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Adam has the cutest two teeth we’ve ever seen! They came through right after Aunt Daf and Uncle Meej’s wedding and have been growing ever since. –Fotini

Babies are such funny creatures. They become obsessed with the wierdest things.  I turned the laundry on about twenty minutes ago and since then Adam has been staring at it and trying to get to the machine (or at least he was until he noticed I had brought out the camera out and then decided he wanted the camera moreContinue reading “Baby Obsessions”

Our apartment here in Moscow has great views from the windows. This is the view from our living room window at night.  It doesnt get this dark here until after midnight…so we have Adam’s jet lag to thank for this picture 🙂 And at night. This buidling is one of Stalins Seven sisters.  Initated under Stalin these sevenContinue reading “View from my window”

Day two in Moscow and we had a lot planned…but jet lag was back again and the whole Ali clan slept until noon.  We finally woke up, showered and headed out for some breakfast and sightseeing. We decided to stop in for a very late breakfast at Shokoladnitsa café.  This means chocolate and chocolate anything is aContinue reading “Best Laid Plans”

After a short deliberation, we decided that Adam and I would join Randy on his business trip to Moscow for three weeks. This would be the first time Randy and I had left the US since we returned a year ago and Adam’s first international trip. We were extremely lucky and we had the whole bulkheadContinue reading “Priviet Moskva”

After a whole day out and about in Modena we came home ready to cook dinner. We had gone to Pam, our local supermartket, that morning to get clams. The fishmongers were nowhere to be seen at the markets but because we’re in Italy the supermarket had the exact clams that the recipe called forContinue reading “Clams & Tomatoes”

In Modena there is this amazing little hole in the wall trattoria. To be honest, it was the top reason we went to Modena. The cathedral would be great to see and all, but when Batali says “If there is one stop on your trip to Italy, wherever in Italy, it must be here…”, thenContinue reading “Modena and its Discontents”

People who know me know that I am a huge Batali fan. There’s even a picture of me and the big guy in front of Babbo in New York. So a pilgrimmage to Bologna has always been on my shortlist of things to do. I didn’t exactly give Fo full disclosure as to why weContinue reading “Market Day in Bologna (At Long Last)”

After a loooooong night sleep on the train and a seven hour delay our train arrived at Bologna Centrale station at 1pm (our scheduled ETA was 6am). A short taxi ride and we arrived at the apartment that will be home for the next 5 days. Even just walking into the building with the marbleContinue reading “Bologna!”

After three weeks of saying goodbyes to all our amazing London friendsand tons of boxes and packing we are finally on our way! We have hopefully two months before Randy starts his new job in DC and figured there is no better place to spend it than the Mediterranean in summer! One month in ItalyContinue reading “Leaving London”