History & Culture1 Italy Around the World: One Day In “Eataly” I was in New York this past weekend for an award show and stayed an extra day to book... Read more →
History & Culture Buon Ferragosto! Ferra....what? If you're not Italian and you've never been to Italy in August, you... Read more →
History & Culture Summer Sagre This article was originally published in the Italian American newspaper, L’Italio... Read more →
Assisi & UmbriaHistory & Culture Umbria = Jazz. Who Knew? This article was originally published in the Italian American newspaper, L'Italo... Read more →
Florence & TuscanyHistory & CultureMilanRomeVenice & Veneto Love Padlocks When I got back from Italy the first time and mentioned how there were all sorts of... Read more →
History & Culture Italy Around the World: Los Angeles’s Lost Little Italy Last fall a friend and I bought tickets through a daily deal site to attend... Read more →
History & CultureRome2 Piazza Navona: Sant’Agnes in Agone Anyone familiar with Piazza Navona, one of historic Rome's central squares, is familiar... Read more →
History & CultureMoreNaples & the Amalfi Coast What Is Terrace Farming? Around the mountainous coasts of Italy, this is a common site: I had of course seen... Read more →
History & CultureVenice & Veneto Venice: Torre d’Orologio You may know this about me already, but I have a thing for towers. Bell towers, clock... Read more →
History & CultureRome The Not-So-Spanish Steps I walked by, around, through the Spanish Steps on my way from Piazzo Popolo back toward... Read more →