Gettin' into the Swing of Things

The past couple days have been pretty mellow.  We had classes again and our studio group started working on our project which involves mapping the city (hello assignment that I did a dozen times in studio this past year...).  It has helped me get a better grasp of where things are though so I guess that's nice. 

Last night we made cheese burgers for dinner, a little taste of home. After dinner Jena taught us how to play Liverpool, a card game very similar to Phase 10.  After a few rounds of cards we got ready to go out for an apartment crawl to see everyones apartments because they are so different.  Some are two stories, one has a lot of random chairs, some have a nice sitting room big enough for the whole group, etc.  Our apartment is about average, but it would be nice to have a place where more people could hang out. 

Today we didn't have class because the second cooking class with Lorenzo is this morning so chef can take them to the market.  The third group is going to go tonight instead of Saturday as originally planned because of the Rome trip.  The initial plan was to go to Rome on Friday which would've worked fine (the cooking people would've not been able to stay the night though) but as it turns out, the Train system is going on strike tonight at 9pm until Friday at 9pm so that messed up our plans a bit.  But as it turns out, it benefitted everyone because we can all stay in Rome Saturday night!

This morning Natalie and I went to the market on our own while the rest of the roommates were with Lorenzo.  We bought a lot of fruits and veggies, cheese, salami, and some really hard bread....maybe we can turn it into mini pizzas again.  I'm making a potato for lunch and will probably go check out the rupe this afternoon.  The rupe is a trail that goes around the entire hill and is a nice 2.2mi walk (maybe it will eventually turn into a jog).

Cliff hanger:  The next post will probably be after Rome, so get ready for some pictures of me in front of famous buildings!   

And here are the photos I promised!!

A couple doors for my collection

Roommates at the Ballet.

We sat in the top balcony which gave us a great view of the ceiling, but it was kind of hard to see the whole stage comfortably.  Still a great experience!

Chef Lorenzo in the blue hat.  Oh....and some purple artichokes!

The menu chef whipped up when we got back from the market.  I called making the gnocchi!

Me, Sarah, and Anne peeling boiled potatos to make the gnocchi. 

Me, Anne, Liz, Kylie, Angela, and Sarah making pizzas out of the 'wrinkly, old man face' frocchia dough!

 

Chef Lorenzo pouring the grappa shots after the meal was finished.

Rachel finishing off her zucchini snacks and Natalie grating cheese.

Another homemade meal.  Yay american burgers, potato chips, and ketchup.  I'm definately missing good ol' CoJack cheese though. 

Note: The cute Road Runner glass; we have a collection of Nutella collectable cups that came with the apartment that have old cartoons on them (Flash, Wile E Coyote, Pink Panther).  Sometimes we use the glasses for wine...Classy.

Ciao!