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How to Mingle

From the always interesting Tricks of the Trade:

Always enter a conversations with a drink you are about to finish.

If things don't go well, all you need to do is take one last gulp from your drink and excuse yourself to get another, never to return.

If the conversation is going well, finish your drink and ask the other person if you can get them anything when you go to get another. They will appreciate the gesture even if they decline, and it impies that you'll be returning for a longer conversation.

· Mingler [Tricks of the Trade]

Posted in Business, College, Food, Observations on April 30, 2006, 10:27 AM | Comments (1) | Permalink

Credit Card Roulette

If you're ever out to dinner with a bunch of people and feeling adventurous, you can always play credit card roulette when the check comes. Each person puts in their credit card, and you ask the waiter to choose one at random. Whoever win's pays for the entire check!

Posted in Culture, Food, Observations on January 10, 2006, 11:47 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink

Travelogue: Perugia and the EuroChocolate Festival

View from Perugia (Photo)Last weekend I took the hour and a half train ride to Perugia, Italy for their Chocolate Festival. The annual 10-day festival brings loads of people into this tiny town: it was packed while I was there, and their website says 2004 brought 900,000 people!

The weather was beautiful and the hilly town provided some of the best views I've seen this semester.

For 5 Euro they gave us some kind of membership card, which entitled us to five samples from booths scattered around Perugia. Needless to say, by the end, I was stuffed!

· Perugia's Eurochocolate Festival

Posted in Food, Perugia, Travel on October 29, 2005, 06:13 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink

Rome's Zi Gaetana

Zi GaetanaDuring last week's visit to Rome I had a delicious lunch at Zi Gaetana. A welcome departure from most Italian meals, I had Pasta with Seafood Ragu and a salad.

The atmosphere reminded me much more of a trendy New York restuarant than the Italian trattorias that I usually frequent. And the meal was very reasonably priced.

Zi Gaetana Ristorante
Via Cola di Rienzo 263
Tel: 06-321-2342

Posted in Food, Rome, Travel on October 15, 2005, 07:48 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink

Perche No?

Perche NoJust off Via del Calzaiuoli lies Perche No? (translated: "Why Not?"), Florence's first ice cream parlor ("gelateria"). I stopped in yesterday for my first taste, and while all the people made it hard to decide which flavors I wanted, my chocolate and banana was delicious!

Many friends have suggested I go there, so I'm glad I took them up on their suggestion. Though apparently we aren't the only ones who enjoy Perche No?:

During World War II when the American army reached Florence after the Nazi withdrawal, they had the power grid specially reconnected so that Perche No?'s gelato production -- and G.I. consumption -- could continue.

This, at least, according to Frommer's.

Perche No?
Via dei Tavolini 19r, off Via del Calzaiuoli

Posted in Business, Florence, Food, Observations on September 25, 2005, 07:26 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink