Jun

Pici

Posted by Tina Published in Food

I’ve been obsessed with making my own pasta by hand for a few years now. I generally make egg pasta, cutting nice irregular tagliatelle, and I also like making ravioli (and tossing with butter and sage. Mmmm.) Recently I’ve decided to take the leap with pici, which are hand-rolled and come from Siena. (For you [...]

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Jun

Awards awards

Posted by Tina Published in Me, awards

Not only have Katerina and Bonjour Madame recently awarded me with the Our Lovely Blog award, but thanks to Annika I have have the Honest Scrap award. How lucky am I! I’ll focus on the Honest Scrap award as it is a little more interactive.

The Honest Scrap award is given by other bloggers [...]

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Jun

Rome at night / Roma di notte

Posted by Tina Published in Italia, Photography

Miss Expatria has me on a night photo fix, apparently. Here are some I took in Rome, my last night in Italy in February 2007, before following my heart to Argentina to be with my now ex. I’ll never forget the sadness mixed with excited anticipation that I felt that night. I look back and [...]

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Jun

Florence at night / Firenze di notte

Posted by Tina Published in Italia, Photography

Some more night photos, again inspired by previous entries by Miss Expatria. These are of my favorite city, Florence. The first one is more of a dusk photo, but the rest of them are at night. I actually took all of these pictures on the same evening with the intent of a “Florence by night” [...]

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Jun

Chacarera del Pinguino ?

Posted by Tina Published in chacarera

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Jun

Night photos of Buenos Aires

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, Photography

MissExpatria has recently posted some beautiful pictures of Rome at night and some equally beautiful pictures of Paris at night, and of course I’m inspired to post some pictures of Buenos Aires at night.
Mine don’t hold a candle to hers, but they bring back some lovely memories. Maybe tomorrow I can get out some of [...]

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Jun

Ultimo Amore

Posted by Tina Published in Uncategorized

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Jun

Truly between two lands

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, Italia, Me

The most common thing I hear these days is, “Maybe you should go back to Buenos Aires instead of Italy. It sounds like that’s where you really want to be. I can tell it hurts you not to be there. You miss it.” Yyyyyeah. I do. A lot. It’s my home and my true love. [...]

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Jun

Dossier of a Gyspy Soul

Posted by Tina Published in Me

Dossier ~ A file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject.
After reading the Carmen Sandiego-inspired dossier of @ModernSingleMom, who stopped by my blog earlier today and got me hooked on her blog, I am totally inspired and excited. This is just what I need to give myself some confidence and motivation. Take a [...]

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