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What perfect timing for this post! My boyfriend and I just moved in together in a wonderful apartment in Venice...but it's in a large building. It's been a long time since I've had to deal with this many sounds around us but as a former NYC dweller it's all fine...except our downstairs neighbor. We thought he was a musician since his hours are insane and his music is always bumping. He will blast music until 3am most days of the week and for some reason it is inaudible from the outside walkways - just loud in our apartment. We've gone down to talk to him three times - each time super nice and respectful and one time I even brought him some beer as a "nice to meet you" present. We figured out it is just really unfortunate placement of his speakers, as they are directly under our bed. I bought ear plugs to wear at night because we don't want to ban him from playing music just because he's a night owl. It's really challenging because we don't want to be jerks but all I feel at night is bass.

That said I ran into my landlord and he mentioned the small package I received. We talked about the earplugs and he told me I was the sweetest neighbor ever and if it ever became a problem to talk to him. Woo!

I just got back from the south of France and miss the cheese above all else. She is so right about the level of cheese at a truck stop being better than most cheese here. It's amazing. I miss it more than is healthy...

If you're really on a budget (like me) you'll like the 45 cent dish towels at IKEA. I love them. They kinda suck at drying, but they're really pretty...AND 45 CENTS!!

Just made this soup for dinner and it was fantastic. However, it certainly doesn't look like enough for 4 people. Two probably. But maybe I just have a huge appetite. Haha.

I was lucky enough to just return from a two week vacation in Provence, France with my family and we came back with bags and bags of Herbs de Provence. My mom uses them in cooking...but since I'm just learning how to cook (21 years old and I still overcook pasta) I'm savoring my herbs. What I DO use them for is in my Rosemary bread. I bought a herb grinder in France and grind up the herbs into the Rosemary bread I bake instead of using the Italian herbs it calls for...and the bread is sooo tasty. My family of 4 will eat two round loaves in one sitting.