american expat in italy

My  favorite parts of Italy are the parts that nobody goes to see. I love the old farm country, the tiny cities where there isn’t anything substantial in terms of tourist sites. My husband’s parents grew up in Campania and…

New Years was like one month ago but I’m kind of disorganized and forgetful. I just found this in my phone and I felt like it was something I should share with everyone. Yes, I’m worse in real life. New…

Some of our friends drove down to Cassino to see F and I, while we were staying at his parents apartment a few weeks ago before the holidays. The dudes went out to do some running around and they left…

Hello Everyone! This post is REALLY LONG so I apologize. It’s only part of a longer story that I’m working on but I thought you guys would find it amusing because this shit was ridiculous but in retrospect hilarious and…

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog, and basically everyone is just here for the Zebra sex.   2013 In Review (Holy Shit! I Survived!) I had my Italian wedding in May and did it without…

The US and Italy are at polar opposite ends of pretty much every spectrum and floating between the two worlds is like hopping back and fourth in time between planets . I often say that if you could simply combine…

My husband is kind of a scrooge. So much in fact that I recently nicknamed him Grinch McScroogeMiser. He’s not usually one for holiday cheer but since we’ve been to my mom’s he seems to be lightening up. My mom’s…

  As most of you know, I’ve been in Cassino with my in-laws (HOLY FUCKING SHIT!) for nearly two weeks now. We’re staying here to spend time with everyone before we head to the US for the holidays and to…