Every year, my significant otter and I organize to view the Superbowl (which carries through the night since we’re based in Italy), and he cooks a menu inspired by the venue where the Superbowl is hosted. So here’s this year’s menu. The text comes from this excellent book: Crab Cakes Crab cakes are not native […]
TW: Everything Yesterday I was at a friend’s place: we got together over some oysters and the plan was to have a cry together. Which we did. She had a nice bottle of Pigato, too, a wine from Liguria I’m usually fond of. Thing is, I didn’t feel like drinking. Didn’t feel much like eating […]
Yesterday my grandmother passed away. If you believe in this kind of stuff, she’s joined my mother and they’re currently harassing my grandfather over how many dogs he keeps and how many hours he spends pretending to work in the garden. I hope they have pubs and mountains up there but hey, if they don’t […]
Just a quick bullet point update because I think it’s important that you get an understanding of where I’m at. my grandmother literally sent her body on strike because she doesn’t want to live anymore, and it’s a matter of days before she passes, maybe hours; one of my closest friends has troubles with her […]
I swear it was November last week. Well, ok, technically it was, but how did that happen that we turned around and it was already the first day of December? Usually around this time of the year, I do the Advent Calendar on my Patreon and blog (see here for 2023, here for 2022, and […]
The South African wine industry ranks as the eighth largest wine producer in the world and the sixth largest exporter, contributing approximately 3.9% of the world’s wine production in 2023. It was also the main reason for our visit, as wine is my friend‘s line of work. South Africa currently has about 87,848 hectares covered […]
Second post in the South African notes, following a bittersweet focus on its history (remember? 2.4 million people living in slums), and this time I promise it’ll get less grim. Maybe. And it will have penguins. 2. Nature and Wildlife South Africa hosts one of the world’s six floral kingdoms, the others being the Holarctic, […]
After wrapping up a glorious Autodesk University in San Diego, I took a week off, and it was my now traditional week of vacation with my sommelier friend (see Madeira for reference). It’s our sixth long vacation together, and 4 out of six destinations were on the African continent. There are a few reasons for […]
Should you ever go down there, let’s say for the 2025 Esri User Conference, I’ve got you covered. 1. The USS Midway and the Museum of the Sea I’m not sure it’s actually worth it going inside the museums unless you’ve got time to spare (which we didn’t) and you’re really passionate about going aboard […]
Tre sono i ricordi più significativi che conservo di Andrea Piazzalunga. “Il Piazza”, come veniva affettuosamente chiamato in studio. Il primo: un viaggio di ritorno in auto dal cantiere di Saint-Vincent durante il quale ci siamo persi in chiacchiere, abbiamo mancato l’uscita del raccordo e ce ne siamo accorti solo alla barriera di Torino. “Questa […]