My speech went fantastically well! My professor, and the entire class, was impressed with my professional look. I knew it would be a hit! Unfortunately, I think my great outfit detracted from the important subject I was talking about: sex education in schools! I’ll try not to wear such great clothes next time!

I woke up well rested this morning. That rarely happens with me. Juggling a social life, school and a career isn’t easy.

Today was warm; summer is just on the horizon. I had class, the usual office work, and then I was off to lunch and a movie with my favorite woman in the world: my mother! She is the most beautiful lady with the biggest heart you can imagine and I love her more than anything. Did I mention she has FANTASTIC style? I wanted to be comfortable today so I chose to wear some vintage Levi shorts with a button-fly; and a little bit of a destroyed look to them. I paired those with this great tank I got at Anthropologie; it’s white, with black ruffles and button detailing around the scooped neckline. I completed my look with some pearl studs, a messy bun and my black-and-white Chanel flats.

We had a great lunch at this café called, “George’s Greek café.”  The food is to DIE for! They have the best chicken gyro around. Oh, and the hummus and pita…try not to drool all over your computer! I actually figured out a way to make my own [fake] chicken gyro sandwich. It’s so easy. Now, this is a starving student recipe, so don’t expect too much, but it has A LOT of flavor. Once, I ate this for dinner everyday for a week!

1. Chop some fresh tomatoes, chilled cucumbers, and onion (if you’d like) and put them in a bowl
2. I use Taziki, which you can buy at a grocery store OR just season the vegetables with garlic salt
3. With the seasoned vegetables in a bowl, mix in some crumbled feta cheese
4. Now for the chicken! Cook some chicken strips (however you decide to do so)
5. Take a piece of Trader Joe’s whole-wheat pita bread (or something similar)
and heat for about 30- seconds
6. Place the cooked chicken on the bread
7. Place the cool vegetables on the chicken
8. Fold the pita bread like a taco and enjoy!!!

The warm chicken and the cool vegetables make for a very happy mouth. It’s quite healthy, too, if you use the right ingredients Buon appetito! (It’s Italian for “Good appetite” and pronounced “Bwohn ah-peh-tea-toe”).

After our lunch, we went to the bookstore to look for a birthday gift for my dear grandma. I tripped walking in. I wanted to laugh so badly, but I tried to stifle it because I didn’t want to make a scene. Then, I started choking on my stifled laugher, and I just looked weird. Thanks, Chanel flats!

Of course, I ended up in the Italian-book section. I was reading a book about cusswords in Italian when a handsome man approached me. He stood next to me admiring the books, then looked over, smiled, and said in Italian: “You are a beautiful woman.” He then winked and walked away. OK??? Where am I, Italy? He had to have been foreign! I don’t know many American men with such brazen moves.

Girls, it’s hard here, I know; but I kid you not, in Italy, it’s REALLY not hard at all!