Buona mattina, bambini. Some photographs while waiting for espresso. (Giulia is still asleep.) We hope to be back today; allergies & such have laid us (GG, too) quite low. Mimph.
If you don't laugh out loud at this then you need an attitude adjustment. This is Mr. Jack Turner, press photographer, Sydney, Australia in 1914. It was taken by our favorite dashing photographer, Sam Hood. Visit the State Library of New South Wales archives & be charmed. [cat genius typing masterpiece via LIFE archives, unattributed]
[original post from 19 November 2008. Check out Really Rome's two-year archives, it's really funny & all things Roman.
It's Pasquetta in Italy. Easter Monday is lots of fun. It's traditional to have a picnic or otherwise run around al fresco. People often say: "Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi." or "Christmas with your family, Easter with the family and friends of your choice." Yay! Sadly, we are not in Italy today. But GG & her editor count as Pasquetta pals. Hope you had fun yesterday. Read Bleeding Espresso's Still Celebrating (Pasquetta) from last year. We were going to include a good recipe for pastiera but can't find the one we used in years past & those popping up in a search are just plain weird. There aren't people around this year to dig in, so we'll not make it. It's full of flavors , such as orange-blossom water, that remind us of Greece & the eastern Mediterranean, reflecting the region's heritage. GG's editor has photographs of still-standing date palm gardens, intarsia boxes, & other mementos that remind us of the area's ever-present history. Now, ciao-meow, because we have eggs to dye. xoxo
What would we do without our Bialetti? Shudder. Yes, it's St. Patrick's Day but we'll be with you later...after our espresso. 
We're not giving up & neither are the Italians. Visit their site; if you don't read Italian, some blogs are "translated," sort of...We love their banner, above (used with permission). When things seem hopeless, we look at this joyful photo.
Here comes the bride? There goes the widow? Who knows? More random than usual, which is saying something. But we love the Vogue Italia photograph by Steven Klein (via our scan). One could stay up all night thinking up silly titles. But foggy-brained, lacking time & another storm's a-comin'. GG is panicked that we'll lose power overnight. (OK, it's her editor who's worrying about it. GG doesn't worry about too much; she figures stuff works out.) Give us snow or rain but not the DC-area "wintry mix."One time our late Lily Rose's water bowl froze solid; this is a cold apartment.
We know it's Carla B's desktop. But really, it's not so far off from our own. And we mean déshabillé as in artlessly chic...not just 'messy.' Ahem. (Photograph by Bharat Sikka via CB's site). 
