Italy

When I moved to Italy and decided to live the life of an American expat I really didn’t see things going down like this. Alas, here we are! Francesco’s friend from the European Institute soccer team, came over today during…

This isn’t a real post. I just want to let you know that everything I write here is an honest depiction of my experience. Some good, some bad, some funny, such as life. If you are offended by M.E., don’t…

My best friend of a long time, “D,” came to Italy this month to visit a friend of hers that lives in New York with her (bitch). Her friend is a young Italian guy who immigrated from Italy about six…

I finally got my identity card in Italy so now I’m feeling very official and fancy and violated. Yep. Violated. F and I went down to the public office today to get some stuff taken care of.  F left me…

This isn’t a real post, just an observation. I’ve been sick this week so I haven’t written something really. It’s coming, I promise. I am a lot like Einstein. I’m not a genius and I suck at math but I…

Everything always happens to me as though it’s called on by the universe. If I think about someone a lot they are bound to pop up (which sucks because I think more about people I want to stab with a…

Moving to another country long-term changes you. In some ways you grow and improve and in other ways you start to suck horribly bad. Since living in Italy I’ve sucked at life so epically bad that most days I am…

“Struggle is proof that you haven’t been conquered, that you refuse to surrender, that victory is still possible, and that you’re growing.” -Walden Dolphin Dog: Adorable dog named Grizzly who swims with Dolphins on the reg. If you’re having a…

There has been a lot of talk about the Italian economy for the past few years. How can a country with so much to offer be struggling to much to stay afloat? There are a lot of factors to this…