June 2006

Italian Baby Names I Happen to Like

June 14, 2006

Some less common but still current Italian baby names that I happen to like: Alessandra [ah-less-SAHN-dra] Corrado [cor-RAH-do] – I’ve only ever seen this on an older (now dead, in fact) television personality, but have always liked it. Equivalent to the English Conrad. Dario [DAH-ree-oh] From the old Persian Darius, the name of several kings. [...]

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Coming and Goings: Travels and Visitors, Spring 2006

June 7, 2006

Enrico returned from Barcelona on May 15th, just as a slew of visitors arrived. My aunt Harriet (mother’s sister) stopped by for a few days on her way to join a university tour of Italian and French gardens. At the same time, blogger JD Lasica and his family stayed with us for two days out [...]

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The Land of Illness

June 7, 2006

Another country beginning with i which is unfortunately very familiar to me is Illness. I have spent a lot of my life being ill. Perhaps the earliest memory I have (of any kind) is of green bathroom tiles, and myself screaming. I had a high fever, so my parents thrust me into an ice-cold shower. [...]

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Pursuing a Dream of Italy

June 7, 2006

(The earlier part of this story is here.) Actually, we didn’t spend the weekend together as a family. Ross stayed in Lecco because she had parties to attend. Enrico and I left Friday morning for Tuscany, to join a large gathering of people from the Expats in Italy online forum, a few of whom we [...]

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