Daily Archives: Sunday, July 5, 2009

The slow air conditioner is actually a no air conditioner. It doesn’t even sound or feel like the compressor is running outside our window, which we left open all night long so we wouldn’t suffocate and roast.   All of … Continue reading →

We are about to take a minibus up to the top of Mount Vesuvius to walk around the crater. My father had one piece of sage advice: “Son, if it starts to rumble, run like hell.” If I fall in, … Continue reading →