GrazieGiving 2010

We have much to be thankful for this year as we celebrate our 4th italian thanksgiving with many friends and a happy baby boy.

A special thanks goes out to Carmine & Piera from the pasta shop who raised, butchered and cooked the turkey for us (!), Fabrizio Gola who opened his home to 27 hungry folks, and Tom Hardman who made a special trip from England and managed to peel 5 kg of potatoes for the cause. Click on the picture, to see the complete album.

Cheers!

4 + 1 Days in Holland

on November 17th Luca and Erin made their first solo trip (without Dad) to Holland to visit our good friend Anna. It was full of good food, warm cafe's, windy beaches, sleepless nights of teething, birthday parties, long walks, airport drama, and the canals of amsterdam. Click on the sheep to see our full adventure!

surprise ending

i dug this video up from august 2010 and couldn't help but post 3 generations of dancing colettis.

Thanksgiving x4

celebrating our 4th consecutive thanksgiving in italia and especially thankful.

killing time

what to do when mamma's cleaning the kitchen, making dinner, spying on the neighbors or taking a break? so many possibilities, as long as i don't get caught.....

dolcetto scherzetto!!

"sweet or joke" is what's yelled on halloween when large groups of witches and princesses enter the shops in pecetto. We made the rounds with Luca, but it was obvious that the enjoyment was all ours, as well as whatever candy we managed to get. We tried hard to get fresh ravioli instead of chocolates, and cannoli instead of lollipops, but even Luca dressed as tigger didn't work. We did enjoy a 3 day weekend and for our 'treat' went to wine country for hazelnut gnocchi and pears poached in red wine, bathing in cream gelato......mmmmm.