Gastrodestination Portland
To the left is a meal I had in Portland, Oregon Sunday. It was not the best meal I had while my wife and I were there on a weekend jaunt. But it was the gayest. Behold the “Gay Bar,” a… Continue Reading
Italy
Ca’ di Gladiatori Crumbles
A sad day in Pompeii, as the House of the Gladiators collapses. Italy has been suffering heavy autumn rains, and the unearthed ancient ruins of the world’s most unique and miraculous archeological site are not up to it. Italy, like… Continue Reading
O Felice Giorno!
Sometimes, a good beer is just the thing you want. Libertine Benjamin Franklin once said that “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Whether he believed in God or not depended on what point… Continue Reading
Now I Know What It Sounds Like To My Cousins When I Talk To My Wife
Well, maybe not exactly what they think we sound like, but the singer is intentionally trying to sound like an English speaker, I think an American, without actually using any real English. Over at LGM, a commenter correctly identified the… Continue Reading
Busted! (G-8 Summit Version)
To be fair to the Presidents here, the booties are typically of very high quality in Italy. Update: ABC News insists that the photo does not show what it appears to show. Oh yeah? You guys are totally in the… Continue Reading
Italian Atheists!
Translated, it’s a “good news-bad news” sort of message: “The bad news is, God doesn’t exist. The good news is, you don’t need him to.” Right now, it’s only on two busses in Genova. But it will expand from there.… Continue Reading
Cinque Piedi di Acqua Alta a Venezia
This must have been scary for Venetians. Six hours of water five feet above where it normally is. Walking around sidewalks hip-deep in the lagoon — yuck! A beautiful city, but that lagoon is nasty. Is it global warming? Well,… Continue Reading
To Where Will Right Winger Deserters Flee?
“Oh, man, if Bush gets re-elected, I’m going to Canada.” “If McCain gets elected over Obama, man, the fix is in. I’m outta here, I’ll go to the Netherlands.” I’ve heard more of that kind of crap from left-wing kool-aid… Continue Reading
Free To Criticize
Continuing in a vein from the past post, here’s a reminder to all my American bloggers that they should cherish and be thankful for their freedoms. In Italy, it is a crime to mock the Pope. After warming up with… Continue Reading
We Really Do This
The United States really detained a nice Italian lawyer – a man not of Arabic descent, not visibly Muslim, and in fact quite innocuous and was guilty only of trying to visit his girlfriend. There is no indication that he… Continue Reading