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GINGHAM YOUR CAFTAN GAME?

September 28, 2022 41 Comments

WE ARE BACK WITH FALL CONTESSA CAFTANS IN GINGHAM IN COTTON.

 I ADORE THE LARGE SQUARE BUT WE HAVE MINI SQUARES TOO IF YOU FEEL BIG WILL BE OVERWHELMING!

REMEMBER WE MAKE TUNICS TO YOUR MEASUREMENTS AS WELL!

  PLUS,THE PRICE HAS GONE DOWN DUE TO IT BEING COTTON NOT LINEN!

HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A YES MOMENT!

 MY SEAMSTRESS TRISH OF COTTAGE BY DESIGN WILL MEET YOUR EVERY REQUEST!

 FREE SHIPPING IN USA!

  SHE MAKES SCRUMPTIOUS PILLOWS & BABY CLOHES TOO!

TAKE A PEEK ABOVE AT HER INSTAGRAM PHOTOS……..

 PRICES AND COLORS AT THE END OF THE POST……

KEEP ON LOOKING AND READING AND SCROLLING!!!

I SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST!

EARLY MORNING DEW WITH HER MGM MOROCCAN OIL!

 MOROCCAN GOLD ARAGAN OIL

 WHICH I AM STILL LOVING AND NO OTHER CREAM OR OIL MAKES MY SKIN AS SOFT TO THE TOUCH!

 AGAIN IT MAY NOT BE FOR ALL BUT ITS WORKING FOR ME!

I HAVE NORMAL TO DRY SKIN.

  JUST SHARING NOT SELLING!

HAD A SON FOR DINNER!

MADE PASTA TO START AND THE MEN WENT ON TO SAUSAGES NOT FOR ME!

SO I INDULGED IN REAL PASTA NOT GLUTEN FREE;

SO I ONLY HAD TO MAKE ONE POT!

I HAVE THESE PILLS BY NOW GLUTEN DIGEST.

THEY REALLY WORK FOR ME. HAVE BEEN USING FOR A FEW YEARS………

THEY ALSO MAKE DIARY DIGEST PILLS.

I HAVE TRIED ANOTHER BRAND THAT IS A COMBO FOR BOTH.

THOSE DO NOT WORK FOR ME!

I AM GLUTEN INTOLERANT NOT CELIAC.

 THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD SHARE AS MY HIGH SCHOOL BESTIE TOLD ME A FEW YEARS BACK!

THANK YOU LISA!

IAM SLOWLY ENTERING THE REAL WORLD OF EATING AGAIN……..

AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS OF FOOD ELIMINATION THINKING IT WAS FOOD THAT GAVE ME TERRIBLE EPISODES!

ABOVE YOU SEE ONE CARTON OF SMALL RICOTTA CHEESE WITH ONE RAW EGG.

MIX TOGETHER. ADD SALT AND PEPPER.

ALSO GRATED PARMESAN CHEESE.NOT TOO MUCH!

WE AMERICANS SEEM TO GO OVERBOARD WITH THE CHEESE,

WHICH ACTUALLY COVERS THE TASTE OF THE PASTA SAUCE.

 HERE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE RIGHT AMOUNT.

 COOK PENNE PASTA ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS ON BOX.

BEFORE DUMPING TO STRAIN PASTA.

SCOOP ABOUT HALF A CUP OF HOT WATER FROM THE POT!

THIS IS THE SECRET.

ADD AS NEEDED AS YOU STIR PASTA WITH SAUCE!

IT WILL BECOME CREAMY……..WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT!

NOT TOO MUCH WATER A LITTLE BIT AND YOU MAYNOT USE ALL OF IT!

SO GO SLOW!

ADD SLICED CHERRY TOMATOES AND RIPPED BASIL AND STIR ALL TOGETHER!

(THERE IS AN ITALIAN THEROY THAT RIPPED BASIL RETAINS THE FLAVOR BETTER THAN CUT BASIL.)

TRA LA!

 YOU ARE NOW IN FRANCE!

PARIS, FRANCE.

 YOU ARE VERY WELCOME!

I THOUGHT WE ALL NEEDED A BREAK FROM OUR REALITIES!

I ADORE THIS MAN!

 ALEXANDRE GEORGES.

I DID A POST ON HIM AND HIS HOME RENOVATION BY THE SEA IN FRANCE AWHILE BACK………

HERE HE IS OUTSIDE THE LOUVRE IN PARIS………….HE WAS GOING TO AN ELSA SCHIAPARELLI SHOW!

 HE JUST CAME UPON THS FLORAL ARRANGEMENT!

 HIS IDEA HERE WAS TO MAKE A SURREALIST DESIGN………..

YOU DO RECALL WHO HE WORKED WITH IN HIS PAST LIFE?!!

 MY JAW HIT THE GROUND AS I READ HIS MESSAGE.

HOW DO THESE PEOPLE FIND ME AND WHY DO THEY FOLLOW ME!

 SEE MY POST ON HIM BELOW IF YOU MISSED IT IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A FRANCOPHILE OR A DECORATOR!

ALEXANDRE GEORGES

 

 NOTE THE COAT WITH THE SUNS…………WHAT KING WAS NAMED THE SUN KING?

(DONNA NOTE THE NECKLACE!!)

 I WILL GET AFTER HIM TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON HIS FORGE/HOME BY THE SEA AS MANY OF YOU REQUESTED THAT!

 

I SHARED THIS PHOTO THE OTHER DAY AS I WAS SO PLEASED WITH MYSELF GETTING DRESSED.

MY BIG ADVENTURE OF THAT DAY WAS THE GROCERY STORE AND IT WAS COLD!

 I GRABBED A SCARF AS THE VEGGIE SECTION CAN BE FREEZING!

FLAT BIRDIE SHOES AS I WEAR NO OTHERS…….I REALLY SHOULD DONATE THE REST OF MY SHOES WITH THE BIG EXCEPTION OF THOSE COAST & KOI HAND MADE IN South Africa FLATS I ADORE NO END………I FIND THEY ARE ALMOST TO PRETTY TO WEAR!

 HERE WE GO COLORS FOR CONTESSA CAFTANS FOR THE FALL!!

1. NAVY

2.ORANGE……

SEE QUARTER FOR CHECK SIZE VISUAL!

 3. RED

&

4.BLACK

  MATERIAL IS COTTON SO VERY LIGHT WEIGHT.

 

 TO PLACE AN ORDER TEXT DO NOT CALL……………

1-714-350-3187

HOWEVER, SHE WILL FACETIME YOU IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION WHICH SHE LOVES DOING!!

OR EMAIL TRISH AT:

MRSLEMON@SBCGLOBAL.NET

PRICES I ALMOST FORGOT!

 CAFTAN $100.OO

TUNIC $75.00

EMBROIDERY ADDITIONAL $25.OO

FREE SHIPPING IN USA.

 

 SUBJECT SHOULD SAY INFO ON; CONTESSA CAFTANS……..

JUST SO SHE KNOWS YOU ARE VERY IMPORTANT CLIENTS!!!!

 

 

 A PIG AND HIS BUDDY!NOSE TO NOSE!

 

AND JUST LIKE THAT

THE CROWN WAS REMOVED………..

        SHE GAVE SO MUCH JUST BY BEING THERE.

 APRIL 26,1926  –  SEPTEMBER 8,2022

  XXX

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  • Marleah
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    October 18, 2022 at 5:49 AM

    Love the large check! Also those yellow walls! Gorgeous color, or mustard gold. Reminds me of France, very beautiful- as are you.

  • Karen Persson
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    October 1, 2022 at 1:19 PM

    Hi Elizabeth!

    So glad you’re starting to eat more types of food again! What a difference that makes in life. Love the tips about the pasta. I love pasta!! Don’t care for pizza, though. Had to chuckle when I read, ‘Had a son for dinner!’. (You didn’t eat him, did you??? ?).

    Your blogs are always so fun to read and so inspring. Love how you share so much about your life.

    Btw, I’ll be in California from Oct. 7-22nd. Just a 15 day trip this time. Coming for a class reunion. Not much time to do as much as I would love to do. Hopefully we can meet up in June, ’23.

    Love and hugs,
    Karenxoxo

    • LA CONTESSA
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      October 3, 2022 at 7:13 AM

      NO did not eat this SON…………….this time!
      ENJOY YOUR TRIP AS YOU ALWAYS DO!
      HAPPY YOU ARE STILL TRAVELING AND GETTING OUT AND ABOUT!!
      XXX

      • Karen Persson
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        October 5, 2022 at 1:08 AM

        Ha ha ha ha… glad you didn’t eat your son … this time!

        Thanks for the wishes. I do love visiting California, as you know.

        Sending lots of love and hugs,

        Karenoxox

  • D. A. Squires
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    September 29, 2022 at 1:09 PM

    I am making your pasta recipe soon… can’t wait : ) Need comfort food… west FL has been so hard hit by the latest hurricane. Just a tragic event. We have been through a couple of 3’s, but they were nothing compared to this one. It is the hardest part of living here– and that this mean season comes every single year. Love the large buffalo check prints… so cute and fall-ish. And so happy to hear you are having success w/ diet-food…finally!! Now waiting to hear how D&J are doing–they live in a flood prone historical part of Jacksonville on the first floor…
    XOXO

    • LA CONTESSA
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      October 1, 2022 at 9:30 AM

      OH MY!
      LET ME KNOW………………..hope it misses them and hangs a hard RIGHT!
      XOXO

  • Lisa
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    September 28, 2022 at 7:30 PM

    Love the gingham! Of course you look beautiful with your two fur pals next you.
    I still take the Gluten Digest and/or Gluten Defense. Thanks for the mention. Glad you can have less restrictive diet these days.
    Looking forward to making that delicious looking pasta! We have lots of fresh tomatoes right now at the farmers market. I must gorge on them as snow will be here too soon for me. Baci abbracci

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 29, 2022 at 9:38 AM

      GLUTEN DEFENSE!
      I WILL LOOK INTO THAT ONE TOO!
      PLEASE DO AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!
      MANGIA PER ME!
      I DREAMT OF MADELINE DELAUFF LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!
      XXX

  • lisa thomson-author
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    September 28, 2022 at 6:00 PM

    That pasta looks amazing, LA CONTESSA! I love the Gingham on you! And yes, that outfit of the day was well done. I was just trying on a few things this afternoon attempting to figure out what to wear to my 40th high school reunion on Saturday! I’m thinking jeans and fancy top with sparkly shoes (after considering a skirt or dress). SIGH. Anywho, back in Paris…Love the pics of your friend George.
    The removal of the Crown and various symbolic items from Queen’s coffin was very touching. The end of an era. How are the Harry and Meaghan pair received in California? Are they well loved? They seem to be taking a beating in the UK and Australian news after the Queen’s funeral.

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 29, 2022 at 9:35 AM

      Lets just say I hope HARRY has an EPIPHANY after the funeral and for the news I do not keep up with it but from my friends in the SOUTHERN AREA of CALIFORNIA they aren’t well thought of…………..
      HAVE A MARVELOUS TIME!I’M SURE WHATEVER YOU WEAR WILL KNOCK THEIR SOCKS OFF!
      XXX

      • lisa thomson-author
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        September 29, 2022 at 10:22 AM

        Harry didn’t choose well. Poor Harry. Maybe he will have that much needed epiphany. Sigh.
        Thanks for the much needed confidence boost, LA CONTESSA. xoxo

  • Heidi
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    September 28, 2022 at 9:50 AM

    Hi Elizabeth,
    I’m finally catching up on my blog reading. How fun to find a post from you in my mail. You I always look so fun and uniquely YOU! I’m sure the caftans will fly out the door.
    Yum, I love pasta. I don’t mind the gluten free, there are so many varieties now it’s easy to find one that tastes good. Anyway, pasta is definitely a comfort food at my house!
    Hope all is well, enjoy these first lovely days of fall!
    Xo Heidi

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 28, 2022 at 9:56 AM

      YOU HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AT OPEN STUDIOS!
      MAY YOU SELL OUT!!!
      XOX

  • Hilda Smith
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    September 28, 2022 at 7:58 AM

    Great pasta tips…. I do the water thing. Wonderful kaftans….hope you sell lots. Always look forward to your posts to brighten my day xxxx

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 28, 2022 at 9:55 AM

      YOU ARE A GOOD IRISH GIRL………do you know my last name is KIRKPATRICK?!!
      XXX

  • Leslie Lord
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    September 28, 2022 at 7:55 AM

    Lovely to read your blogpost this morning! I cannot wear caftans as I am soooo short 🙁
    I read about that incredibly talented gentleman who wears pearls…what an interesting fellow and such a full career!
    Ricotta with pasta? Who knew? My pasta cookbook by The Bastianich siblings has been instrumental in my Italian cooking pasta education. The pasta water makes the sauce creamy and a small amount of good Italian cheese!
    Hope you are enjoying the start of Fall!
    Take care and be well.
    XO
    Leslie

    • LA CONTESSA
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      Author
      September 28, 2022 at 9:55 AM

      NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU HOSTESS!
      I HOPE THEY MENTIONED ROCK SALT IN THE WATER AS YOU BOIL IT!!
      I’m working on the “BEING WELL PART”
      JUST LAST COUPLE OF DAYS I THINK WE MIGHT BE ON THE RIGHT MEDS!
      FINALLY!
      Not going to get too excited yet!
      THANK YOU!
      XXX

  • judith
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    September 27, 2022 at 7:51 PM

    What a delightful post, Contessa! Thank you for informing me that it was out, and sorry for the technical problems. For your information, I did get something in my e-mail, but, alas, it was merely an announcement for the new caftans – at least I got to smile seeing you modeling them! I am with a couple of the other ladies, I love the look on you and some others, but they would swallow me at 108 lbs. and 5’5″ tall. Nonetheless, I will look at what the talented Trish makes and see if perhaps there is something more fitted. Observations: In the gingham caftan photo of you with the somewhat serious expression, it reminds me of how you likely looked as a schoolgirl – beautiful! Banksy has stripes! How have I not noticed that? How adorable that he has a toy! Monsieur looks splendid in his embroidered coat and boots. The Sun King, le Roi Soleil, was nonother than Louis IV. I was enchanted by France and all things French in college, where I studied it for three years. My skin is at least combination if not oily, so I could not use the oil on my face, BUT, it is amazing for the scalp and hair. Put a few drops in hands, rub together, and apply to the ends of freshly-washed and dried hair and you will love it. Finally, I could almost taste the pasta dish, thanks for your amazing description. I have made something similar, but since husband has an aversion to uncooked tomatoes (why?) I cooked them for only about two minutes in a hot skillet with a bit of olive oil. DEE-LISH!!!

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 28, 2022 at 9:52 AM

      ADD some cooked Swiss chard to that and a whole other experience!YES! COOK THE TOMATOES !
      I especially like them in a grilled cheese sandwich!
      OMGOSH!!!!!!!!
      XXX

  • kim
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    September 27, 2022 at 3:42 PM

    Love your in the Gingham caftans. i wonder if she’d make something smaller for people like me? I look better in less voluminous stuff. Yoou are tall and thin and look amazing in all of it.. Love these new colors and gingham. What is the ingredients in the pasta? I am harvesting my little tomatoes today and may make this.. Love your friend and his beautiful coat. Creatives find each other..
    xo

    • LA CONTESSA
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      Author
      September 28, 2022 at 9:49 AM

      YES, small less volume equals tunic!She will make to your specifications!
      The pasta ingredients are there……….or did I forget that!!!??
      ricotta, one egg, salt and pepper some pasta water……….basil and tomatoes THATS IT!
      XOX

  • Sandra Sallin
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    September 27, 2022 at 1:39 PM

    You know I don’t think I’ve ever had pasta with ricotta. I’m also guilty of putting way to much much cheese on my pasta. Love your gingham checks. They’re great looking. Just not for me. I wind up in jammies all day. Not as classy as you. I love that you’re supposed to tear not cut basil. Only your husband! I’m sure you’ll have great success with the caftans. I think the Moroccan oil is too rich for my skin, but your skin looks gorgeous!!!!

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 27, 2022 at 2:15 PM

      RICOTTA AND SWISS CHARD ARE A GOOD COMBO AS WELL……..
      IF I EVER GET TO FLY AGAIN I WILL BRING SOME FOR YOU TO TRY!
      ITS NOT FOR EVERYONE BUT I AM LOVING IT!!!!
      XXX

  • Lorna
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    September 27, 2022 at 1:03 PM

    I am so glad you are feeling better and slowly eating normal food again. I know they’re comfortable but I am not a caftan person but they look gorgeous on you. I find that I am buying looser clothes these days as i hate it if they pink or are too tight and uncomfortable. My rear end is getting bigger from sitting down for 8 hours a day 🙁 I need to start some type of regular exercise.

    I loved the Queen and will certainly miss her. I’ve watched the funeral but I still find it hard to believe she is gone. I doubt Charles will be as popular even though he is hard-working too.

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 27, 2022 at 2:13 PM

      YOU ARE TOO YOUNG FOR A CAFTAN!
      WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT I SHALL SEND YOU A FEW FROM MY CLOSET!
      YES THAT HAPPENS AS DOES BUYING CHOCOLATE BARS AND EATING LIKE A PIGGY!!
      CHARLES WILL BE GOOD……………I HAVE NO DOUBTS.
      XXX

  • cindy
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    September 27, 2022 at 9:26 AM

    I HOPE YOU AND TRISH SELL TONS OF CAFTANS. The pasta water does work the Italian is so right! Interesting about tearing the basil. I wonder what the theory is? Always enjoy reading and I am so happy you are eating real food again. You are starting to look like your old self!

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 27, 2022 at 9:44 AM

      WELL not from this POST as it didnot go out in an EMAIL!
      NO METAL CONTACT?I WOULD IMAGINE………….XXX

  • Juliet
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    September 26, 2022 at 3:25 PM

    Another Contessa Caftan design trend in the making! You and Trish are awesome collaborators. And I love a good check! Glad to hear you’re tip-toeing back into yummy foods. Those pills are a miracle if they work. Can I tell you how happy I am not to have bad reactions to any foods … aside from weight gain. Is there a pill for that?! Probably, but not one without awful side effects. That pastas looks so scrumptious. I’m guilty of the too-much-cheese thing … as is Jim. He’s one of those that salts … and cheeses … without tasting first. No, no, no. Hope your week if off to a great start … I’m enjoying this change in the weather. Fall is in the air! xoxo

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 27, 2022 at 9:42 AM

      Good to know you love cheese!
      You will find out in November!
      XOXO

  • Diana Amato
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    September 26, 2022 at 12:37 PM

    Love the way you pulled the pasta dish together! I make something very similar with sautéed Swiss Chard. I’m with you, no need to over cheese the pasta sauce! I have never tried the Moroccan oil, not sure my skin is the right amount of dry. Hope your week is off to a beautiful start!
    Un forte abbraccio ?
    Diana

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 27, 2022 at 9:40 AM

      I DO THE Swiss chard TO WITH RICOTTA!!!
      XXX

  • liz
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    September 26, 2022 at 8:54 AM

    My Italian grandmother made us pasta with ricotta once a week – I loved when it was made with the small rigatoni pasta. A pig and his buddy – ADORABLE!!! I purchased the moroccan oil & my very dry 67 year old skin is absolutely loving it- thanks for sharing.

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 26, 2022 at 9:05 AM

      SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT!!!
      THE SMALL RIGATONI IS PROBABLY THE CORRECT PASTA………….!!
      WHEN I STARTED MAKING IT I WAS TOLD SHORT TUBULAR PASTA AND AT THAT TIME I SHOPPED AT TRADER JOES FOR PASTA AND COFFEE!THEY ONLY HAD PENNE PASTA AND SPAGHETTI AND I AM TALKING ABOUT 20 IF NOT MORE YEARS AGO!!
      THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS…………XXX

  • Pat
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    September 26, 2022 at 8:42 AM

    Sun King? Louis XIV. Versailles, overeating, big ego…I always thought he might be Trump’s role model.

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 26, 2022 at 9:06 AM

      OKAY GOT MY BELLY LAUGH IN FOR TODAY!!
      XXX

  • Rena McDaniel
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    September 26, 2022 at 8:05 AM

    I just adore you! There is never post that doesn’t bring a smile to my face so I’m sure I’m not alone. People love you because you’re real. You’re everybody’s idea of the Grand Dame, the Contessa.

    • LA CONTESSA
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      September 26, 2022 at 9:09 AM

      WHO ME?!
      I AM REALLY A SHY PERSON………………..TRUTH!
      ALTHOUGH WHEN WE MOVED TO ITALY I BLOOMED CAUSE I HAD TOO!!
      NOT EASY BEING TOSSED INTO A CULTURE AND LEARNING TO DRIVE WHERE THEY ARE MANIACS AND DONOT STOP AT STOP SIGNS OR PEOPLE ARE IN THE ROAD!
      MY FAVORITE MOVIE GROWING UP WAS AUNTIE MAME!!!
      XXX

  • Jan
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    September 26, 2022 at 3:44 AM

    Good morning Contessa! Too early to call. Love the blog and feel like we caught up a bit. Pasta water is the best secret tip! Makes such a difference. Love piggy and caftans and all things Contessa!

    • LA CONTESSA
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      Author
      September 26, 2022 at 9:10 AM

      I AM A VERY EARLY RISER THESE DAYS………………BUT BEST YOU DONOT CALL AT THAT HOUR AS THAT WILL BE THE DAY I CAN SLEEP!!!
      I’LL TRY YOU LATER TODAY!!
      XXX

  • Trish
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    September 25, 2022 at 9:05 PM

    You are too cute. Glad u were feeling up to getting dressed and going shopping. You look gorgeous and mischievous—-the best combination. Will try and remember to save the pasta water. I always forget. Better that than more cheese. XOXO

    • LA CONTESSA
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      Author
      September 26, 2022 at 9:11 AM

      YES!
      WATER WATER WATER……………..WE ALL NEED MORE OF THAT!
      XOXO

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