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Ahh Milano

Oct 20, 2024 | Apartment, Blog, Church, Discoveries, Featured Articles, Food!, Introspection, Italy, Milano - Milan

Ahh, Milano… She enchants me still… after 17 years. Though I’ve now been in all 20 regions of Italy, what keeps me...

Italian Food: Eating in Italy

Oct 6, 2024 | Blog, Featured Articles, Food!, Incredible Locations, Italy, Matera, Milano - Milan, Napoli, Nulvi

My number one recommendation when in Italy is to find out what the hyper-local food specialty is and choose that!...

The Hospitality of Sardegna

Oct 4, 2024 | Blog, Featured Articles, Food!, Incredible Locations, Italy, Meals, Sardegna - Sardinia

Open-hearted people. I was welcomed with warm smiles and home-cooked meals… and they didn’t even know me! Sardegna....

Twinkling Toes in the Ionian Sea

Sep 19, 2024 | Blog, Food!, Incredible Locations, Italy, Lecce, Polignano a Mare, Puglia - Apulia, Santa Maria di Leuca

For my birthday several days ago, I REALLY, REALLY wanted to dip my toes into the Ionian Sea at the tippy tippy tip of...

Home again in Italia!

Sep 12, 2024 | Apartment, Blog, Featured Articles, Food!, Italy, Milano - Milan

Flying into Milano yesterday evening, (after a very long day of cancelled and delayed flights) I felt emotional and got a little teary-eyed. This is my seventeenth year of making this journey, coming back for a month or more to see friends, visit new and treasured places, and eat some of my favorite dishes as well as venture untried regional specialities.

After antiques, eating for hours on a hilltop in Ozzano

Jan 12, 2022 | Blog, Casale, Featured Articles, Food!, Italy, Meals, Monferrato, Ozzano

Hunting antiques by flashlight, followed by a drive in the frosty countryside, more antiques, then a three-hour meal with a view. Incredible.

Stresa, along the shore of Lago Maggiore

Jan 4, 2022 | Blog, Featured Articles, Incredible Locations, Italy, Lago Maggiore, Meals

What an invitation, to spend the day with Antonio, Donatella and Loredano at Lago Maggiore, in "the Lakes Region",...

I like to eat in Italy.

Jan 12, 2022 | Blog, Cheese, Featured Articles, Food!, Italy, Meals

Oh, how I love to eat here in Italy. What is it that makes it all so delicious? Unlike the misconceptions, "Italian...

Foggy Day After Christmas in Milan

Dec 27, 2021 | Blog, Featured Articles, Food!, Italy, Meals, Milano - Milan, Piacenza, Shopping & Markets

Post-holiday flea markets, a drive into the countryside, and a fabulous, regional meal.

Foggy, Junky, Winter Day in Milan

Dec 19, 2021 | Blog, Christmas & New Year's Eve, Featured Articles, Food!, Milano - Milan

It was 32 degrees outside this morning at 6:00 and we were going scrounging for junk. I put on two pairs of pants, two sweaters, a down jacket and wool coat, two hats and gloves. Bundled. As ready as I could be.

Christmas Market in Milan

Dec 18, 2021 | Christmas & New Year's Eve, Featured Articles, Milano - Milan, Shopping & Markets

Stretched out along the north side of Milan’s Duomo, Christmas Market stalls are selling meats, cheeses, breads, pretzels, truffles, dried fruit, candies, chocolate… Also every variety of gift item, including little trinkets, clothing, ornaments, jewelry, etc.