Attention to feminine detail
March 31, 2021
I am very proud to say that I live, work and am specialized in this small and still unknown part of Italy, Le Marche, which has so much to reveal.
Italian art
Deruta Road Trip (aka, Italian Ceramics Anyone?)
March 23, 2021
Enjoy this guest blog from Liz Brewster, our go-to guide in Rome. I admit it. I am a ceramics fanatic. I love using beautiful, colorful, hand-painted cups, bowls and dishes for meals — pretty much every day, not just for special occasions. Beautiful objects lift my spirits. Fortunately, I live…
Altamura Bread for the Journey
September 2, 2019
“Altamura bread, by far the best bread to be had, so good that the wise traveller takes a supply with him for his onward journey” – Horace’s Satires, 37 BC When I daydream of Europe, I can almost smell the warm aroma of fresh bread spilling into the streets. In the…
Parma: Creative City of Gastronomy…and Not Only
January 2, 2017
I absolutely love Afar Magazine. I look forward to that every-other-month issue of gorgeous photography and truly cutting-edge travel suggestions. Their latest issue is all about The Afar 100 – Where to Go in 2017. Three places in Italy made the list, so this week I’ll begin a mini-series highlighting…
Leonardo da …. WHO?
August 24, 2016
This point in the summer finds me searching for good TV entertainment. I ran across Da Vinci’s Demons, a very engaging if fantastical look at the genius as a young man struggling against multiple obstacles in 15th century Florence. You might love or hate the 3-season TV series, but it…