Aspiring Kennedy: October 2010

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

In England, trick or treating is NOT what it is in America.
{Add that to the list with: central heating, stick deodorant, & burritos.}

my first halloween... hi mom!

I hope you enjoy the day!

It's a great time to be together as a family and getting to know your community.
{You can actually talk to your neighbors ... and snag a peek in their homes.}

Plus as adults, you get to the do "the candy check."

You should really keep your eye out on Reese's Cups this year.
I hear they are ~~delicious~~ dangerous.

Friday Funday: Kick Your Shoes Off.

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It's the weekend in Oxford!

....and it's almost quittin' time where you are, too!

I'm hosting a Halloween party tomorrow night in London.

We are using going as Romans...

with sheets for togas

and laurel wreaths made from the tree out our balcony.

Yes, okay...

I'm probably slacking off a bit.

Maybe you should tell me your

Martha Stewart approved ideas...

and I'll use them for next year!

{I'm just kidding... sort of.}

Cut the Cheese- A Dirty Confession.

I can promise you:

things are about to get uncomfortable.

You may change your opinion of me,

but today I realized,
I've been keeping something from you.

Something that seems like a lie

for you not to know:

I don't like cheese.

{In fact, I think it's pretty gross.}

Aesthetically, it's fantastic.

What's better than a cheese board with some pretty wine beside it?

But you get that bleu cheese near me

... and it will get awkward.

And the scariest of all the cheeses?

The gooey, white layer congealing upon bread...
{white pizza, croque monsieur, & the vilest offender: the stuffed crusted pizza.}

But if you like it-

Eat away!

Dunk your food on into that silky fondue...

I don't care. I'm happy for you.

Just don't take it personal when I pass up your famous cheese log at the Christmas party.

Anyone else there with me?

I think I may be alone on this one...

I Love It... aly.

I'll state the obvious:

I want a house in Italy...

This isn't an original idea...

others have bought them first,

and I know your own dreams
would probably fall in line somewhere close by.

I just want a small place

that I can go to fall

into the rhythm

of daily piazza life.

A place to someday take my kids,
where they'll learn to love gnocchi,

and sputter out their Americanized-Italian to the kids next door.

A place where my friends can take the keys,

and slip away from busy work weeks amidst wine & sunshine.

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A place that Tyler & I can enjoy our memories from when we were younger,

and place that is consistent through the years.

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The dreamer that I am,

finds solace and inspiration in these places...

Palazzo Pizzo- the blog of a family remodeling a house in Southern Italy.

An honest diary of an old palace on a wall along the coast

being remodeled via correspondence from Germany

to their faithful Italian contractor, Angelo.

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Or check out the swanky-ex-Armani offices-turned-palazzo in Milan

featured in the New York Times this week.

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When I read Under the Tuscan Sun, I felt like I was on a vacation...

{well, I actually was in Palm Beach on vacation}

the book offers a much sweeter story than the movie.

Sometimes, I find a nice bowl of pasta to be quite ~~delicious~~ inspiring, too.

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Oh man, do I love Italy.

Where would you

want to have

a home-away-from-home?

Liberty of London hits the Target.

For a little while today,

I was missing home.

I missed enjoying the sunshine

driving in my tank-ish Tahoe.

Oh the days that I could drive through Chic-fil-A,

and then whip into a parking space at Target

to spend the afternoon ambling mindlessly through the aisles.

Today, I went to website instead.

Now this "Brit-ican"
loves the marriage of
Liberty of London & Target.

{Almost as good as "Saturday & Sunday."}

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I'd seen the cute bowls at Kellee's house... and loved them.

I'd looked at the cute tumblers in store... and loved those, too.

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But never did I know...

they made bicycles!

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The pen & paper is out...

and Christmas List 2010 has officially begun!

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Monay Mood: I feel... ridiculous.

Aspiring Kennedy- Status Update

We saw The Social Network yesterday...

and I really "liked" it.

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Mark Zuckerburg had a few things to say

in countering his portrayal-

but regardless of how you feel about him,

the story of Facebook is really incredible.

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I'm the same age as Mr. Zuckerburg,

and, to me, the movie perfectly rolled out Facebook.

It offered a very realistic portrayal of the

"facebook culture" that so rapidly developed

as new Facebook features rolled out over the years.

In fact, it was a bit nostalgic.

{Remember the day we could add pictures? Or do a status update? Or "like" something? I do.}

To be honest, I *might* have liked the movie more
once I learned
the Winklevoss twins
were in the class ahead of my husband
in Oxford's MBA Programme.