September 2004

Lecco Volunteer Fair

September 25, 2004

1:36 mins, 3.1 MB Lecco’s various volunteer organizations had a fair, and some provided entertainment.

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Moving House in Italy

September 25, 2004

When I mentioned that we were moving, one of my readers asked for more details on my statement that “[moving is] such a huge expense and hassle in Italy that nobody willingly moves often.” In case the information is useful to others, here are some of the steps involved in buying a home and moving [...]

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Blues Brothers Come to Lecco

September 18, 2004

2:56 mins, 9 MB As part of a “youth happening,” the “BB Band” came to Lecco, complete with dancers. The music was live and very good, and the youth happening turned into an all-ages event with everyone enthusiastically dancing. Who says today’s young people don’t appreciate good music?

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Pirate Politics

September 16, 2004

The Usenet, that free-for-all haven of digital pirates, is an interesting place to observe grassroots political opinion. Generally, any new movie is uploaded (made available, illegally that is) for only a week or two around its release date, but “Fahrenheit 9/11″ has been uploaded over and over again for months. Michael Moore has said that [...]

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There Goes the Neighborhood

September 9, 2004

You may have heard that George Clooney owns a villa on Lake Como. He’s over on the Como/Menaggio side, about as far from Lecco as you can get and still be on the same lake, so we are not exactly rubbing elbows with him. But it seems that his fancy friends have now taken a [...]

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Italian Recipes: Torta di Pane (Bread Cake)

September 7, 2004

This is a good way to use old, dry bread. The recipe is more or less one that I scribbled down from a magazine in a waiting room. Cut/break 1/2 kilo of dry bread into smallish dice Soak it overnight (in the fridge) in about 1 liter of milk; I also add a few tablespoons [...]

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Il Capriolo: A Wonderful Restaurant in an Italian Alpine Village

September 6, 2004

Saturday Enrico and I were restless and decided to go for an outing. We visited the abbey at Piona (a small town at the northern end of Lake Como), then headed up the mountain. We had a booklet listing restaurants in the province of Lecco, including one more or less in the area where we [...]

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