The Mediterranean Diet Myth
Much has been written about The Mediterranean Diet and usually the focus is on how much red wine you can drink without feeling ashamed. Occasionally, they mention increasing your consumption of eggplant […]
Category Archives: Italy
Quick and easy: Cheesy Dinkel
Quick and easy dinner much inspired by our last trip to Italy and the contents of my pantry. We had leftover chicken breasts and the rest of the ingredients were loitering in […]
Manarola – another pearl on the Ligurian coast
We stayed in Manarola this year and it was so wonderful to see the city different times of the day. It was rainy during our stay but that didn’t dampen […]
Staying in Manarola – La Torretta
If you want to feel like a princess make sure you stay at La Torretta on your next visit to Manarola. Well, first of make sure that Manarola, part of […]
Tuscany
Corniglia – one of the five pearls in Cinque Terre
Corniglia is a town for billy goats. If your feet hurt just thinking about climbing 382 steps don’t get off at the train station. This year, we met a sweet couple with […]
Lover’s Lane
We are getting ready for Easter Vacation which will take us south this year. After a years absence we will be revisiting Manarola for three wonderful days. We spent most of our […]
Stowaway in Lucca
Holy shopping trip!
If you haven’t read much of my blog you might not have picked up on how naïve I am. While wandering around Rome we came upon a street, unlike the […]
That’s easy to remember
Fall fashion: Window shopping in Rome
Door decorations of Lucca
Last year, when we were in Lucca I fell in love with the doors, this year my emotions extended to the door accoutrements.
