Author: Staci

Staci blogs about travel at TheVoyageer.com.

Affogato

Affogato usually takes the form of a scoop of vanilla gelato or ice cream
topped with a shot of hot espresso. (Thanks, Wikipedia!)

I surprised my dude with an especially nice dinner the other night which consisted of garlic-butter tilapia, garlic angelhair, and steamed veggies. Looked pretty on the place, tasted even better.

Now, after having such a great dinner, one must follow it up with an equally great dessert. Cue a last-minute run to the grocery store to get vanilla bean ice cream for affogato.

How to make your own delicious affogato. Easiest thing ever, I swear.

  1. Scoop ice cream into bowl or mug.
  2. Pour freshly made espresso over ice cream. (We use the Marimba stove-top espresso maker. I suppose you could use drip brewed coffee if that’s what you have–just make it extra strong!)
  3. Enjoy.

PS: we used small bowls here but I recommend using mugs because there is usually espresso left over after the ice cream has been eaten, and it is easier to drink out of a mug.

United & Streamlined

Great news! I have made the decision to move over all of my travel posts from La Route Libre to this blog, so that everything is in one place. This makes it easy for me to refer back to an old post or group of posts. For example, if you want to, you can check out all the posts I made while studying in Morocco for six weeks.  Using the wordpress tools made this incredibly easy. It even moved over all my photo files so I can easily go back and pull up highlights like this 2009 gem:

I still can’t believe I got to live an adventure like this. 

Please note that the navigation bar has more things on it! You can see Where I’ve Been or take some travel advice from me as Where to Stay is concerned.

It’s worth pointing out that the La Route Libre posts were made before I really got “into” blogging–that is, using the commonly-expected, more journalistic style that prevails on lifestyle blogs I admire. My travel posts are very much “what I did today” and personal journal in style. On My Friend Staci I have been making steps toward being more organized, topical, interesting and accessible to new readers.

What I am most excited about is being able to share my travel adventures right here instead of blogging at La Route Libre and linking it back up to this one–talk about split personality! Especially with our upcoming Eurotrip this will be the perfect place to talk about “crossover” topics like how Parisian fashion could influence home decor, planning or budgeting for a trip, and, of course posting lots of photos once we get there and back.

Can’t wait! (via)

Taxes

A very sincere and special thank you to all of our employers for providing our W2s in a timely fashion. Our taxes are done, and due to living on a little less from each monthly paycheck, we will be recieving a refund… soon.

Paris, je t’aime. 

It will be immensely helpful towards our summer vacation.