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Alessandro's Birthday

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I washed some clothes, edited some photos, showered, and walked to the Wednesday market. I never intend to buy anything there (except produce), but it's Biancavilla's form of community church. The bustle of people and the eavesdropping opportunities are great for language learners. In fact, for the first time in 5 years, I wasn't the sole non-native. A German couple were at the fruit stand. A few familiar words from my time in Deutschland caught my ears, but mostly, I thought — what brings them to Biancavilla? Horsemeat has gone up in price The new caffè bar, Makea At the market  Preparing for a wedding.  I got a glimpse of a bridesmaid in a beautiful silk chartreuse gown. Spotting the little bread house  on my walk home I checked out the advertised new spot, closed for the ferie;  a caffè bar on viale di Europa. It doesn't appear to be anything special. Joe was at the apartment; we met and drove to the vigne. Today's lunch, pasta with pesto, and grilled flank steak...
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Tennis and Grand Theatre... or theatrics

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After a late morning and another delicious lunch, we took the Clio to Etnapolis. At lunch, Luisa prepared zucchine " condita ". It's really a carpaccio of zucchine, dressed with fresh squeezed lemon, olive oil, and cracked black pepper. This accompanied pasta with zucchine; also delicious, and an egged bread that my grandpa used to call Italian toast. Etnapolis was empty, being the hours of riposa . I wanted to get a certain Pandora charm I saw online, but they didn't have it at the store. I ended up with an Aries "arete" symbol that's very pretty. Joe scored big on some cotton shorts marked down to €7, and a beautiful linen shirt marked down to not much more than that. We picked up some prosecco, as I noticed it's what Giuseppe Rapisarda mostly drinks, and I got a celebratory Franciacorta for the anniversary couple, and a box of chocolates for Luisa's onomastico .  Back at the vineyard, the torneo had started, and Vincenzo was on the court. The...
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Labor Day

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We were the only ones celebrating Labor Day in Sicily. We took the day off and relaxed.  We stopped at Decó to get wine, and at the last minute, I grabbed some beer — Messina Cristalle di Sale. Today is swampy, and I thought cold beer might be appreciated. This is a particularly good one. We tucked the beer into the garage kitchen's fridge, and I brought wine to the house kitchen. Everyone was lounging, except for Elena, Luisa, and the granddaughters. They were at Centro Sicilia, where Luisa bought a pair of sexy-fit Levi's (pronounced Levvies here). Elena apologized for not telling us they were going; it was spontaneous. I had absolutely no problem with hanging out and not spending money  The kids were playing a game, Who Killed the Wolf or Who Did the Wolf Kill, something or another that seemed akin to Who Took a Cookie from the Cookie Jar. Ragazzi at lunch Happy baby Giulio Mozzarella di bufalo, pepe, origano, olio d'oliva Playing wolf game Teà, reflecting Marta with the...
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