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Freckled Italian
www.freckleditalian.com
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Life according to a writing, cooking, running, working English Bachelor[ette].
#9187 in All , #389 in General Lifestyle

If You Hear Any Noise, It Aint the Boys

[The taste of summer: a spinach and berry salad, taken May 2012.] My lovely friends Jenna, Melis sa, and Whitney are just an hour away, and when they get here, we are going to have...

6 h ago

Life Lately According to Instagram

The internet at the lake isnt exactly the most advanced. Ive been feeling a bit disconnected, which used to stress me out, but I have to tell you, when youre where I am right now, its really not...

1 day ago

Favorite Books + Giveaway Winner

With the end of my masters program coming up in the next few weeks, Ive managed to create a pretty hefty list that I have titled, "Post-Thesis Reading." It includes quite the variety, ranging...

2 days ago

Little Summer Wonders

I came across five or six of these little old soup cans situated on a table on our back porch the other day and Ive found myself mindlessly visiting, touching, and photographing them ever since. The ...

3 days ago

Memorial Day Weekend

[Lime, cilantro, and habaneros: the start of a damn good summer salsa, taken May 2012.] Memorial Day weekend at the lake is the start of a wonderful thing. Margaritas are shaken and poured into frost...

6 days ago 1 person likes this

There and Back Again

I never really got attached to Charlottesville because, while here, I constantly reminded myself that it was simply a temporary home for us. It was just another stop on our nomadic path to a one-day ...

25 may 12

Recipe: Paleo Green Berry Smoothie

Breakfast has become one of my favorite Paleo meals, but thats because it usually consists of some eggs, coffee, and a lot of bacon. So when my new friend Sarah asked me about my take on eg...

24 may 12 2 people like this

Calling All Sponsors + Ad Space Giveaway

Do you have a blog, band, business, or anything else youd like to promote next month?  Take a look at my sponsorship page for rates and other information and send me an email!  Id abso...

23 may 12

Scenes from the Homefront

Hello again from Charlotte! Rob and I got here on Sunday afternoon and have been enjoying some time relaxing with his parents. Yesterday we took a three hour hike up an awesome peak and have literall...

22 may 12

Last Saturday Morning in Charlottesville

Because our lease doesnt actually end until the beginning of August, we sort of moved this weekend. A lot of our furniture is gone, and we packed up all of our clothes and school stuff, but theres st...

21 may 12

More Q+A: Disney Princess VLOG

After shooting and posting those two vlogs last week, I was asked a series of questions regarding Disney Princesses. You know I couldnt just let those go, so Ive devoted a short video to answering th...

18 may 12

For the Love of Food | Tuna Steaks

Ive been meaning to post a recipe for a while, but I havent actually cooked anything in a while. Packing, writing, and Chinese delivery apparently go very well together. And if Rob is busy for dinner...

17 may 12

Real-Time Thankfulness

This is not a scheduled post. I didnt write this last night, then go to bed embarrassingly e arly, and I have not already been at work for an hour. I am actually sitting here at my computer,...

16 may 12

In Which You Meet Amira

Whats that sound, you ask? Just the noise of my heart palpitating be cause today was my last day of work, which means that were actually kind of moving this week, which means that the first ...

15 may 12

Weekend in Photos // Mothers Day

Headed to the lake again this weekend, and what do you know?  It was totally full of family, food, and fun. I guess thats just what we do.  Ollie is one of the cooler dogs Ive met in my day...

14 may 12

Just Call Me Chatty Cathy

[Flowers round the hood, taken April 2012.] I was a little overactive on my poor blog this week. If I overstimulated you or bored you (or both?), I am sorry. But very quickly, bear with me while I ma...

11 may 12

Sponsored Post: Bloom

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Bloom.com for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. In one of my vlogs from Wednesday, I shared a couple makeup product recomendations. Wha...

11 may 12

Somewhere Out There

After work yesterday, I snuck off to the lake for the afternoon, hung out with my family, ate dinner, drank a bottle of wine, did pull-ups outside while it rained, went to bed early, and woke up at 4...

10 may 12

VLOG | Q+A In Two Parts

You guys, Im always really excited to answer questions in vlog form, but then I record them. And then I stop feeling so excited, because I start to feel like I am really silly on camera. Maybe one da...

09 may 12

The Wild Rumpus

About four years ago, I read Where the Wild Things Are for a class, and Maurice Sendak changed the way I thought about Childrens Literature. I guess you could say he made me start to think about...

08 may 12

Leading Ladies

If you were a fictional character, who would you be? Check out these ladies answers, and give us yours! BLOG | TWITTER  | PINTEREST -- BLOG | TWITTER  | INSTAGRA...

08 may 12

What My Twenties Are Teaching Me

I came across this beautiful series last week, and I was so smitten with the theme that I had to throw my two cents in. Im approaching my twenty-fourth birthday this September, and these past fe...

07 may 12 1 person likes this

Hope You Have a Good Weekend

This weekend you can find me camped out at my computer, trying really hard to knock out that last bit of my thesis, actually washing my hair, and hopefully packing up more than a few boxes, as well. ...

04 may 12

A Room of Ones Own

I took the day off from work on Tuesday, knowing that I would be exhausted from a late night of driving after the Death Cab for Cutie show (which, by the way, blew my mind just as hard as I expected ...

03 may 12

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Very rarely do Rob and I manage to take good pictures together. Usually, one of us is the one behind the camera, so we never end up in the same photos. And then, when we do happen to be on the same s...

02 may 12

Ask Me Anything, 2012 Version

Its that time again! The narcissist and procrastinator in me loves when you ask me questions, especially when I have other stuff to do. Topics I am especially excited about at this point include, but...

01 may 12

Weekend in Photos // Foxfield Spring Races 2012

Each Spring and Fall in Virginia, thousands of people dressed in their best Polo, J.Crew, and Lilly Pulitzer flock to a field just outside of Charlottesville, set up plots with tailgating n...

30 apr 12

Those Empty Corners of Life

[The street in front of our old Sunday Morning Spot, taken in Roanoke, May 2011.] Currently, there are several empty corners in my apartment. The space where a coffee table used to be. The old home o...

27 apr 12

What I Wore 25: Fresh Produce

I have been on a hunt for the perfect maxi skirt for a few months, so when Fresh Produce contacted me to review something from their clothing line, I was ecstatic to find that in their coll...

26 apr 12

WHATS YOUR FAVORITE BIRD

So far in life, I have managed to create some really unique friendships with the ones I have known the longest. When we all left for college, I remember feeling anxious about making new friends, and ...

25 apr 12

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