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Identity Crisis – Solved!

March 27th, 2007

I am a third generation American of German and Irish decent with a little Italian squeezed in there somewhere. One could say I cook like an Italian and drink like a German, but as being a defining part of my heritage – that’s a real stretch. The only definite identifying characteristic is that I am blessed with an unmistakably Irish surname – Farrell. Growing up as a cultural “mutt” in Southern California, I never truly identified with anything. Continue reading this entry »

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A Worldy Education in the Strangest of Places

March 26th, 2007

You’d think I was in Los Angeles with all of the people dressed in fashionable black, but the hundreds of people coming at me all with pale skin and dark hair – no blondes or anorexic actresses in sight – tells me otherwise. Continue reading this entry »

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The Man, the Myth, the Legend

March 25th, 2007

Once upon a time in a land far, far away there was a seventeen-year old girl, seated quietly at her high school’s drama performance. When intermission came, the man seated next to her started a conversation with his unmistakable deep voice reverberating in the concrete-walled theatre, inquiring about her future plans for college. Continue reading this entry »

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No Diplomat

March 21st, 2007

Lately I feel the weight of being a US Ambassador thrust upon my shoulders, yet I resist most political discussions and outbursts of American patriotism, because the current political climate seems to generally define me as an American before I can be defined as a person, if I can be defined at all. Continue reading this entry »

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Italian Quirks, Observations, and Miscellaneous Thoughts

March 2nd, 2007

Coffee, er espresso-related beverages, are of extreme importance here. Duh! Skim-milk you say – not going to happen. Soy? Don’t try that one either. Continue reading this entry »

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Venezia – Before and After Carnivale

February 20th, 2007

Venezia during Carnivale (13- through 20-February) fell short of becoming the deterrent people had warned me about. Continue reading this entry »

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Bits o’ London

February 17th, 2007

So my very gracious hostess, Marcella, let me crash at her flat for a week in London. The best advice she told me was to buy a week’s credit on an Oyster card, the key to London tube and bus services. Continue reading this entry »

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Welcome, Merhaba, Ciao, Cheers, Namaste, Sawatdee Ka!

November 10th, 2006

Thanks for stopping by! I run my primary site over at ANovelPath so if you are looking for illustrative photos (which eat memory) or other posts which I haven’t gotten the chance to upload, it’s best you check there. I will try to update the Boots blog as much as I can. If you have any questions on travel, especially to some of the places I have been, please don’t hesitate to email me. I’ll be happy to help if I can.

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