Favorite Things
Who is this sexy French tennis instructor (and artist)?
Antoine!!! (SWOON!!!)
Which 7-book series was Jessi forced to read aloud to her children (with many, many accents)
Harry Potter
What City did mommy grow up in?
Hamburg!
What is mom's drink of choice?
Chardonnay!!!!!!!!! (and now she makes one just the way she likes it)
Jessi's favorite Flower?
Peonies (tulips are an honorable mention)
Name mom's most awkward celebrity crush
Michael Cera
Which book prompted Jessi to visit to the South Pole?
Where'd you go Bernadette.
On a trip to which place did Mommy and Papa fall in love?
Lindos, Greece
What was the name of Mom's First Group?
And Nanny Makes three
Who is Jessi's favorite child?
Dante...or Giorgio (tied for first!)
Jessi threw away all of this man's ties!
PAPA!!!
Which fictional detective makes mommy swoon?
Harry Hole
In which city did Jessi learn to drive?
Paris
What did mom "read" at Oxford?
History and Modern Languages
Jessi's favorite dinner
Salami + cheese (and pears, if she's feeling frisky!!!)
Who was Jessi's first boyfriend (points for accents)
Giovanni Valeri Manera (or Moritz, we're not sure)
Name this wise, septuagenarian florentine denizen (additional 100 points for naming his parrot!)
Cress (and Claude!!)
Mommy and Papa's First China Trip
What was mom's first car and how did she afford it?
VW Golf and her grandfather bought if for her as she agreed not to smoke until she could learn to drive
What book did mom spend years casting with antique miniatures?
Pride and Prejudice (wanna see them?)
Name the recipient of Mommy's Oxford Secret-Admirer Valentine.
Peter Paine
Which scruffy canine does Jessi think was terribly mis-cast in this book's TV adaptation?
6:30 (Lessons in Chemistry)
Where does Jessi consider "home"?
Ca di Pesa, when the whole family is there!
What is the name of the 100 Kilometer hike mom did in HK twice!!!!
MacLehose Trail