I did not think the “blogger’s block” was a thing until it hit me, heavily, around six months ago. All of a sudden, the mundane happenings that had always been my muse were failing to inspire me. I was metaphorically shooting blanks. Since I’m still… Read more
Oh, hi there. Please look at the past three months as the summer break of a cheesy teen drama. Only difference: instead of living Summer at its fullest like Dawson and Joey, I was busy building a shelter for the upcoming nuclear war (s/o to… Read more
You thought my 100 Days of German Words project was water under the bridge? You poor thing. I’ll keep riding this success with the desperation of the Fast and Furious franchise, repurposing old ideas like they were an unnecessary acoustic version of Jagged Little Pill.… Read more
Is there anything more rewarding than waking up at the crack of dawn and prepare a nutritious breakfast for the whole family? Hell if I know. Unlike Mary Berry, I’m the person who: 1 – Barges in around dinner time tenderly shouting “Me Want Food”… Read more
After watching La La Land, I thought: One Ryan Gosling, please — Federico Prandi (@amorequietplace) January 8, 2017 For a long time I had suspected he’s the most perfect man who’s ever walked the planet Earth and now I was facing the ultimate evidence of… Read more
Not going to Italy for Christmas, last year, made things incredibly less stressful and unexpectedly more complicated. If you spend the holidays at a place that is not your mamma’s, in fact, you cannot just show up, jump on the food like a hungry ferret… Read more
Planet Earth, Civilized World, 2016. A scientific study reveals that as our lives get increasingly more frantic, we don’t have time to fully express our emotions. As a consequence, we miss out on those precious, special moments like sending out Christmas cards, writing love letters… Read more
So last year, for (more than) 100 Days in a row, I have invented a German word a day trying to express feelings that felt important, quirky or invisible. This is what I wrote before starting the project while the following are thoughts I’ve collected… Read more
Dear skinny boy, Remember when your mom used to promise you amazing presents if you managed to put on weight while my mother had to desperately hide food from me? Remember your effortless high school success at gymnastics, floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault,… Read more
You guys, isn’t Netflix’s Stranger Things the most amazing tv series you’ve seen this year? It has EVERYTHING: 80s nostalgia, Matrix-like scenes, children riding their bikes, an amazing soundtrack, breathtaking cinematography and FREAKING WINONA RYDER! Everything. I started watching it without having seen the trailer… Read more
Unless “mystery shopper” and “cat sitter” really count as grownup jobs, it is fair to admit that I never had a job before moving to Germany. I had a family, though, and that family was led by two proud members of your average Italian working… Read more