After a very successful fall semester at Rec & Ed, I will be teaching two Italian classes next semester: Italian 1 and Italian 2. These evening, adult classes are fun and help you to learn useful phrases, grammar and vocabulary. I speak as much as possible in Italian and create an immersion environment. We always [...]
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Learn Italian This Winter!
Posted in Ann Arbor, Italian language and culture, tagged italian lessons in ann arbor, learn italian, rec & ed, rec and ed, travel italian on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chilean Chocolate Treats in A2
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, Finds, Gifts on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I first came across Maitelates (my-tay-lah-tes) at Comet Coffee (in the Ann Arbor Arcade) with a friend who had spent some time in Chile. She had a huge smile when she saw the chocolate dipped alfajors. She said she’s never seen them available in the USA. I had never tasted anything like these treats. The [...]
Cooking and Eating for a Good Cause: Raising Money for the Greenview Hepatitis C Fund
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, Personalized Poems & Writing, tagged charity writing, cookbook, Cooking, food writing, greenview hepatitis C fund, hepatitis C, raise money, research money, university of michigan, writing on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
**I wanted to remind everyone about this opportunity to share recipes for a good cause. I submitted three recipes the other day. Have you submitted yours yet? ** Debbie Green is calling for recipes and tasters for a second cookbook to support the Greenview Hepatitis C Fund, a nonprofit. The Fund raises money for Hepatitis [...]
World AIDS Day and Day With(out) Art
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art, tagged aids, black milk, day without art, donald hall, hiv, npr, tory dent, world aids day on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to the World Aids Campaign: More than two million AIDS related deaths were reported globally in 2008; two million children under the age of 15 now live with HIV. New figures released by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS estimate the number of new HIV infections have declined each year by about 17% from [...]
Tonight! Reading at Sweetwaters in A2 on Tuesday, November 17th
Posted in Ann Arbor, In the News, Personalized Poems & Writing, tagged Ann Arbor, Chloe Miller, chloe yelena miller, chris lord, esther hurwitz, Michigan, poetry ann arbor, poetry michigan, poetry reading, reading, sweetwaters, writers reading at sweetwaters on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I will be reading at Sweetwaters as a part of the Writers Reading at Sweetwaters series tonight (Tuesday, November 17th) at 7 pm. The room is a bit small, so please arrive early for a seat. Don’t forget to bring work to share at the open mike. The reading is hosted by the lovely Chris [...]
Donald Hall on Teaching Composition
Posted in Ann Arbor, Personalized Poems & Writing, tagged donald hall, Michigan, reading, teaching, teaching composition, teaching writing, university of michigan, unpacking the boxes on November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I am very much looking forward to Donald Hall’s reading at the University of Michigan on Dec. 1st. I’ve been reading his memoir Unpacking the Boxes and want to share what he wrote about teaching composition at the University of Michigan. When I took the Michigan job, I made it a condition that I [...]
La Bella Vita – here in Ann Arbor!
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, Italian language and culture, tagged dante alighieri society, italian classes, italian conversation partner, italian film festival, italian resources, italian tribune, italian tutor, italians in ann arbor, italians in detroit, italians in michigan, learn italian, paesano's restaurant, rec and ed, silvios pizzeria, study italian, university of michigan on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I teach Italian through Ann Arbor’s Rec and Ed program. Next semester I will be teaching Italian I and Italian II on Wednesday evenings. Recently, students have been asking me for more local resources. I thought I’d share a few with you: The Dante Alighieri Society offers children’s language classes and various events, like an [...]
Kelsey Museum Opening
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We attended the opening of the Kelsey Museum of Archeology at the University of Michigan opening yesterday. As an art lover, I was happy to see that it was crowded with guests of all ages. The museum has an amazing collection, from the largest collection of Latin inscriptions in the west to a beautiful and [...]
Boo!
Posted in Ann Arbor, Holiday on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Halloween! My husband and I had fun dressing up like a bride and groom for a Halloween party last night. With my veil and his bowtie, we joked that perhaps we had more bride/groom accessories than we did when we got married a few weeks ago!
Dinner in a Meat Market? Yes!
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, tagged Ann Arbor, cannolis, cook, Cooking, eating, epicurious, farmer's market, feast, food, host, kerrytown, polenta, pork, pumpkin, recipe, sparrow meat market on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sparrow Meat Market in Kerrytown (Ann Arbor) hosts a semi-secret monthly feast. They take over the supermarket and Sweetwaters Café area with long tables covered in white tablecloths. They serve multi-course meals and guests share their BYOB wine with each other. The entire complex is closed except to those who made a phone reservation and [...]
