Wordpress - geeksinrome.wordpress.com
General Information:
Latest News:
Like bees to honey… 29 Mar 2011 | 06:01 am
I remember an article I read a while back written by some newssite saying that they always had an enormous jump in traffic and links whenever the headline of the story contained any of the following w...
The worst/best sleep advice in the world 25 Mar 2011 | 03:35 am
It is the strangest feeling – unsettling yet exhilarating at the same time. For the first time in six years and five months, Orpheus and I are ALONE in our bed at night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Linky Love 27 Feb 2011 | 06:51 am
The lovely Sarah over at Bringing Up Baby Bilingual has a great number of resources for parents who are interested or actively engaged in raising children in a bilingual environment. She also does Q&...
Time slip 21 Feb 2011 | 07:33 am
Growth is so bittersweet. I was sad today thinking how soon it will be time to pack away the bibs and another batch of clothes that are getting too tight. It was hard washing and giving away my pumpi...
Mamma’s getting mad 13 Feb 2011 | 05:00 am
I have quite a few friends who are original 1960s-issue feminists. In fact, in the ’90s I used to teach English to the FemPower Old Guard in an abandoned convent in Rome. The city let these women ta...
Life is the world’s largest, most underfunded laboratory 25 Jan 2011 | 10:27 am
I love accidental Eurekas. You know, like when you think your brain is all super intellectual and cunning and all you have to do is work really hard to cook up some awesome solution and then you go o...
Open House 18 Jan 2011 | 09:29 am
Now I know why, when growing up, all my friends’ moms always let their daughters have their girlfriends over including millions of sleepovers. Because it’s FUN FREE babysitting!! I grew up in the boo...
Do as I say and as I do 12 Jan 2011 | 01:18 pm
Do any of you remember a NYT article way back that talked about “social contagion” and how our friends and friends of our friends influence our choices and lifestyles? It’s a fascinating article and ...
Eau de Pue 4 Jan 2011 | 11:51 am
Of the million things I love about Italy, one of them is it taught me a new maxim: “Better late than sorry.” They really don’t have that saying, but they do have that attitude and I love it. Time ...
Some like it hot 28 Dec 2010 | 10:18 am
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and joyous holidays. Here in Italy, of course the holidays aren’t over til after the Three Kings come to town on Jan. 6 (the Epiphany) so the kids’ 20-day vacay j...
