It’s been a long time since I’ve discovered a new fruit. I first heard chatter about this fruit here and before we could figure out what it was, the fruit guys dropped off a handful of them at our office.
So what is it? Pineapple guava. It has an artificial taste and smell, [...]
…are the my current fruit obsession. Here is a photo of these golden drops of deliciousness. I took this in Milan, where I first discovered the fruits at an open market. Thereafter, I was constantly on the hunt for them. They were often found at uppity “whole foods” equivalent produce [...]
Shopping
It is very strange how generic all the non-clothing stores are.
There is a Tabaccaia, which sells stamps, bus passes, lotto tickets,
envelopes, phone cards, gum, etc etc. about every 200 yards. They
are all, for the most part, exactly the same. Some sell jewelry
and other nick knacks, but beyond that there is no difference.
The stores don’t even [...]