{"id":545,"date":"2015-09-11T14:58:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T14:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sometimesraw.com--precise\/?p=545"},"modified":"2015-09-16T02:39:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T02:39:11","slug":"five-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sometimesraw.com\/?p=545","title":{"rendered":"Five Things."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">This heat in Connecticut these past couple of days was just insane. I don&#8217;t like it at all &#8211; constantly sweating and this humidity that does not let one breathe. I am exited for the change of season, fall, cooler weather, Halloween all this good stuff. I will miss the long hot summer days of course when it gets really cold but hey&#8230; these days were just insane and not comfortable anymore. This summer was definitely one for the books! We have been traveling since July 11th to Martinique\/France, the U.S. and Canada. But as I said, it is time for a change. Change is good, wanted \u00a0and needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Here are some things we currently love:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><em><strong>What\u00a0we drink:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Well, being married to a Frenchi this is usually easy &#8211; Red Wine. I am totally into <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourwineiq.com\/kindsofwine\/winebyregion\/europe\/france\/bordeaux\/leftbank\/medoc.html\" target=\"_blank\">M\u00e9doc<\/a><\/strong><\/em> these days. Then again, gallons of water with lemon and cucumber.\u00a0<em><strong>For my son:<\/strong><\/em> Water mixed with apple juice &#8211; his all-time favorite!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><b><i>Working out and\u00a0practicing\u00a0: <\/i><\/b><em><strong>Me:<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0yoga and meditation every morning after I wake up.No excuses! And consistently practicing how to improve my writing. <em><strong>My son:<\/strong> <\/em>Practices Yoga with me. So cute. He tries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><em><strong>What we eat: \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Me:<\/strong><\/em> Salads and healthy vegetable stuff; usually Tomato and mozzarella salad whenever \u00a0it is so hot outside.\u00a0<em><strong>My son:<\/strong> <\/em>Anything pasta or rice &#8211; mostly plain &#8211; he does not want anything added. (WTH?) Then again, I made my own pasta the other day which turned out great and we enjoyed it with Gruy\u00e8re on top. So simple, so good! <strong><em>\u00a0[I w<\/em><em>ill share the recipe soon]<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><em style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.6;\"><strong>\u00a0Reading\/Watching :\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.6;\">These days: <strong><em>Reading:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.6;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Subliminal-Your-Unconscious-Rules-Behavior\/dp\/0307472256\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1441860849&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=sublimal\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Subliminal by Leonard Mlodinow,<\/strong> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quiet-American-Penguin-Classics-Deluxe\/dp\/0143039024\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1441860906&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+quiet+american\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Quiet American by Graham Greene<\/strong> <\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.6;\">and <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.6;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bird-Some-Instructions-Writing-Life\/dp\/0385480016\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1441860955&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=bird++by+bird\" target=\"_blank\">Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott<\/a><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.6;\">. <em><strong>Watching:<\/strong><\/em> Anything Woody Allen: My \u00a0favorites are Annie Hall and Manhattan.\u00a0<em><strong>My son:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<em><strong>Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sometimesraw.com--precise\/?p=514\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Where the wild things<\/strong><\/a><\/em> are and the <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.6;\"><strong>Very Hungry caterpillar. 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