botteghe oscure
I spent a lovely dusky evening walking through the neighborhood of botteghe, or artisan’s shops in Florence a few weeks ago with my lovely friend Suzanne, who lives, with her Tuscan husband, near...
View Articleroman vacation.
Rome is not a museum It is alive. Bursting with history, sentiment, anger, dirt, joy, sadness, history, future, suffering and deep deep love. It is easy to see just the history – but whether it is the...
View Articleroom to inspire
Gusto. My favorite brunch spot on sleepy Sundays when I lived in Rome still holds strong as an inspiration for a simple, classic restaurant interior. Forget the fuss, keep it comfortable, make a few...
View Articlea sense of place
under bridges, plastered to construction barricades and seen from the car in my husband’s family’s city south of Rome. his family and friends smile at my overbrimming enthusiasm over the Italian...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....