So Many Photos, So Little Time!

Wow, I have a lot of photos to deal with from the last two weeks! There's no way you will be seeing them all here, by any means. You can always look for more on my flickr, of course... Clicking on any of the photos you see here will get you there, too!

Anyway, a quick note on life here... It seems like a lot of my friends and colleagues are starting in on organizational schemes to improve productivity, or we've just been talking about it a lot recently. One of my colleagues got a day planner for the first time. He really needs it. One of the students started doing a task list at my suggestion. (He also quit facebook of his own accord.) He is already pleased with the results. I just had a talk with one of my friends about his organizational scheme. His seems the hardest by far. He schedules his time for two weeks at a time, giving allotments for the different projects he is working on. His advisor (who is the super-organized big boss here) is apparently giving him tips on it all...

Anyway, how about some pictures from my birthday party? It was pretty rocking party! I invited people to stop by after work around 7, which means that people didn't arrive until close to 8! Thus, Ross and I had plenty of time to get ready. Most of the food below was for the party...



I bought really good tangerines from the fruit seller in Piazza Bausan.



This is the spread at the start of the party:



We put a lot more out! I made deviled eggs, since I figured that it was the easiest thing that I could make that was "American". I got to use the really yummy spicy mustard that I bought in Paris! Italians do have a version of deviled eggs, called roughly "eggs of the inferno", which use garlic as the flavoring in the yolk mix. I also put out the crystallized kumquats that I bought in Paris... They were delicious!

My landlord and his sons brought this amazing apricot torta. Wow, it was good! I had to cut it into tiny wedges, but everyone got a piece! He was a hit with my friends, and his sons are really sweet.



And this is the morning after in wine bottles. Everyone brought wine, and even with some people passing, eight bottles were consumed. (Some of those are liter bottles!) I still have a couple bottles of sparkling wine in my fridge... I may have to have another party.



Anyway, it was a really fun evening!