February 2005

La Bottega del Maiale: A Salumeria in Lecco

February 25, 2005

This one’s for Carol & Steve, who went shopping in Boston and vlogged it. La Bottega del Maiale (“The Hog Shop”) is a small gourmet food shop in the heart of downtown Lecco (Piazza XX Settembre) specializing, obviously, in pork products, but they also have a great selection of cheeses, wines, sott’oli (preserves in oil), [...]

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Sex Education in Italian Schools

February 20, 2005

What with all the fuss in the US about sex education in schools, I was curious to know what, if anything, would be done about it in Italian schools. I got my answer recently, when Ross’ class had two 3-hour sessions at school. Parents were not notified before or after, and wouldn’t have known it [...]

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Vloggercon 2005

February 9, 2005

Rossella and I had a wonderful time in New York (as expected), though I spent much of it ill with bronchitis (as usual, unfortunately). So here’s another travelogue (late, because I’ve been very busy since I got back): Getting There is Half the Fun? We arrived the afternoon of Thursday the 20th, on a direct [...]

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