Rubber Slippers in Italy

This has nothing to do with legislative matters, but those on Blogger may have noticed that today's "Blog of Note" is a food and travel blog called Rubber Slippers in Italy, by a "local girl living in the land of pasta, pizza and wine." Congratulations to Rowena - this is a Big Deal in Blogger land! She posts yesterday on the price of gas in the Provence of Lecco at $9.63 per gallon and laments, "Makes you wanna fume, doesn't it?"