Agli studenti che hanno creato Tina e Milo in premio soltanto due pupazzi da 35 euro.

La delusione della scuola calabrese. Malagò in extremis li invita alla chiusura.

@sport

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2026/02/20/agli-studenti-che-hanno-creato-tina-e-milo-in-premio-soltanto-due-pupazzi-da-35-euro/8298269/

#Calabria #Catanzaro #Taverna #Scuola #Olimpiadi #Olimpiadi2026 #MilanoCortina #MilanoCortina2026

The Caramelized Alibi

The new mystery in Speranza: Christmas murders with a tad of Caramel..

The autumn sun in Speranza was the color of aged parchment, casting long, lazy shadows across the village market as the first hint of December’s frost began to bite. In the heart of the village, the grand Christmas tree stood as a towering spire of green, but its festive beauty was eclipsed by a scene of magnificent chaos. Beneath the lowest branches, nestled amidst a dusty pile of forgotten histories and the vibrant silk wrappers of the season, lay the body of the visiting gourmet critic.

A Bittersweet Discovery

The air around the Piazza, usually thick with the scent of Anna’s roasted coffee and Altea’s fine tobacco, was now cloyed with the smell of burnt sugar and sea salt.

The victim was found slumped against the tree’s base, his face serene but his eyes wide and unseeing.

He clutched a “Caramel Gold” bar from Marisa’s Mint Chocolate house, the silver-wrapped treat half-eaten.

A faint, sweet, floral scent—reminiscent of hyacinth but with a sharp, chemical undertone—hung in the frigid air.

Ispettore Salomone arrived looking profoundly weary, his patience already thinner than a poorly brewed Earl Grey.

The Feline Sentinels

Back at La Pagina che Fa le Fusa, my sanctuary of rosemary and old paper, the atmosphere was one of quiet tension. My two furry proprietors, sensing a dissonant note in the village’s harmony, began their own investigation.

Toe, the sleek black Maine Coon, ignored the festive bustle and began an obsessive ritual of batting at a small, ornate silver sachet he had found snagged in the tree’s tinsel.

Ashwaganda, the ginger sage with amber eyes that held the wisdom of ages, sat pointedly in front of a new pot of calendula flowers, letting out a soft, insistent meow.

He stared directly at the “Caramel Gold” wrapper I had brought back, his “gold stare” signaling a truth hidden in the sugar.

The Wisdom of the Blue Book

I turned to my chair of bordeaux velvet and opened the strange book I had bought for a handful of coins: Days of your Dreams. Bound in faded peacock-blue leather and penned in shimmering silver ink, its pages rustled with a soft, dry scent of pressed flowers. I searched for an entry on “Gold” and “Salt,” and the script began to shift into a cryptic prophecy:

“Where the serpent eats its tail, the sweet gold is snared. Look not for what was taken, but for the ‘smoke’ that never burns. The truth is found where the earth is youngest and the fox hides its dye.”

The Shadow on the Threshold

The investigation took a chilling turn when the door to the shop—hidden under an ivy-covered stone arch—creaked open. A man stood there, as smooth and polished as river stones, holding a silver-stamped ledger that mirrored the emblem of a sleeping cat and a key.

“Signorina Hopes,” he boomed, his voice echoing off the vaulted ceiling like a retired opera diva’s. “The caramel was a masterful forgery, a distraction for the real prize hidden within the tree’s heart.”

Moira felt a jolt go through her. This was not just a case of a poisoned critic; it was the violent beginning of a new story, one involving a contested inheritance, a forger’s touch, and the “lullaby of death” hidden in a scent of caramel.

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Petite soirée #J2S improvisée chez un vieux pote, ce sont les meilleures.
Et surprise il n'avait pas encore dépunché son #Taverna ! Sacrilège !Je l'ai d'ailleurs maudit dans le jeu pour cela (fig 3😈).

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181404/taverna

Sur notre lancée on s'est redécouvert #OathOfTheBrotherhood autre #Boardgame de placement d'ouvrier dans un thème pirate cette fois.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172158/oath-of-the-brotherhood

Au contraire de Taverna celui-ci n'offre que peu de combos, il est plus basique. C'est comique mais je crois bien que ces 2 jeux datent d'un #Essen que nous avions fait ensembles. 😁
#Spiel2015

Watched *Taverna* the other night. As it is First Fleet or [ Oz / Australia/ Invasion ] day today or tomorrow here in Oz, here is a movie that's up there with "The Castle ". Its charming and authentic, not perfect, humble , captures a version of one real Australia.

Great cast great production.
Solid Script.

https://youtu.be/qUQPLVWB61o?si=-HRRdXmi33Sbj_LE

""The Taverna follows one utterly chaotic evening in a family run Greek restaurant.
Taverna owner, Kostas gets more than he bargained for when his popular belly dancer refuses to work to avoid her ex-husband and his new girlfriend, and is replaced at the last minute by one of his eager waitresses.

...

It all adds up to a **darkly comic ride into the wild side of life, love, food and cultural differences.**"

Its Flamin Excellent !

#ReAlAustralia #Taverna #AustralianFilm #OzDay #InvasionDay #BrushTailedPossum

Von Wandstürmern und Tapetenstürmern

https://blog.stpauli.social/von-wandstuermern-und-tapetenstuermern/

Wil je lekker #vegan eten op zaterdagen in #DenHaag? Dan kan ik Grand Café Utopie aanraden.

"Op zaterdagavond serveert Utopie tussen 18:00 en 22:00 kleine mediterrane gerechten in taverna-stijl en cocktails."

https://www.utopie.nl/home-utopie/agenda/

#utopie #taverna #cocktail