http://www.folinazzo.com Part travel blog, part Chicago guide, complete Folinazzo family insanity Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:44:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve given up trying to be “deep”.  I thought there might be a way for me to write something detailed and eloquent about the people who helped us win the trip to Tuscany.  But that will take too long, and I think too much time already has passed.  So ... http://www.folinazzo.com/blog/thanks-for-sending-us-to-go-to-tuscany.html We won the photo contest, run by Ciao Bambino!, that I wrote about a few weeks ago. Well, we're co-winners, but we still get to go to Tuscany. What a wild ride! The contest started out friendly enough: fifty photos in the running, the photo with the most ... http://www.folinazzo.com/blog/were-going-to-tuscany.html How, you ask?  Well, first you need to visit the Ciao Bambino! page on Facebook, become a fan, then vote for my photo of Lucia & Mark by leaving a comment.  If you do not have a Facebook account, you must first create an account in order to vote.  I ... http://www.folinazzo.com/blog/send-us-to-tuscany.html http://www.folinazzo.com/blog/814.html My adorable niece, Lucia, originally uploaded by *SuperstarSinger* Felicia Folinazzo. http://www.folinazzo.com/blog/my-adorable-niece-lucia.html Meet Pepina Dolce! Before & After, originally uploaded by *SuperstarSinger* Felicia Folinazzo. http://www.folinazzo.com/blog/meet-pepina-dolce-before-after.html Dallas - rescued from gang members, originally uploaded by Eldad Hagar (Please support Hope For Paws). The owner of this photo, Eldad, is one of my contacts from Flickr, and, along with his wife, Audrey, runs the non-profit organization, Hope For Paws. They are based in Los Angeles where ... http://www.folinazzo.com/blog/hope-for-paws.html Recently, our friend and his two young daughters visited our home. The oldest girl (we’ll call her “M”) was touring the upstairs of the house when she spotted the shower curtain. “Oh, I love maps!” she exclaimed, for the shower curtain is a map of the world. ... http://www.folinazzo.com/blog/kids-and-travel.html It's a McDonald's commercial I saw on the CBC. I tried for the life of me to embed it but it wouldn't work so click here to see it. Do it; you want to see it. Posted by Francesca http://www.folinazzo.com/blog/i-just-about-cried-when-i-saw-this-commercial.html After listening to broadcasters and commentators from two different networks (Versus and CBC [Hockey Night in Canada]), I've realized that the media and the rest of the hockey world believe that the Blackhawks have no chance against Detroit in this conference finals series. So why doesn't the NHL just ... http://www.folinazzo.com/blog/i-need-to-vent.html