Devour The World

Back at the old desk…

September 12, 2007

View from the Castle near Langhirano *SIGH* I’m sitting at my desk looking at my cubicle walls and thinking, “What is this travesty?? where’s my views of rolling tuscan hillsides??” Here’s a wrap up of our trip to Italy… Rows of Parmiggiano Reggiano Master Cheesemaker in the center cutting the cheese. Yellow liquid is the […]

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Goodbye, Firenze, hello, Parma!

September 6, 2007

View from rooftop dining terrace at the Best Western. Duomo & Giotto Bell Tower Farmacia Profumeria – Convent that created perfumes It was a little sad for me to leave Florence today. It was a city that was a lot of fun this time around. I think it helped that we stayed in the city. […]

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Cooking 101, Italian Style

September 5, 2007

So today started off with me slacking off on running…i decided to sleep in. Erin & I headed out to the Boboli Gardens at Pitti Palace. It was nice…but a lot of uphill, upstairs walking. My ankle was starting to bother me by the end. We went shopping at the Mercato Centrale which was a […]

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I know I’m in Italy when…

August 29, 2007

I’ll know that I’ve finally arrived in Italy when: – I see the gelato shops on every corner (like starbucks in LA) – I get pushed around by on-coming people (most likely 80 year old ladies with a strong arm!) – I trip on the street over all those darn cobblestones – I see a […]

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weekend fun!

August 13, 2007

8:30am:Tosh calls, “hey, girlie…I was just calling to get an ETA on when you guys will arrive…”Jenny: “Well, sao said she’d be here around noon…”Tosh: “hahaha…”Jenny: “So…i figure we’ll be in San Diego sometime tonight…”Tosh: “that’s the one thing I can count on…you guys never being on time…and sorry, chickie…you guys always come down together […]

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Waikiki Visitors Bureau

April 25, 2007

I’ve been feeling sick for the past few days. Head congestion…you know. Needless to say, I hadn’t had the energy to want to do much of anything but I felt I needed to be at this function for Hawaii since I plan events there. It was AWESOME. Jake Shimabukuro, the grand master of the ukelele […]

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Napa Valley Weekend…

April 23, 2007

raye, bert, and erin in line for Golden Gate Bakery Me & Chuck. Charles Shulz’ hometown is Santa Rosa!! I went up to Nor Cal to celebrate my belated birthday. An early wake up call of 3:00am to get to the airport for our 6:00am flight left me a bit loopy. Bert had wanted to […]

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flying tips & tricks

October 10, 2006

I think I’m going to write a book on social etiquette on an airplane…geared mostly for the asian people. I was sitting next to a Korean man who thought farting and sleeping in MY space was ok. seriously…he farted the ENTIRE trip. and it was one of those silent but deadly ones. There was an […]

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London & Budapest

October 2, 2006

I got some slack for checking emails from vacation. What can I say? At least I will be semi caught up when I get back to work on Monday. I think E and I were up for almost 24 hours traveling back home on Friday. Ugh. Connecting flights from London is absolutely horrible. Don’t ever […]

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budapesht

September 26, 2006

wine: tokaji – 13% alcohol. phew. feeling a bit on the tipsy side. food: paprika everything…but it’s yummy so i’m not complaining. thai massage: $50 – what a bargain…i should gone for two. turkish Bath – $15Everything is so cheap here, I’m feeling great about our decision to visit!