Weddings

Well another weekend another wedding. This time I wasn't allowed to be at the wedding, no I watched from a far in the hotel room with a baby in hand.  Last weekend I was at another wedding which also was celebrating the gift of binding two different people and becoming husband and wife.

 A wedding is a funny thing; more often it involves a church, a bride, and a groom. Sometimes it’s a little different like it may be a red dress than a white but weddings are deeply rooted in tradition. Some of these have become little more that tradition others are still as important as when the couple says "I do".  One tradition that has lost is meaning is that while the all groom has to promise to be faithful, the bride must promise to take care of the home and be faith full. In today’s society that could be virtually impossible for the wife who is the one working while the husband stays at home.  Does this mean all the man has to do is sit at home and be faith full? I think not they have just switched roles for the time.

Now in America most weddings have white wedding dress, why is that?  Wearing a white wedding dress isn’t that old I found, only like 200 years old. It is mostly today thought of as a way to show purity, but in the early 20^th century it was more to show wealth. Red wedding dresses are more found in china because they are a sign of good luck and wealth. (information found at http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/weddings/why-do-brides-wear-white-3.htm)

Weddings are also full of odd little things like why we have bridesmaids. People think it is an honor to be in a wedding party but you’re a bridesmaid you were originally picked to protect the bride from evil spirits.  Another thing to protect brides from evil spirits was the veil. (http://www.weddings.co.uk/info/tradsupe.htm#flowers)

Weddings are one of the few things that most of the population no matter what religion, you will attended. This is because more often or not the wedding is for someone you know. If we were to treat everyone like we treat people at a wedding would we solve world problems like war? I don’t think so mostly because we are human and forget easy that feeling we get when we see two people say “I do”. 

Are we really that fat?

As I sit here munching on potato chips I ask a very important question. Are we really that fat?  Well the CDC says “more than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7%) are obese.” (Found at http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html.) now does this mean I’m fat. No, I’m not fat, I swim twice a day for about four hours a day, I can’t possible  obese, but at school on the second day of school I was told nonverbally that I am obese in that they took my food away. Now they didn’t just give me no food, no they gave me a tinny tiny portion of food and then two fruits that don’t look quite ripe.

Food to me is just food. No matter how much you eat, that means that if you chose to eat a lot or not It shouldn’t matter. Now it does, because if I want a good portion of food I have to buy two lunches which is about what I normally eat at home.  At high school a school lunch is about 2.50 to 3 dollars.(http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5149925 )This is not cheap, more so if it doesn’t fill you up.

SO yes maybe we are fat here in America, but this doesn’t mean they can take away my food at school. To avoid this I have started pacing home lunch. This doesn’t help at all in that the lunch ladies are still cooking but they are wasting food because I’m not eating it. I feel that this is a reason that they should give us are food back, this is because if your obese then you can chose to eat less and exercise more thus they lose weight and I get my lunch. 

Venice, Italy

Venice I want to do the things to see and place to eat. Now Venice’s most famous landmark is the canals of Venice, which are all over Venice because it is surrounded by water. Ca’Maccana is a mask shop which is right on a canal. I picked this place because a Italian mask looks so cool. They come in all shapes colors and ideas.   The mask would be great if you are in town for Venetian festival this is the place to go.  Another place to see would be the Teatro La Fenice, it and opera house and is one of the more famous ones of Italy. The Teatro La Fenice, has been burn down twice and restored both times.  If you love art in the form of statues I would say to go to the Santa Maria della Salute. It was designed by Baldassare longhena in 1631-83. The place has 125 statues and looks splined ( all landmarks where found at http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187870-d196474-Reviews-Santa_Maria_della_Salute-Venice_Veneto.html )

Food to eat in Venice will be Fish because they are by the sea. So the Al Muro fish market should be a big stop. It’s on a Saturday, and the food will be on the lower side of budget for food. You can get a lot of food for your Euro at this event.  Da Luca e Fred would be my next pick for its good pasta.  The Al Nono Risorto can be expensive in the food department but its pizzas are great and are cheap. They pile on fresh ingredients and it looks to die for. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/jan/21/cheap-restaurants-venice-food-italy0 ) 

If I ever get on to Italy, I would love to see Venice. The place is so up there on places to see because of the feeling of romance and magic in the city.  Just look at the amazing the mask place I mentioned earlier, it would be a place I would love to see because masks amaze me. They just speak of mystery and of unknown dances and people. To follow this I would like to do one just on masks.  

The bucket list

Bucket list

Well when you think about it what is a bucket lists. A bucket list is what you want to do before you die. Now if you don’t have one it isn’t the end of the world, but they do give you a way to have goals in life that can be completed.

1.)    Travel to Europe, I have wanted to travel to Europe for a while and its one of those places that is rich in culture and history.

2.)     Be in 3 places at once, you know how it’s you can never be in two places at once well I want to try for three.

3.)    Go to all 50 states, I’ve started on this already; I have been to 18 states already.

4.)    Ride in a hot air balloon, just love to think of drifting in a hot air balloon above the ground.

5.)    Write a novel, I would love to change the world and the way people look at it with a book.

6.)    Learn to do a backflip or front flip, it looks cool.

7.)    Watch a metro shower

8.)    Learn to surf

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Labor day

Labor Day, when you think about it, all I knew was that my family and i got out of school and work. Why is that I asked myself? Now i have found out. Labor Day happens every first Monday of September, it was first celebrated in 1882. It was created to celebrate the workers and to give them a day of rest and to thank them for the contribution to the economy. This is a holiday that is feudal  which is why we have the day off of school. These are all thing we forget about even with other holidays like Halloween which was originality a pagan festival celebrating magic and spirits.     (http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/) holidays have kind of lost there meaning, i say this because what use to be one of the little days you got together with your family has become very commercialized, meaning lost to gifts and candy.  This is why we need to stop and think nabout what we are celebrating on a holiday the true meaning of one thing or what the world is telling us to celebrate. 

Food

We all have to eat, its a fact. now what we eat is another story. For years people have been cooking, and with this we have discovered different ways to cook. From Chinese to American food is a  diverse thing that is both old and new in the ways that people create and follow recipes. Food also reflects how we are as a person. you can be closed minded and never try any new food or open minded and love to try new kinds of food.
Food brings people together there are whole holidays and festivals that celebrate food. On September 30 its national Hot Mulled Cinder Day, While September 27 is national chocolate milk day, so don't forget to drink some chocolate milk the 27. (http://www.thenibble.com/fun/more/facts/holidays-september.asp)
We have a whole TV channel for food its called the Food network. Also its one of the better tv channels out there  it shows how to cook and where to go to get great food. Food network has a online bases where you can get recipes and also look at there shows. (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes-and-cooking/index.html) While looking i found that cupcake wars is one of the better shows.
Food and cooking go hand in hand. they give us a way to change the world like with feed my staving children( https://www.fmsc.org/donate) witch is a place where you can volunteer to pack meals which they send to starving kids. they have made a meal that down to a science can help feed children who are malnourished. this can save a life, just giving people food is something that is needed to be given.

Florence, Italy

Florence, Italy, the place where according to my Ap Euoprean history teacher, this is the place where the Renniances started. This is a city of old culture, with art and artcutucre by both Brunellischi and Michekango, just walking the streets will feel like you have escaped to another time. ( ideas based on reading http://www.visitflorence.com/florence-museums/)

Two hotels that looked amazing to stay at were the Relais Santa Croce by Baglioni Hotels and Grand Hotel Villa Cora (both found at Booking.com). the Grand Hotel Villa Cora is a 19th century building one mile from the center of Florence. The Grand Hotel Villa includes 46 rooms. While the Relais Santa Croce is a 18th century building, the building has 24 rooms and is a chain. It is located between Santa Croce Basilica and the cathedral.

Places to eat are very important so i found three great places to eat for lunch, dinner, and desert. we will start with lunch because it’s one of my favorite meals of the day. i would eat at Acqua al 2. Acqua is found at Via della Vigna Vecchia 40r, Florence, the cruise is very good and has a great train of follows who go there for the sampling of many foods. (to see more click here http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/italy/tuscany-and-umbria/florence/53841/acqua-al-2/restaurant-detail.html) Now for dinner i would say pizza is always a good choice so i would try Il Pizzaiuolo, it has a huge waiting list so get resvations early but the pizza is said to be amazing. For desert you got to have gelato a desert invented in Italy, to buy it i would say go to Badiani, this place even has its own local lore on how they got there recipes. (http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/italy/tuscany-and-umbria/florence/62828/badiani/restaurant-detail.html)


Florence was one of the major Italian city-states back during the Italian Renascence. To see this all you have to do is look at the city itself. Two things to see in Florence would be Michelangelo marble David and Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fior, the dome of this cathedral was done by Brunelleschi is a architectural master piece.