Posted by Loulou on Jun 8, 2015 | 2 comments

Waiting in a cool spot for lunch! Well, these are not actually hot plates but plates of nice cool things for HOT weather. Mama does a lot of dishes to get us through lunch when it’s 90 outside and I thought I’d share a couple with you. Turkey Tonnato (or chicken) Easy if you have a blender or mixer. Flatten 4 serving sizes of turkey or chicken...

Posted by Loulou on Jun 6, 2015 | 4 comments

Guess whose hand that is caressing that Lucia kitty? ONE GUESS. Well, this is the end. Do you SEE what THEY have been doing on THEIR little 2-day visit with what I thought were our good friends but now I am wondering… La signora of the house THEY visited is very partial to cute kitties and guess what abound in the little town where she lives? Well, just...

Posted by Loulou on Jun 5, 2015 | 8 comments

Everyone says that to make an omelette, you have to break eggs. Well, duh! What else would you break, I ask you, kitty kibble? And so when I saw mama making a little light dinner for her and papa and smelled the melting butter in the omelet pan, I thought I would just take a few pics and show you how to make a proper omelet in minutes with no muss or fuss....

Posted by Loulou on Jun 3, 2015 | 6 comments

Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who is the most underhanded FIFA president of all? (Thank you, WIAT.com for the photo) Oh, yeah, right, says papa, Mr. head-of-FIFA Blatter has decided to step down and resign from his presidency, which, says papa, gives him 9 more months to rob, cheat and steal from FIFA. This is a guy who will see his kharma one way or...

Posted by Loulou on Jun 2, 2015 | 2 comments

Well, I gazed out of our window hoping for these guys to whiz by and I sat there all morning and then decided to take a bath on the bed in mama’s and papa’s room and wouldn’t you know it—roar, ROAR, ROAR! All nine of the jets went over before I could get to the window and I MISSED THEM! DAMN! But I guess I had company. Mama was washing...

Posted by Loulou on Jun 1, 2015 | 2 comments

Hotel Rafael with bougainville near the ice cream place mama and papa discovered Well, I figure since none of us will ever see all of Rome in a lifetime, I’ll just start putting in some things that interest me (ice cream shops, for example!) and we can share them together. Papa actually let me taste his pistacchio gelato and I’m hooked. The...