Home, Sweet Home.

In lieu of any actual photographic proof that I went home, I'm posting a couple of OLD pictures of some of the people I saw whilst in California. Here are the highlights...

My adventure began early. 4:30 am wake-up call to drive to the airport in Milan. Milan to London. London to SFO. I arrived the same day (because of the time change) at 1:30 pm. I drank coffee and my mom made me lunch. I was able to stay awake until almost 9 pm, then slept a good 12 hours, thus completely erasing any and all jet lag. It worked out perfectly.

Wandered about Burlingame. Library, bank, shopping.


Dinner with my Dad and brother.



Saw friends: Ian and his girlfriend, Rebecca, Tiffany, Elizabeth, Zoe.

Saw random Burlingame people.

Spent Valentine's Day with my mom. Mud bath and good food and wine with a friend of hers.



Went up to Davis (for Tiffany-seeing purposes).



Hung out in San Francisco.

Met a great Aunt I never knew I had. Apparently I'd already met her, but didn't remember.

Helped my dad with his accumulation of boxes.

Dinner with Elizabeth and her husband, her brother, my mom, my brother.



Went to Oakland (for Zoe-seeing purposes).



Left Saturday night to arrive in New York Sunday morning. Went online at the airport in order to see if Geoff sent me his number. He did. Arrived Sunday morning and called him.

Spent day in Manhattan with Geoff.



Flight back to Milan.



And now, with Domi, I am yet again, Home, Sweet Home. Funny how it works both as a beginning and an end.

My Bedside Table

I love it. It has been my life for the past couple of months. Tea, sewing... and now internet. Perhaps some Sex and the City thrown in for good measure... I can't say for sure... all while sitting on my bed, next to my *bedside table*.
I know it probably seems weird to be dedicating an entire blog post to a bedside table, but mine is so cheery. I made the coaster using felt and a pretty embroidery stitch, and I've been really into making these buttons. I've been making them for everybody - flowers, flowers, and more flowers, and I've just started some circular designs. They are quick, easy, and adorable. I think, anyhoo.
Plus, every time I look at my bedside table, there are my two little friends hanging out, keeping me company. Domi got them in China and never put them up/out, and I found them one day and thought, they are sooo cuuute! They need a *home*! And now their home is next to my home. It's a good arrangement, I think.

As a related side-note to this post, I'm trying to get into a spirit of positive thinking; ie, focusing on things that make me happy, rather than focusing on things that piss me off. I'm kicking this off with my little table friends. Oh, and the lovely mosaic tiling that's in our entryway...

Good stuff.

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow...

This Friday we are having our 'festa di inauguration,' aka our housewarming party. I'm super excited about it - we have a group of Domi's friends coming to visit at the same time, so it will be a multilingual sort of thing. Most of my life in Europe has been multilingual...
Anyhoo, so the festa is on Friday night, and I leave for California the following Tuesday. I don't start work until March, and I had an opportunity to go home, so I'm taking it. It's been over a year and my best friend got engaged - I think it's time for a visit. It's only for a week and a half, so not too long, but long enough to see the people I need to see and do some things I'd like to do.
That's all the news, she wrote.