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As bad as I've been at posting to the blog lately, at least I have had a legitimate excuse: Casa SanGiorgio has been quite full of late. Lots of visitors. First, longtime family friends (and blog readers), Warren and Nancy Davis, stopped by for a couple of days. Looking through my photos, I don't have a lot of photos from their visit, but I know that Warren took a bunch so maybe one or two will surface later. At any rate, although they did not stay at my place, and were only here for about one full day, they still got the total Lausanne experience: fondue, the Collection de l'Art Brut, narrow-gauge cog trains, and lots of rain. Next up, another blog reader (and occasional commentor), my Aunt Donna, stopped by for a weekend after she finished up giving a tour in Italy. Luckily for her, the weather was significantly nicer -- it only rained about half the time -- so we got to do some really fun outdoorsy stuff. Fig. 1: This is the only photo I have of my Aunt Donna and I t...

Two important pieces of news this morning. First, this news item . If you read the whole thing, you will come across some very important facts. Namely, Bridget Marquardt and Hugh Heffner's relationship "may also be in flux" and that "Marquardt is in Europe filming the new Travel Channel series 'Bridget's Beaches.'" So, Bridget is on the rocks with Heff and she's currently in Europe ... the stars are aligning. Oh, and in other news, I GOT AN APARTMENT! Can I get a WOOT WOOT! Although I haven't signed any papers yet, I got a call this morning from an Agency informing me that I had been chosen to receive the lovely 2 pièces apartment at Avenue de France 28 . The apartment is newly renovated with a nice kitchen, wood floors, and all the fixins. The move-in date is Oct 15, so I will be changing in a hurry. Now, of course, I need to put out an ad to find someone to take over my current apartment, or I'm on the hook for an additional mon...