This is a picture of the beautiful curtains in front of our living room window-love the material! Why the curtains and the montage of fruit (luscious apricots--the mercato is full of them now!) and expresso? Well, it is 90 degrees, almost high noon, and I've made the executive decision to hang out at home for a few hours rather than traipse the streets again in the heat. The air conditioner is on, a load of wash is whirring, and all my groceries are put away. I got an early start this morning at the market-I dropped by my favorite cheese lady to buy more fresh ricotta. (it turns out she is Argentinian but has lived here 25 years. Once I found out she spoke Spanish, things have been considerably easier. But she was nice and helpful since day one) Oh man! Is that stuff good. You just mix it into hot pasta, add a little pasta water and it is "pasta perfection". I also went and got some pizza bianca from the "independent" baker lady (she is not one of the big bakeries on the sides of Trionfale Market), a few melons, and then these lemon and ricotta ravioli!!! The cook is the nicest and has a very sweet 12 year old son helping in her shop. She gave me a taste of her apple cake and an almond macaroon-consider me bribed by deliciousness and her sweet smile. I promised to come back and buy for the weekend. After Trionfale Market, I went on a mission to look for the #1 rated carbonara restaurant called L'Archangelo. We've looked 2 other times to no avail, but today I found it right away-well walking 25 minutes. Unfortunately, we are running out of time to try it...but now that it is located, it will be on the top of the list for the next visit to Rome. After that I headed to Coin to get the rest of my groceries. I am trying to stockpile a few necessities for our stay in Umbria. Piegaro has shops but I know it will be more "specialty" and pricey than the things I can get here. Got some box milk, cafe, containers of pancetta, fig yogurts, grissini in a huge bag for G, some tortelllin and sauce for the first night. Basic provisions....that all involved a lot of walking so I don't feel too guilty hanging out. I have not had the chance to do that in Rome with visitors coming in and out (which was great!). So today, I'm just an Italian mamma in casa waiting for her son to come home from school. It is not the same as running errands in my car and then staying at home doing housework in Charlotte. It just isn't.
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