Cappotto Orsacchiotto.

I want a teddy bear coat.

Io ho bisognio di un cappotto orsacchiotto.

Valerie by James White for Fashion Gone Rogue

via Chic Muse

Red Red Red.

All I want for Christmas is... Red Leggings.

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Isabel Marant

Dolce Far Niente.

The sweetness of doing nothing.

Always inspired as I am by the movie Eat, Pray, Love,  I was particularly touched by this italian saying.

It's something I really do not often get to do, and something that is so quickly taken advantage of.

There is a place in my heart where I truly feel like Rome is as much my home as my home is here in Colorado.  There is something so wonderful about the way Italians live, the loss of the strictness of time, the speak your mind, lets take a nap halfway through work, and enjoy our food and wine, way-of-life.

This particular sweetness of Italian culture is something I want to incorporate into my life more frequently.

Marty Party does this so well! Look at him basking in the warm November sun :)

Cook, Eat, Pray, Love.

Last night was a baking fiasco.  Everything that could've went wrong did.  After dropping everything important and finding out that we got the wrong ingredients, all in all, everything turned out amazing.

We realized when we got home from the grocery store that we had no mozzarella, and all I had in my fridge was some cream cheese.  Honestly, this recipe should always be made with cream cheese.  It is like 10 times better than the typical Bruschetta.

Recipe from Everyday Pasta by Giada De Laurentiis

There is nothing I love more than breakfast at night.   When discussing recipes for dinner with my friends they came to find out that I have never had eggs benedict before, so it was a given what we were going to make for dinner.  I also don't eat pork, so we substituted the bacon for turkey bacon (yummm).  Some people are picky about staying with one type of food, but I loved having the Italian appetizer and the egg main course.  We were so full and we watched Eat, Pray, Love (one of my favorite movies)- a perfect ending to the evening.

We were too full to eat the popovers last night, so this morning when I got up I put some cream cheese and strawberry jam on it for the perfect light and delicious breakfast.

Did I mention how much I love popovers?

(even when I forgot like 3 ingredients- they were still delicious)

Mezzanotte.

The perfect midnight snack.  Fire roasted tomato & basil triscuits, mozzerella fresca (you can buy them in tubs at the grocery store), and fresh basil leaves (homegrown basil plant).

Bruschetta.

I forgot how fun it is to cook, especially when it looks pretty.  

I feel so inspired by Emily's blog: cupcakesandcashmere.com

Home gardening is one of the greatest discoveries I've had!  It's so expensive to buy, and so cheap to make yourself. This is my basil plant outside.  It's so amazing when it is fresh.  

It reminds me of the simple amazing taste of the bruschetta in Italy.  

Italian food always makes me miss Rome, where I studied abroad 2 years ago (I can't believe it's been that long!)