Sipping Espresso

Our first award!  I'm excited, honored and flattered.  I would like to thank all the little people… namely Julia because she's pretty little. The Liebster Award was given to us by our good friend and fellow blogger, Michel.  You'll notice that his blog,  Our House in Provence  is one that I follow.  I imagine if you spend just a few minutes reading some of his posts, you'll be an avid reader as well.  His attention to detail and plethora of knowledge about his subjects puts my posts to shame.  Michel and his wife Shirley live in a beautiful home in wine country, California.  Michel's passions include food (he owns a restaurant near his hometown, Bistro des Copains ), wine (he is an expert in French and California wine), his family (he has two beautiful daughters and four bright grandchildren) and of course France; the subject of his blog (he owns a beautiful stone village house in Provence). Michel and Shirley Michel received his Lieb...

Well, we didn't run into Edward Cullen, Bella Swan or that creepy little girl that can induce pain in people's mind (I suppose the world's largest and most powerful coven of vampires was in hiding) during our visit to Volterra in Tuscany . Now this is Tuscany! For the Tibetan monk that has been living in isolation in Bhutan… and my sister, the only two people in the world that haven't a clue who Edward or Bella are - I am making a playful reference to the Twilight Series .  Buddhist monk and Michelle, listen up - the premise of the fictional story is simple. Girl falls in love with boy.  Boy happens to be a blood-sucking vampire.  Girl also falls in love with another boy.  Boy happens to be a shape-shifting werewolf.  Love triangle ensues.  They all get in trouble when the Volturi  (fictional Vampire royalty from the non-fictional town of Volterra, Italy ) get involved.  Giant battle rages.  Extend story over five books....