Archive for the ‘Italy’ Category

I’m back!! (to Italy that is…)

Posted: March 6, 2007 in Italy

Hey Friends and Fam, After 13 hours of total travel time, I’m now at Cadorna station waiting for Massi to pick me up for the last 15 minute drive to the office. What an interesting trip! It started with a 1 pm flight where I sat directly behind an intoxicated adolescent. This cat was the [...]

I’m going back to Italy!!!

Posted: February 21, 2007 in Italy, USA

Join us for the biggest bash this year as we celebrate some pretty cool people! The honorees of the night think you are pretty cool too, and would love nothing more than for you to join us at this send-off/birthday bash! Happy Birthday to… Steven “Shamelessness” Bassett (February 20) Brian “Platty” Platt (February 28) Tiffany [...]

I’m home!!!

Posted: January 12, 2007 in Italy, USA

I need to give a shout out to all corporate AEs, Marketing, and R&D for answering all of my branch escalations. I have witnessed first hand what it feels like to be on the other side of the table when it comes to relying on corporate to answer questions for a branch, and I must [...]

Around Milan

Posted: December 10, 2006 in Italy

L’Artigiano in Fiera The L’Artigiano is an enormous expo where all craftsmen around Europe have a giant swap meet. This is the world’s biggest trade fair dedicated to arts and crafts. This is where I went yesterday for 7 hours and was still unable to see every single booth. They exhibition rooms where separated by [...]

Thriving on Chaos!

Posted: December 3, 2006 in In the office, Italy

From almost going to Jail to working with Chinese customers I have had my hands full! Every single week brings new experiences I have never seen before. I have also been trying to travel every single weekend during my stint in Europe, though exhausting, it has also been extremely enjoyable. So I finally got the access [...]

  “I have been to the top of the mountain, and I have seen the other side, and it was good.”                                                                                     – Bevis and Butthead   Cinque Terre once again tops the charts of the most beautiful places to visit. You may have even seen Brook Burk give a “wild on E” at this [...]

Around the office

Posted: November 7, 2006 in In the office, Italy

  One of the coolest lessons learned so far is the ability to work in a small business atmosphere with the financial support of a large corporation. I have tried to do the whole spam email thing here in the morning for chocolate croissants, but when you sit only 2 feet away from the every [...]

Weekend at Como!

Posted: October 30, 2006 in Italy

  I think this is probably where I will get married or have my honeymoon! Ladies, any takers? Haha j/j I headed off to Lake Como around 8:30 am Sunday morning for a day trip.. this was definitely not enough time to see everything! Como is part of the Northern Lake Country and is apparently the [...]

Aperitivo (Snack before dinner)

Posted: October 30, 2006 in Italy

Monday night, Jaime and I were invited to join members of our marketing team; Jen (Direct Marketing at corporate), Nadia (Marketing manager here in Italy), and Elena (Mediterranean marketing manager moving to Texas next month) to dinner at Angalo. This was by far one of the nicest restaurants I have been to. Before we sat [...]

Parallel parking in Europe

Posted: October 30, 2006 in Italy

Things just got 100 times better! I’m pimpin it in a miniature minivan. Now I’m able to drive to and from the office when it gets below zero. So far, the weather has been great and unseasonably warm around 20 degrees… Celsius that is! Ok, so here are 5 lessons learned the first 15 minutes of [...]