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Risotto con scamorza e pere caramellate
October 30, 2017 // Posted in food | No Comments
Today we tried a new recipe (see here) for a special risotto, made with “scamorza” cheese and caramelized pears. For sure the result can be improved, but this risotto looks great and we enjoyed it. It is a bit strange to mix something like risotto with something sweet, but sometimes it is a good idea to be creative. Obviously Lorenzo and Bea didn’t appreciate too much, and preferred to eat a more conventional “pasta col pesto”.
Caldarroste da Martina e Giulia
October 29, 2017 // Posted in friends | No Comments
This evening Rossella and Damiano invited us to eat “caldarroste” after dinner at their place. We all were a bit tired, but Rossella and Damiano are dear friends and we always complain about the fact that we should meet more often. So we were very glad to accept their invitation. Thanks a lot for the lovely evening and for the great caldarroste. And thanks to Martina and Giulia for being so kind with Lorenzo and Bea. See you soon!!!!
19 anni di Ilaria
October 29, 2017 // Posted in celebrations | 1 Comment
Today we celebrated the 19th birthday of cousin Ilaria. We went at her place to eat together a slice of a great cake, and, in the meanwhile, Lorenzo and Bea were very happy because they had the possibility to play with a lot of things belonging to Michele. In particular today they discovered the toy soldiers…. Maybe Santa Claus will remember this…
Biscottini per halloween
October 23, 2017 // Posted in celebrations | No Comments
Halloween is coming so today Silvia and Bea (while Lorenzo and Enrico where playing with the PC) some nice cookie halloween-shaped. We then invited zia Lulu’, zio Paolo and little Francy for a cup of tea together, and the ghost-cookie enjoyed it a lot…
La spesa
October 23, 2017 // Posted in Beatrice, Lorenzo | No Comments
Usually, during the weekend, we have to find the time to buy something at the superstore. Sometimes we order it at home, but more often, we go to the closest superstore all together, although Lorenzo and Beatrice not always are so collaborative… However today they were very good, because they had a goal. We went to Carrefour because of the Justice League promotion, and they remained in the shopping cart waiting for the new batman and wonderwoman puppet… Maybe next weekend too?
Mangiafuoco
October 23, 2017 // Posted in free time, Pavia | 1 Comment
Saturday night we went out with the babies to watch a “fire show” in a little square in the center of the town. The show was good, but both Lorenzo and Beatrice enjoyed more the show of wizard Julian, a really talented guy from Argentina, very appreciated both by children and by parents.
Processo di degooglizzazione
October 16, 2017 // Posted in Geek | 1 Comment
- Il blog stesso, un tempo basato sulla piattaforma “blogspot”, comprata da Google, è ora basato su wordpress e risiede su un dominio proprietario
- Contatti: anzichè usare il pur ottimo “Google Contacts“, ora abbiamo un carddav server che gira sul nostro NAS (accessibile tramite DDNS), cui i vari clients (Thunderbird o qualche applicativo Android) si collegano senza problemi
- Calendario: anche in questo caso “Google Calendar” e’ stato sostituito con successo da un caldav server locale che gira sul NAS
- Google Maps: recentemente sostituite con “Offline Maps” e per ora ci sembra che questa app android funzioni addirittura meglio
Certo, e’ solo l’inizio… Riuscire ad usare un motore di ricerca free (duckduckgo) al posto di Google, non e’ banale. E pure la mail su Gmail… L’idea e’ quella di farsi un mail server casalingo, associato al dominio sacchibelli, ma le difficolta’ ci sono, e, d’altro lato, il tempo per dedicarvicisi manca… Ma ci proveremo. Anche sul fronte smartphone, sara’ dura svincolarsi da Android. Ma usare custom ROM, senza o con minime Gapps è un primo passo. In attesa, speranzosi, che qualche OS free riesca a scalfire il monopolio di Android e IoS. Certo, se anche Microsoft si e’ arresa…
Here at Sacchibelli we are starting a process called “degoogling”, a tentative to make our lifes less google-dependent. This not because we think that Google is the evil, but because, by nature, we don’t like the great monopolists, and we are a bit worried about the enormous amount of info Google collects every day about us. So, for now, we are able to survive without
Google Calendar and Google Contacts have been replaced by caldav and cardav servers running on our NAS, while we replaced the Google maps app with another one, “Offline Maps“, which performs very well. It is a long way, and maybe we will fail, but at least we started the process.
Weekend a Pisa
October 9, 2017 // Posted in friends, Travels | 2 Comments
We miss a lot Giuseppe, Carmen, Lorenzo (grande) and Giulia, and when they left Pavia to go to Pisa, we promised them that soon we would have met them again. So this weekend, we went to Pisa, where we spent both Saturday and Sunday, staying at their lovely place and sharing with them great moments and emotions. Lorenzo and Giulia were so happy to see each other after a while… And although the big emotions made Lorenzo a bit annoying and irritating, they had a great weekend. We enjoyed Pisa, Marina di Pisa, and the lovely Piazza dei Miracoli, but we enjoyed, above all, the warm friendship with all of them. Carmen prepared some delicious food, above all her amazing “melanzane alla parmigiana”, and we really have to thank a lot these great friends. We miss you a lot, and we would like to be closer to you, to better enjoy your company.
Corripavia 2017
October 1, 2017 // Posted in family | 1 Comment
We like the “Corripavia“, a footrace through our town. In the past the male component ran for 10 km (see here and here), while now, with all the family, we enjoy the “family run”, 2.5km long. Last year Bea partecipated staying in the stroller, while today, she ran for almost all the race. A nice day, with little Francesca, zia Lulu’, zio Paolo and a lot of friends. To be repeated, next year…
Fine di un’epoca?
October 1, 2017 // Posted in home | No Comments
After 5 years and a half, here at sacchibelli’s it seems that we can live without diapers. In fact Bea, who learned to stay without diapers few months ago, was still sleeping with diaper, for safety. But starting since yesterday, she is completeley diaper-free, and it seems that everything is under control. A great achievement!!!