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Actually, now Aventine Hill is a very, very beautiful residential part of Rome; a mixture of ancient, "period" and modern architecture; very exclusive, although it's "semi-fictional" origins are noted as much more notorious by writers of "historical" novels and TV series...I am not descended...

try the Midol Frappucino, perhaps... Grandma Casciano's Anise Biscotti recipe: 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 tablespoon anise seed 3 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 cup sliced almonds (roasted, unsalted) Beat sugar...

edited by Mania Personally, I find many of the coffee shops in Rome rather pedestrian (although you can still find good neighborhood shops off the beaten trail). In Naples and Sardinia and Sicily, now you're talking coffee...and with the classic anise biscotti like my great aunt and grandmother...

edited by Mania and I know exactly who I am, so, you think I care a whit what nameless, faceless, internet people have to say? edited by Mania Where I stay and with whom I dive is my business, not anyone else's, and I frequent the establishments of people I know, and dive with people that have...

Boo hoo (I see crocodile tears)...Look, someone needs to shop at Wal Mart and Target and everyone has their place in the pecking order: I didn't make the rules, I just go out and win the game. edited by Mania and not only can I go to Cozumel whenever I want I can (and do) go anywhere I want...

I'm happy to say that there isn't a Starbucks anywhere near where I live - edited by Mania Kona or Kauai or Blue Mountain or Los Planes Beans, freshly ground, french press...oh yeah...ahhhhh... CN

She loses 2 points though for her taste in coffee...lol... (Good job, kid) CN

:mooner::lotsalove: < oops, wrong finger...LOL

Hey, don't ruin my reputation here...

You missed the other "bolding" opportunity presented by the post...nor am I a "tourist diver," (or someone that got just into the business pretty recently) and I have been out with probably over 250 different dive operators, world-wide, over the last over 30 years of diving...so nice try...but a...

edited by Mania From Shakespeare's Hamlet (the origin of the saying): "What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of...

I can't stand him either (and certainly wouldn't emulate such a bufoon)...I was just pandering to the right wing contingent...(although I know he claims to be "independent," he certainly seems to really dislike progressives)... What's so good about Starbucks anyway? They use inferior beans...

Woah! Looks like someone woke up someone! Yes, since I am definitely "elite," (the elite is a relatively small and dominant group of individuals within the larger society that enjoys a privileged status which is upheld by individuals of lower social status within the structure of a group) I...

I remember when Cozumel was a place to go because it DIDN'T HAVE ALL THAT CR*P. That's the (just another) reason most of us still adventurous types pass Cozumel by now and head off to other less developed locales certainly without a Starbucks (or any other lower-middle-class-money-sucking-chain...

Yes, follow what the CDC says and you can't go wrong...don't get freaked out by what they say though either...as Christi says, there are 4 types, but having had one offers no protection against the other 3 (just to be clear). Again, repellant, repellant, repellant, DEET, DEET, DEET...stay away...

This is approaching epidemic proportions in S. America and other locales. Cozumel is not as known for mosquitos as other Mexican, Carribean and S. American locales, EXCEPT in the streeets where you find standing water, or tires discarded or some garbage. Take DEET and lots of it...not the...

There is private puddle jumper service - I have the number if you are interested in just flying over, but its not cheaper than the bus/ferry rigormorole, but it's much easier...let me know. CN

My usual mantra: As an instructor, I tell anyone who asks and my students that when going to Coz, decide what kind of diving you want to do first - then you'll be able to find any one or more excellent Cozumel dive operators to cater to it by using generally available information, this board...