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Sep 09
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Uncle Alex has definitely made our family Sartorial name ;), proud! Once again, a success at New York Fashion Week. I am bummed I could not attend this one!
“Alessandro Sartori applauds his audience after presenting Z Zegna for S/S ‘09 at Industria Superstudio, during New York Fashion Week. It’s the younger and slightly hipper sibling to Ermenegildo Zegna and comes with a similarly high standard of production quality. Simply put, Z Zegna is a line one buys for quality. And the style is impossible to knock.Sartori’s deconstructed blazers with frayed edges weren’t especially timely. But he was more successful when reconstructed or playing with matte versus gloss finishes. Some thermo-taped outerwear pieces were unexpectedly eye cathing and the tapered pants were right on.”
credits: http://www.stylelist.com/blog/2008/09/09/z-zegna/

Uncle Alex has definitely made our family Sartorial name ;), proud! Once again, a success at New York Fashion Week. I am bummed I could not attend this one!

“Alessandro Sartori applauds his audience after presenting Z Zegna for S/S ‘09 at Industria Superstudio, during New York Fashion Week. It’s the younger and slightly hipper sibling to Ermenegildo Zegna and comes with a similarly high standard of production quality. Simply put, Z Zegna is a line one buys for quality. And the style is impossible to knock.

Sartori’s deconstructed blazers with frayed edges weren’t especially timely. But he was more successful when reconstructed or playing with matte versus gloss finishes. Some thermo-taped outerwear pieces were unexpectedly eye cathing and the tapered pants were right on.”

credits: http://www.stylelist.com/blog/2008/09/09/z-zegna/

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Sep 03
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I can see that America has been ready for change, with my generation as being a participant of the “free thinker” movement. With Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, and now Sarah Palin, and as the United States minority groups are growing at a significant rate, we are accepting of differences.
I am still debating whether I am in favor of Sarah Palin, however. One side of me thinks that McCain chose her to win over the American public, and show that he is accepting of diversity and all for “girl power.”
Being a mother who accepts her daughter’s pregnancy shows that she sticks to what she believes in being pro-life. In the meantime, doesn’t this also show that Sarah was not able to educate her children enough, about the “abstinance-only” education she enforces in the educational system? Can a woman, who has a vision for abstinance-only education, handle America as a nation when she was not able to transcend that vision to her own daughter?
On the OTHER hand (I know, I seem to be going back and forth here and playing a game of tag with each side), a woman like herself will likely relate to hundreds of thounsands of women in the United States who also have to deal with teenagers growing up. This supports the fact that she’s a real woman of America, like the rest of us. She has family issues to deal with, but she deals with them and is accepting of them.
I really don’t know where I stand right now, I see equal positives and negatives, but at least I know that I grew up with the generation that was beginning to accept equality in real terms.

I can see that America has been ready for change, with my generation as being a participant of the “free thinker” movement. With Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, and now Sarah Palin, and as the United States minority groups are growing at a significant rate, we are accepting of differences.

I am still debating whether I am in favor of Sarah Palin, however. One side of me thinks that McCain chose her to win over the American public, and show that he is accepting of diversity and all for “girl power.”

Being a mother who accepts her daughter’s pregnancy shows that she sticks to what she believes in being pro-life. In the meantime, doesn’t this also show that Sarah was not able to educate her children enough, about the “abstinance-only” education she enforces in the educational system? Can a woman, who has a vision for abstinance-only education, handle America as a nation when she was not able to transcend that vision to her own daughter?

On the OTHER hand (I know, I seem to be going back and forth here and playing a game of tag with each side), a woman like herself will likely relate to hundreds of thounsands of women in the United States who also have to deal with teenagers growing up. This supports the fact that she’s a real woman of America, like the rest of us. She has family issues to deal with, but she deals with them and is accepting of them.

I really don’t know where I stand right now, I see equal positives and negatives, but at least I know that I grew up with the generation that was beginning to accept equality in real terms.

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Sep 02
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Slow Food Nation


It’s been a while since I have last written in the spirit of blogs, and I say it’s time to unite once again since often times I want to remember what interesting causes, events, and places I’ve participated in or visited..

This labor day weekend was one of the most relaxing weekends I have had all summer long. With a full time internship in hi-tech, additional corporate trainings through InRoads, and weekly pageant rehearsals, it’s been a full load for me this summer.

With a background in Italian food culture, I have really allowed myself to be experimental and curious in trying new foods these recent years. Never would I have imagined touching raw fish, tasting deer, nor dipping my fingers in Indian food. It’s been a great adventure and I have grown to love food more and more! After all, it’s only one of the few wonders that our cultures of the world have to offer!

This past weekend was Slow Food Nation in San Francisco. With more than 60,000 people who attended, it was an event that promoted , well… as the name clearly says it, SLOW FOOD! The whopping $68 price tag is worth it if you take a moment to try every single delicacy that each booth has to offer. Here are some photos, credits to Flickr Slow Food Nation Group Members.

The Slow Food Nation Tasting Pavilion has begun!:



The Cheese Tastings!



Stone-Oven baked Pizza…authentic Italian style!


Fish Tastings! The squid was delicious and tender, just like in Europe



The Pickle Tasting! It was interesting.


Mortadella! Yum yum


Different Hams, Salamis.. and other goodness


The Spirits Tastings! They even showed how to prepare Absinth!


Spirits Galore


The Chocolate Tasting! Mostly from South Africa & South America.

Saving the best dessert for last, gelato :)


And to top it all off on a full stomach, we headed to the coffee tastings and had a macchiato, yum =)

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