]
"Ricky, we gotta bad-a neighbor! Genti tinti, tinti, tinti! (bad, bad, bad people!) You canna no trust-a nobody!" Rick and I had just arrived at my parents' house for a visit. They were obviously traumatized by some tinti tinti tinti neighbors, but we had no idea what had happened, so [...]
in my dream i was in a car with john, nora, toni, mom, dad, and one other person i could not identify... a road trip and my brother-in-law john was driving... mom and dad were so happy and so were we all.... she was cracking jokes and he was laughing... [...]
Lu maccu, also lovingly known as Maccu Maccu, is a kind of Gruttisi soul food. It is a specialty bean soup from Grotte, Sicily. My uncle makes the best Maccu Maccu in the village of Grotte. Below is the recipe for Maccu Maccu. Since it is time consuming to soak [...]
Thought I would put together a slideshow/collage of various delicious foods I ate while in Italy (either at the retreat or in Vernazza, Taormina, or with my Sicilian relatives). I don't always take enough photos of food, but this time I took more than usual. The food at the retreat [...]