it's friday

just had to make a quick visit to one of my
favorite sights...stuff on my cat
i usually find a kitty cat that puts a smile on my face
nothing really silly today but found
this sedated large angry cat in a fridge pack




cruised over to boing boing real quick and
found my new bike
wonder how much money i could make this wknd
pedaling margaritas around the borough of media?

south of france

thanks ted

we had a great time at your 5 miler party

...so did austin

cote d'azur

sailing from cannes to st. tropez



alps in the distance

france

view from luca's condo
cannes above to left
mandelieu la napoule below to right



our home for 4 days
50 ft. sail boot...11 people
giuseppe, lorenzo, and andrea pictured below



luca, emelie, nadene, tanya, rowena, nicola, me and jen not pictured



"ok...i'm gonna go lay down"

monte carlo

the "sea"
leaving italia and approaching monaco



monte carlo





grace kelly's residence in the distance atop hill
(luca could have made this up for the philadelphia girls)

portofino

chillin with rossinis (veuve clicquot champagne/strawberry puree)






love this pic

la toppa

we had such a great time at cucina tipica toscana we went back the next night for dinner
minor chianti spill on jenny...othella (luigi's dad) came to the rescue with the italian version of "wine away"









me and othella

more of siena

piazza del campo



giuseppe, nadene, jen, and luca



shopping in siena



leaving siena

milan

the alps from 38,000 ft

giuseppe's apt. in milan

giuseppe's basilico

jenny in milan

jen and nadene



roses at the vineyard



jenny and me
(no sleep following 8 hr flt to milan and 3 hr drive to the vineyard b&b)

quercia al poggi

view from our vineyard flat where we stayed our first 2 nights



large garden with a panoramic pool



beautiful views of the vineyards and surrounding valleys

looking into our flat



our european dining room and kitchen

cucina tipica toscana

jen, me, luca, nadene, and giuseppe
we found this great little restaurant "la toppa" in poggio




luigi (restaurant owner) giuseppe, and luca



jen, luigi, luca, nadene, and giuseppe

we had amazing spinach ravioli, duck farfalle, and spicy tomato pasta

we drank chianti classico 2002...and a little grappa which is wicked and sometmes the italians mix it with expresso