A TWIST ON THE PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE
A TWIST ON THE PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE Q:What's your favorite Italian purchase? A:My beaded curtain To me, this looks like a shimmering veil of Jujubes. And if you are too young to know what a Jujube candy is, even though I only like to imagine myself a Principessa, your teeth probably have far fewer crowns than mine. My friend who is married to an Italian and who heads Italian Language Program where I teach said she loved this photo because "it SCREAMS Italy." Q:How do you spend your time in the Umbrian countryside? A:Cupping bugs with a plastic Michelin cup and a postcard from one of my French students.(see July post, "Jiminy Cricket No Longer Lives Here") Q:We understand that you write a blog called “In Love with France, At Home in Italy.” What is your work station like? A.We invested in some beautiful old furniture well before our former ruin was renovated. At the dealer’s, I was looking with curiosity at an old, iron, mirrored wash stand that was mi...