Yep, that's me. In a situation I am most likely to be seen smiling: in front of a plate of local salumi & cheese, while holding a glass of wine.
It was a great bottle of Cesanese del Piglio, that Deborah and her son John shared with me over lunch at a wine merchant called Buccone. The store is located on Via Ripetta, to the right of the Piazza del Popolo twin churches. It's great to meet a friend made through blogging.
Image © Deborah S. M.
Che piatto ricco!!!!!
ReplyDeleteCiao tilli
It looks delicious! I have met new friends through blogging too and it's such fun.
ReplyDeleteEleonora,
ReplyDeleteI would be smiling too! In fact I am starting to get hungry looking at the beautiful plate.
Thank you for sharing.
You're lovely!!! And what a scrumptious lunch!!!
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you! Chin-chin!
ReplyDeleteyay!! especially if that friend met through blogging is my sister!!
ReplyDeleteSO happy you were able to meet up ---- and the only sad thing for me is that i wasn't able to be there to meet you :-( (and i would have helped you gobble up that resplendent platter of salume!!)
ciao to you dear lola ~ and i can't wait to hear more about your lunch ---
sending warm greets from your bracelet twin♡
xxx
Bella foto!
ReplyDeleteCon un piatto cosi, puoi sorridere...
:)))
So, you are a real person! Et bella!
ReplyDeleteI hope the food was good also. I made a note of the location. (I love Google Map!)
Eleonora - wait for me! Looks like a delicious way to spend some time!
ReplyDeleteCiao
I've just discovered your blog and I have to say I have had a grand time looking over all the lovely photographs and text that accompany them!
ReplyDeleteHey nice to see a friendly face - rare to see the blogger in front of the camera! Looks like a cozy setting all around. Yum. PS will be sending my contact info to your email if you have time for a Christmastime cafe, walk whatever
ReplyDeleteciao! L
Tilli~
ReplyDeleteE anche buonissimo... abbiamo lasciato solo briciole!
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Lois~
It really gives such depth to our "virtual" encounters. We should meet more often!
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Deborah~
I know, as soon as I see chese, I drool.
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Chieftess~
Aw, thank you!!!
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Rosaria~
Grazie, Maestra...
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Irina~
за ваше здоровье!!!
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Amanda~
I love your sister. And her son. What a wonderful family you all are! We had a great time, pity you weren't there... Next time!
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Andras~
Eh, si! Ero molto felice.
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Jeff~
The food is great! ANd all you have to do for wine is reach over on the wall-to-wall shelves of it!
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Leif~
The *best* way to spend time, in fact there's a saying here, "A tavola non s'invecchia" – which translates to: 'You don't grow old at the table.'
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Bella~
Thank you so much for your kind comment. Please dig through my archive, sit back and have some wine (there's a glass leftover!)
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Leslie~
Please do, I'd love to meet! We'll be hitting Monterey on the 26th.
Hugs
I love your saying..."You don't grow old at the table"!!! No wonder I love to sit and talk and drink wine after dinner!!!
ReplyDeleteChieftess~
ReplyDeleteMe too! That's why we are so young and beautiful!
Ciao
Looks delicious -- so do you.
ReplyDeleteYou are visiting? Bienvenuto in advance.
ReplyDeleteFine way to enjoy life.
ReplyDeleteVery good blog.
ReplyDeleteI would be smiling too with that plate in front of me :)
ReplyDeletePeek-a-boo -:)
ReplyDeleteLooks absolutely delicious!
What could be better than dining in Rome? I do have a favorite little place in Florence, though.
ReplyDeleteDonald~
ReplyDeleteThank you, you're making me blush!
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Jeff~
Grazie!
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Jørgen~
Indeed!
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long URL person~
Thank you!
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Loree~
It was all delicious, the food, the wine and the company!
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Chuck~
In Italian peek-a-boo is, "bù bù séttete!"
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Bob~
I have a favorite place just about every 3 blocks...
yes, I would be very happy too with a plate of salumi and a glass of wine, out somewhere where there is life! It's all closed here so if we want nightlife we have to brave the long coast road to Sorrento at the moment!
ReplyDeleteEleonora ~ My sister Amanda was so sad to have missed seeing and she isn't lying when she says she would have eaten up the plate of salume rapidamente...must feed the hungry donna bella...just don't understand why she stays so thin!
ReplyDeleteHope your foot is better and you get a breather every now and then from the controlled chaos of Roma. The big sky and quiet back home now is almost deafening.
Is there another Deborah or am I talking to myself in my dreams????
Charlie~
ReplyDeleteThank you for your visit! Everything closes even with the upcoming holidays? No the long coast ride to Sorrento is too long!!
Deborah~
Welcome back home. We're doing fine, both very excited about Christmas! Hugs
That looks so wonderful. Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post, beautiful you! You look happy. :)
ReplyDeleteRandy~
ReplyDeleteI am very lucky indeed. Sometimes we locals forget how much.
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Barbara!
How lovely to see you back here!! I missed you. I've been following your creative journey, congratulations!
Ah, you are so beautiful. Look at those giant mozzarella balls and cheese wedges! YUM!
ReplyDeletePS. The background to my blog is one of the standard choices in Blogger. I wish I could take credit for creating it, but I can't. :)
PPS. And you may take anything you want! xoxo
E-mail ol' «Louis» some of that salami and cheese!
ReplyDeleteYou've made him hungry!
;-D
Bella ~
ReplyDeleteMozzarella rocks my world.
Did you see I used your lovely webdings on AO&P? ;) ♥
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«Louis» ~
he he he... Food photos are always the ones that get the biggest attention!
You are a very pretty young woman and most importantly, you radiate kindness.
ReplyDeleteHow fun to meet a blog friend -- it's an unpredictable and interesting, since you usually know so much about the person from the blog, but don't know the manerisms, and expressions and way of talking, and all those other tactile things that only personal contact can bring.
Tash~
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you! Indeed, meeting in person raises the relationship to an even higher level. I wish to meet all my blog friends one day!