Like many European cities based on urban plan­ning that goes back cen­tur­ies, Piacenza has a thriv­ing bike culture. It prob­ably also helps that the city is overall quite flat. Most of the bikes were classic cruis­ers, and I figured I’d make a small photo project out of cap­tur­ing some of the most inter­est­ing ones we [...]

I’m telling the truth when I say I’m leaving Italy with some “pasta babies” located on the thighs, hips, love handles and even one cling­ing around my mid-section. I’m relying on the heat and walking in Morocco to abort all the “pasta babies”.
I first started growing my pasta babies during our month visit in Lanciano [...]

We helped Christine make this video today. We made it so she could send some much needed lovin’ to her boy­friend Mike. Christine is study­ing oen­o­logy (wine!) in the Mediterranean part of Europe, and is cur­rently in Piacenza, Italy, where we are vis­it­ing her. Mike is doing a masters in econ in Toulouse, France, and [...]

Wow! Who knew turning 30 would be such a blast. I just want to say thanks to every­one for the kind wishes (espe­cially Laura for arran­ging so many neat sur­prises). We had another party last night here at Christine’s place in Piacenza. It was a funeral theme, and all of Christine’s inter­na­tional school friends came [...]