My Expat Life in Italy

Halloween used to be my favorite day. I love getting dressed up and getting a bunch a friends together before going out and terrorizing the streets, but this year I’m…

Yahoo, I feel like a kid at camp again—thanks to my Mom. I just checked the USPS website to track a package she sent us and it finally arrived. Only…

Miami’s a great city. It’s where I grew up. It’s fun, loud and no one takes themselves too seriously. Most importantly, there are a lot of Spanish influences at every…

  Since we had a very small wedding of 30, I wanted to send post-wedding cards out to family and friends so they knew we were thinking of them. Our…

Flowers *Photos courtesy of Studio Bonon Photography Flowers are a main visual for any wedding, so I saw it as the perfect opportunity to get creative. I didn’t want a tightly…

Traditional Italian wedding cakes are simple, coated in powdered sugar or fresh fruit and filled with some kind of cream. Typically, you would choose from crostata di frutta (fruit tarte), millefoglie (thousand…

Wedding Food One of Nicco’s closest friends happens to run Cibreo, one of Italy’s top restaurants. His parents opened it years ago, which his Father still runs. His Mother, Benedetta (Bene,…

Buy The Dress My Mom and Step-Mom were my support team that day. I tried on tons of dresses all day and found niente (nothing). By the sixth hour, I was over…

*All photos in this post and in most of the Wedding Planning Series are courtesy of Studio Bonon Photography Our wedding photographer in Italy was actually a team. They were Marco…