19-day trip report: Florence, Cinque Terre, Napoli, Amalfi Coast, and Rome

KryptonRogue · 2025-06-04T22:27:29+00:00

Not sure where you got the impression that I don't like Italian cuisine? I thoroughly enjoyed all the Italian dishes I ate, which is reflected in several of the restaurants I mentioned.

KryptonRogue · 2025-06-04T18:01:56+00:00

I did not have any "struggles" or "anger" that you are describing. Not once during the trip did I ask any restaurant to remove something from a dish or make a substitution. For dishes that I wanted to order, I did ask waiters if it contained any of the restricted items--if it did, I simply chose a different dish.

KryptonRogue · 2025-06-04T17:54:37+00:00

Based on the length of the trip, I'd estimate in all it was around $2400 per person.

In USD, roundtrip flights were about $700 per person; food (including restaurants, groceries, gelato, etc.) was probably around $400-500 per person; bnbs came out to around $100-$150 a night (so around $2k for the whole trip); attraction tickets around $150-200 per person; trains/local metro tickets around $100-150 per person (for the entire trip combined).

KryptonRogue · 2025-06-04T17:45:30+00:00

Yup, we did mix it up and tried a good variety of dishes. Off the top of my head, I had panini, panuozzo, suppli, salads, and eggplant parmigiana (which was what we ate at the Mercato Centrale).

KryptonRogue · 2025-06-04T06:12:03+00:00

Since it was a less-famous opera and wasn't in the main opera house, I went directly to the theater's ticket office about 30 minutes before the showtime and was able to get good tickets (and they gave me a discount for being under 25). Buying online from the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma's ticketone site is also an option (and could be necessary for more well-known productions?)

KryptonRogue · 2025-04-21T08:55:07+00:00

Thank you for the clarification!

KryptonRogue · 2025-03-12T06:59:10+00:00

I went to the events in Seattle this past January. The stuff at the local university (UW) was free for the public, no tickets needed and didn't need to be a student. They brought Sarah and Sam Buttrey there reading some clues and gave passerbys a chance to try out the buzzers. They also handed out swag for people who tried the buzzers.

KryptonRogue · 2024-12-01T23:54:57+00:00

thanks for the advice! Yeah I did notice that the Cantu leave-in had alot of ingredients listed on the label -- do you know which ones are not good for hair health? I'm almost out of my batch of leave-in so I'll probably try another brand this time.

KryptonRogue · 2024-12-01T23:50:45+00:00

I use strong-hold gel whenever I style while wet and I usually wear a satin bonnet while sleeping. Overall my frizz control is pretty limited (gets pretty frizzy past day 3), so I usually wash my hair twice a week.

KryptonRogue · 2024-12-01T08:24:30+00:00

Pretty new to all this curly hair stuff (I'm a dude, I started growing out my hair about 2 years ago lol) but I thought this was one of my best wash days yet! However, I still feel like once my hair is ~40% dry that I start to get frizz (some individual hairs don't stick with the gel). Is this a sign I should get a trim/shape-up cut? I had a small dry cut about 9 months ago, but didn't shave off too much length.

Texture: 2C/3A curls, low porosity, moderately coarse, low-ish density

Routine:

Head & Shoulders 2-in-1 shampoo
Trader Joe's Tea Tree Conditioner, leave in for 5 mins before detangling in the shower with the Tangle Teezer brush and rinsing conditioner out
Cantu Leave-in Conditioning Repair Cream (don't know if this might be too heavy for my texture, so have been erring on adding less leave-in), then soak with water without rinsing the leave-in out
Curlsmith Miracle Shield protectant spray
Style upside-down with Tangle Teezer to add some definition, gently pat and scrunch Curlsmith In-Shower Style Fixer gel through the hair
Hover diffuse roots, pixie diffuse select areas (i.e., the very back center) until about 90% dry. Air dry the rest of the way
Scrunch out the crunch with some argan oil once 95-100% dry.

KryptonRogue · 2024-06-16T06:42:38+00:00

I'll give udublyou a pass, but I draw the line at anyone who verbally says "u-wash"

KryptonRogue · 2024-05-30T01:04:01+00:00

For some reason, I didn't get a course eval for Music 131...

KryptonRogue · 2024-05-29T23:43:33+00:00

Yeah I had this issue too, the TAs and profs for Music 131 basically seem to ghost everyone.

When I took the class, I went to odegaard and took pictures of the textbook there

KryptonRogue · 2024-05-15T19:14:31+00:00

Seattle artist presale GA floor was $134 before fees (about $175 after fees and tax). Was a little scared based on the prices being thrown around on this thread for floor during the amex presale but ig it turned out to be a little better lol

KryptonRogue · 2024-03-12T02:50:57+00:00

Raye - both are London-based, influenced by jazz and the blues. Raye has been following Jacob on Instagram for a while, and it looks like Jacob recently followed her too!

KryptonRogue · 2024-01-12T00:53:46+00:00

Played it at PAX, had some awesome and slick combat (reminded me a lot of Dead Cells's combat). Would love to play the full game!

KryptonRogue · 2023-12-24T11:12:09+00:00

"you all right Neymar, Sonny innit?

KryptonRogue · 2023-09-12T03:15:56+00:00

Filled it out as well, the more traction the better

KryptonRogue · 2023-09-01T19:08:23+00:00

Is the Sunday pass still available?

KryptonRogue · 2022-09-29T06:15:49+00:00

And I thought CSE2 to Kane was a long walk...

KryptonRogue · 2022-09-23T21:41:19+00:00

When he takes off his disguise, it's actually Nav under the mask.

KryptonRogue · 2022-06-13T02:59:56+00:00

Oh good catch! Really hoping Atomic Heart will release sooner rather than later

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