by Nick Smarto | Feb 18, 2010 | Italian Dual Citizenship |
It’s a pretty big day for the Italian Dual Citizenship process. I just received Rose’s birth certificate from Ficarra, Messina, Italy. It’s a little troubling that I haven’t received Sam’s certificate as I sent it first. (And actually,...
by Nick Smarto | Feb 17, 2010 | Experiences, Food, The Finer Things |
A friend invited me to The Headkeeper, one of my favorite Greensburg bars (not that there is a plethora). They had an Abita beer tasting event, and I got to sample Abita Turbodog, Abita Bock and Abita Purple Haze. I thought I’d share some of my findings. Abita...
by Nick Smarto | Feb 12, 2010 | Europe, Photography, Travel, Videos |
A panorama I made while in Paris. This was shot from the top of the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, and is the result of stitching 32 photographs. This required me to do very complicated color and exposure correction, lots of touch-up in the sky, and hours of aligning. Hope...
by Nick Smarto | Feb 12, 2010 | News |
Good: 24 inches of snow on a Friday night + a case of Magic Hat = awesome attempt at sledding. Bad: After breaking off pieces of my Kiddie Cart and destroying some large pieces of Tupperware, we discovered there is absolutely nothing in my house that constitutes a...
by Nick Smarto | Feb 11, 2010 | The Finer Things |
I discovered a very tasty liqueur that you don’t see on PA Spirit store shelves very often: Root. Root is from the makers of Hendrick’s Gin (another personal favorite of mine), and is surely one of the most unique things I’ve tasted. According to...
by Nick Smarto | Feb 6, 2010 | News, Photography |
also cited as… The Storm of the Century by overly dramatic news anchors… I haven’t seen this much snow on the ground since the “great blizzard of 1993″. I am snowed in today, so I thought you’d appreciate pictures of the...
by Nick Smarto | Feb 2, 2010 | Music |
“I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don’t honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It’s the music business...
