This footage was shot around 11 am; eight hours later, snow keeps falling – we ended up with about 55 cm.
As one newscaster put it: “Leaving aside 1985, this is the biggest snowfall Italy has seen in a century.” Um, and why do you get to leave out 1985?
Julia’s grandmother’s recipe for Chinese barbecued ribs, AKA “Sticky Chewy Ribs,” as demonstrated by Julia in her gorgeous new kitchen, presided over by the ghost of Spanky.
Including the amazing KitchenAid mixer, custom-airbrushed with red hot chili peppers!
What does the parasailer have to do with it? There were three of them, dressed in Santa costumes (we think). Sorry for the shaky camera work – I was filming them from across the lake.
I usually think we’re living in the suburbs, but every now and then something persuades me that we actually live in the country.
Today, it’s the transumanza – moving the herds from high summer pastures to lower altitudes for winter. I filmed this right out my studio window.
You can hear the herd dog, but not see him – he was in the truck behind.
…One Week Later
^ top of page: inside the villa: a toilet so elaborate I’d be afraid to use it.
