Daniele Visit

Daniele Visit

(View of New York City from New Jersey) Daniele was able to visit from November 8 to December 5. We spent Thanksgiving together and took a trip out to California. He flew into JFK. I told him I couldn’t get … (read more)

Posted on December 6, 2011 by kaitlyn - 25 Comments
New Orleans Part Two

New Orleans Part Two

Continuing the trip, Saturday we started off with breakfast at a diner right across from our hotel, Daisy Dukes. The food was typical diner breakfast, but what really made it great was the bottomless bloodymarys. The first one was good, … (read more)

Posted on October 26, 2011 by kaitlyn - 21 Comments
New Orleans Part One

New Orleans Part One

This week my mom, Aunt Linda, and I are spending in New Orleans. The three of us have taken a few trips together, but none recently, so we thought we were due. Wednesday. We left Wednesday 10/19. It is a … (read more)

Posted on October 22, 2011 by kaitlyn - 35 Comments

Hotels.com Rant

My mom booked a hotel for our upcoming New Orleans trip back in August (for October). She used Hotels.com who instantly charged her credit card and even went so far as to send an email saying there is no need … (read more)

Posted on October 19, 2011 by kaitlyn - 30 Comments
Palisades Park

Palisades Park

My friend Fabienne and I decided to spend a fun day out taking pictures together. We picked Palisades Park since it is a pretty park with views of New York City. Here are the pictures I took that day:https://picasaweb.google.com/111221349198606775660/20111015Palisades

Posted on October 16, 2011 by kaitlyn - 28 Comments
LBI

LBI

Last week my family took our annual vacation to Long Beach Island, New Jersey. My dad’s oldest brother, Bill has a house there and we have gone every summer my entire life. We choose this week because it was right … (read more)

Posted on September 19, 2011 by kaitlyn - Leave a comment

Back to the USA

I have finished another 3-month stay in Italy. This was June, July, and August in Rome with Daniele. Rome is feeling more like home than NJ right now, and I’m pretty sad to leave. At least I have enough to … (read more)

Posted on September 7, 2011 by kaitlyn - 33 Comments
Trademark Infringement

Trademark Infringement

I have seen so many examples of trademark infringement while traveling that it inspired me to make a collection. Here are a few just from Italy.

Posted on August 31, 2011 by kaitlyn - Leave a comment

Italians want Starbucks

Italy is one of the countries I know that does not have Starbucks. Or Pizza Hut for that matter. Why would they want those chains when their coffee and pizza are so good, right? I have run into a few … (read more)

Posted on August 29, 2011 by kaitlyn - 31 Comments
Proposal

Proposal

This weekend (weekend for us) Daniele organized a surprise for me. It wasn’t a total surprise, I knew what was going on and had a rough idea even where we were going, but he organized everything by himself and actually … (read more)

Posted on August 23, 2011 by kaitlyn - 25 Comments