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Saturday, April 3, 2010
Saturday - Goals for the Day
1. Finish writing my article on Raptivity for Learning Solutions magazine.
2. Go for a long walk - start getting in shape! I'm sooo out of shape.
If I get the above done, then:
3. Do some organizing in my office
4. Clear out my inbox.
5. See what else is on my long list!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Our Travails at the Italian Consulate
We went up to the Italian consulate in January and obtained the paperwork and instructions. We were told then that once we mailed everything to the Consulate, they would send my son his passport in 2 to 3 weeks. I sent it all up to them and we waited. Last week, while I was out of town, my son called to say he had received a packet from the Consulate. Unfortunately, it didn't contain the passport. Instead, it contained all the paperwork we had sent up with an attached letter. The letter said that this could only be done in person by appointment and that the next available appointment is...is...is....August 2011!!!
So Monday morning we drove the 4 hours back to the Consulate and there we waited an hour to speak with someone. We felt a lot of relief when the nice lady said that we shouldn't worry, they would make it happen now. About the time we were being helped, visiting hours were almost over for the day (noon) and we still needed to get photographs made, so we left and booked into a hotel. After we took care of what we needed to do, we went to see the Liberty Bell and settled in for the night.
The next morning we went back and waited an hour and finally finished up everything. They even made the passport right then and there and showed it to us! But, they said, they couldn't give it to us right away but that it would be sent to us. How tantalizing!
After all that, we are very grateful to the personnel at the Consulate for accelerating the process!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
So I am thinking of starting to post to my blog again...
What do you think? Should I? I've been pretty active on Facebook but haven't updated my blog much at all. Let me know if I should start updating my blog again, all!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
29 INCHES! That's 78 CENTIMETERS!
A huge snowfall today! See the pics I took last night and today...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeganci/sets/72157623243263873/
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
From Here On In...
So it's been tough to find the time to post both here and on Facebook so I've decided that I'm going to post on my blog the following:
1) Links to my Flickr account for when a good set of new photos are there.
2) Stories from my life. I promise they'll be good!
So for everything else, you can look at my Facebook account:
www.facebook.com/joeganci
I hope to see you there too!
Love to all
Joe
Monday, July 13, 2009
Portillo's Hot Dogs
A mighty good chain I had never heard of until now! As seen in Barlett, Illinois.
Jain Temple in Bartlett, Illinois
Quite a remarkable site to find in the middle of a Chicago suburb!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Receiving a Sweet Kiss
Either I'm doing something right, or Lauren-Claire is giving me a birthday kiss!
Walking in the Fairfax County Independence Day Parade!
Dateline: July 4, 2009, Fairfax, Virginia
Joe Ganci once again walks in the Fairfax County Indpendence Day Parade as part of the Fairfax Sons of Italy Lodge. The crowds cheered....all for me, I'm sure!
Joe Ganci once again walks in the Fairfax County Indpendence Day Parade as part of the Fairfax Sons of Italy Lodge. The crowds cheered....all for me, I'm sure!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Evgenia's Parents
Last night our friend Evgenia's parents came to visit from the Ukraine. We ate a wonderful dinner at Sweetwater Tavern. Conversation was a mix of English, Italian, Russian and Ukrainian! It turns out that Ukrainians are terrifically nice people!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Lovely Frederick, Maryland
After all these years living outside Washington, D.C., I had never until today visited Frederick, MD, only 45 minutes North of where I live. I had read about an Arts Festival happening there and decided to go visit. What a beautiful town! I really enjoyed it.
Unfortunately, on the way up there was a section of road where headlight use was mandatory. Normally I use the automatic setting for the headlights and unfortunately my car doesn't warn me when I leave them on so when I got back to the car, the battery was as dead as it could be.
A lady who was sitting on her porch nearby offered to help. Thank you to Jessica for all her help today!
Unfortunately, on the way up there was a section of road where headlight use was mandatory. Normally I use the automatic setting for the headlights and unfortunately my car doesn't warn me when I leave them on so when I got back to the car, the battery was as dead as it could be.
A lady who was sitting on her porch nearby offered to help. Thank you to Jessica for all her help today!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Lots of Meat
Viva Vienna today in Vienna, Virginia. I couldn't help but take this picture of a ton of meat and the man wearing a Big Fat Daddy's shirt. A carnivore's bliss, a heart surgeon's job security!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
The Fountains of Kansas City
Nice 14-block area of fountains and shops. Did you know that Kansas City has more fountains than any other city except Florence, Italy? Also, many of the fountains in KC were sculpted by Italian artists. All this was due to the founder of Hallmark, who loved fountains and Italy.
Click the photo to see more photos.
Click the photo to see more photos.
Kansas City, Friends and Barbecue!
I met my old friends John and Jeanene Underwood and Chris Phillips at Jack Stack Barbecue while working in Kansas City. Yum - very good barbecue! Interestingly, when I was flying to KC, my seatmate was on her way there to visit her grandchildren and she told me that her niece works at Jack Stack and to ask for her, but her niece was still away on maternity leave. :-)
1960 Volkswagen Beetle
Friday, May 15, 2009
Bird in Garage
Bird in my garage. He just kept going back and forth on the top shelf in my garage, acting as if he were taunting me to shoot him down! I didn't know that birds really did the back and forth thing like in the videogames! Take a look at the video. BTW, I didn't shoot him down, I whisked him out of the garage with a rake. Yeah, I was out of ammo (haha).
Saturday, May 9, 2009
On a warm summer day a few years ago, six friends and neighbors gathered together in my home. Among them were Richard, Sabine and Ruth who, as flight attendants, had many stories to tell about flying the friendly skies. Also present were Tom and Kitty, the beautiful married couple who manage a large hotel. I videotaped the conversation and created a transcript of the conversation, editing for clarity.
I hope you enjoy it!
Here's the link:
www.joeganci.com/TalesFromLandAndSky.pdf
Friday, May 8, 2009
Put The Kids to Work!
My friends Katya and Ian and I put their two kids to work on a scavenger hunt at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens to find all the frog statues! As a result, we all got a packet of wildflower seeds. Score! Make the kids work and reap the benefits!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
My new friend Pasquale and me. Pasquale is the first friend that I had previously met on Facebook and then met in real life! He is quite an awesome guy for many reasons, including being a great Italian cook!
The lovely couple, Pasquale and Colleen! Thank you for having me to your home for a wonderful Italian home cooked meal!
My Friend Lisa!
I saw my very good friend Lisa while in Minnesota recently. She married a great guy named Larry and that transplanted her from Corpus Christi, Texas to the frigid Minnesota! Now THAT is love!
My Minnesota Students
These were four of my students from the class I taught at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in April. What a great group of people! In the second photo, from left to right, we have Scott and the married couple Ann and Jeff.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
As Seen in Atlanta #2
These are my wonderful friends in Atlanta: Ian and Katya and their two boys Ben and Nikki! Katya has her own blog which you can see here:
http://itinerant-oak.blogspot.com/
Also, to see all the photos of our outing at the Botanical Gardens, click the photo!
http://itinerant-oak.blogspot.com/
Also, to see all the photos of our outing at the Botanical Gardens, click the photo!
As seen in Atlanta #1
This shows the windows that were damaged during the tornado of 2007 and have not yet been replaced because they are custom windows and are still on back order.
Click the photo to see more photos from this set!
Click the photo to see more photos from this set!
Our Garden
I love springtime! I wish someone would invent a perfume as good as the garden smells right now!
Click the photo to see all the photos I took of the garden at the end of March.
Click the photo to see all the photos I took of the garden at the end of March.
As Seen in Seattle #2
Yep! I visited the very first Starbucks!
Click the photo to see all the photos I took in Seattle!
Click the photo to see all the photos I took in Seattle!
As Seen in Seattle #1
Monkfish....looks ugly, tastes pretty good!
Click the photo to see all the photos I took in Seattle!
Click the photo to see all the photos I took in Seattle!
Everything is Relative....in Size
THIS is fascinating - it's rather dazzling to see it presented this way. (Click the photos to enlarge them.)
Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky. It is more than 1000 light years away.
This is a Hubble telescope ultra deep field Infrared view of countless entire galaxies. Billions of light-years away.
Below is a close-up of one of the darkest regions of the photo above.
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