Posted by on Dec 30, 2014 | 2 comments

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No, no this is NOT me when I was young and foolish…(she was rescued by a NYPD officer).

Well, papa thought we could get back in time for mama to cook for a January 6 epiphany party that normally we throw on New Year’s Day with black-eyes peas and cornbread for good luck during the year, but guess what? THE BOAT IS FULL.

Or rather, the “ship” is full. People who sail tell me, “Loulou, it’s a ship, not a boat. A boat is a rowboat and a ship is BIGGGG boat.” At any rate, we going to have to be a day late and mama will have to soak the peas on Sunday night instead of Saturday night.

To cheer herself up, she took a long walk out into Rome, still lit up with lights and full of people window shopping—a Roman’s favorite pasttime.

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Mama came back from her chilly walk and said that she loved to see people coming out of our local bar, trailing a lovely rich scent of their afternoon caffé, everyone bundled up to the eyeballs for the cold front that has moved in (6-degrees C), and a general atmosphere of pre-New Year’s elation–only one more thing to be celebrated before 2015 begins.

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I think holidays are a bit tiring for everyone, even if they are filled with celebration and bubbly and gatherings of friends and family (and a couple of extra bits of Party Mix for ME), so maybe a little rest is needed for all.

I’m going to set an example—watch my dust! I have to get some shut-eye because tomorrow I write my New Year’s Resolution! Uh, oh…

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