When friends come over for dinner, I wish they had no more reasons to leave. Bread with tomato and garlic sauce, spaghetti alla puttanesca, tiramisu, and red wine – these were all on the menu last night. The apartment was warm and cosy – and smelling of anchovies – a sharp contrast with the cold temperatures outside, which we had to endure while smoking a cigarette or two on the balcony. At least the sky was clear and we could look at the stars!