| Giugno 2012 |
| The vacay house ~ roses in bloom! Love it. Joe tuning the bikes up prepping for our July Etruscan Riviera Bike Trip A big June planned .... Serole, Italia 3 giugno 2012 |
I can eat food from street vendors
in Mexico, but this carne crudo
which is wildly popular in Piemonte -
Langhe - makes me gag and
wretch. Osteria di Vittoria Cortemilia
- super nice owners, great wine
selection and cheese - and I hate
feeling like I am being rude - they
take such pride in their food, but
there is no way I could get any of
this down, thinking, ' First this will
make you fart, then it will give you
worms. 'But Joe could eat it....
in Mexico, but this carne crudo
which is wildly popular in Piemonte -
Langhe - makes me gag and
wretch. Osteria di Vittoria Cortemilia
- super nice owners, great wine
selection and cheese - and I hate
feeling like I am being rude - they
take such pride in their food, but
there is no way I could get any of
this down, thinking, ' First this will
make you fart, then it will give you
worms. 'But Joe could eat it....
| Happy Birthday Joe!!!! Joe's kids bought him a swish helmet cam, Zaven bought him a new climbing helmet and he is climbing with Michael this morning, later we will go for a bike ride and have sushi My gift was Tom Petty tickets for the 29th of June. Tom is playing an outdoor show in Lucca Tuscany, we have a gorgeous hotel booked just a few blocks from the venue. Do Italians know who Tom Petty is? We will find out. 10 giugno 2012 |
| Happy Father's Day Joe ~ thank you for being such a great dad to our sons 17 giugno 2012 And always thank you to Conny for the fabulous photos |
| Tubingen & Stuttgart & Ammerbuch, Germany Before the beers and beer garden, Av and I hit a thrift store, and met up with Sindy, Phil & Dylan. HOT HOT HOT Later we trained to STR where we ate Vietnamese (yum) and met up with Conny. 16-18 giugno |
| Dylan with his crazy jimjams Below: A day at the Ammerbuch Flugplatz biergarten - a lot of sun - Sin & I with sunburns sitting in the Plapp garden watching Dylan play in the pool |
| Congratulations Zaven Grey Leonetti! 8th Grade Graduation from the American School of Milan ~ Class of 2016 Zaven was chosen to represent his class by giving the graduation speech. We practiced beforehand but wow he really, really, really exceeded my expectations. He is a natural and better than most adults at public speaking. We are so proud!!! 19 giugno 2012 |
Ok, I didn't want to bring the good camera
because I was just using a clutch - it wouldn't
fit so these are the crappy iPod camera photos
which are usually good except in low light so we
look corny/grainy. A BIG thank you to Conner's
mom and Cecilia's dad for taking the wonderful
non grainy photos. Below right: Zaven's 2
bestie girls - the lovely Cecilia & Rael, Rael & Z
also attended the International School of Milan
together. All the kids were just gorgeous, it was
a wonderful ceremony and evening.
because I was just using a clutch - it wouldn't
fit so these are the crappy iPod camera photos
which are usually good except in low light so we
look corny/grainy. A BIG thank you to Conner's
mom and Cecilia's dad for taking the wonderful
non grainy photos. Below right: Zaven's 2
bestie girls - the lovely Cecilia & Rael, Rael & Z
also attended the International School of Milan
together. All the kids were just gorgeous, it was
a wonderful ceremony and evening.
Still just glowing with pride.
I love this photo because Zaven is
standing on a little podium and you
can see his Converse, which just
adds a nice touch of levity to the
sense of ceremony. I asked him if he
was nervous because he really
seemed like a total cool cucumber;
composed & confident. He said his
leg was shaking...which is much
better than having a shaky voice.
I love this photo because Zaven is
standing on a little podium and you
can see his Converse, which just
adds a nice touch of levity to the
sense of ceremony. I asked him if he
was nervous because he really
seemed like a total cool cucumber;
composed & confident. He said his
leg was shaking...which is much
better than having a shaky voice.
| Celle Ligure ~ Our first beach/riviera day - we are LATE LOVEDLOVEDLOVED it. Last night while BBQing with Zach and Eliza they said Shanna was training on down we were planning on going as Zaven is off partying with his friends (last day of school Friday). So we met up and headed down to the Riviera, where we had a wonderful day ~ dipping into the water, drinking white wine, napping & chatting - ahhhhh. Next weekend Tom Petty in Lucca! 24 giugno 2012 |
| We came to Lucca to see Tom Petty and were suprised to find such a lovely Tuscan town. Having lived in Europe for 11 years ~ Italy for 6, we were saying how there are still tons of places we haven't seen yet. Tom was great, seems like a nice man - his voice was good even though he is o-l-d but obviously hasn't been drinking whiskey and smoking too much. I remembered why I stopped going to shows. No matter how lovely the venue- outdoor, gorgeous city - Piazza Napoleone - tree lined park, with a palace, restaurants and cafes skirting the perimeter...still bad. 1. you don't get to choose the playlist and although for his encore he did play Mary Jane's Last Dance and American Girl - I feel like he really didn't play all the (my and there are a lot) favorites. 2. Hate the whole crowd vibe - I am not kidding when I say there were a group of horrible American exchange students who were boozy and LOUDER than the band, again shame on the shitty bad Americans making it hard on the rest of us and I felt out of place because I wasn't wearing my John Fogerty 2009 Tour T-shirt. Total scuz bucket meth heads with body odor. I didn't drink nearly enough to take the edge off as my testosterone levels just go into over drive in crowds - not good. But most importantly Joe really enjoyed it. What a wildly busy June. Joe is off to the UK for 2 weeks in July for work and then we have our Estrucan Riviera bike trip. More fun to come ~ P.S. Oh it is SOOOOOOOO HOT. Lucca ~ Italia 29 giugno |
