Italy

Oh Rome! Why did we not fall in love with each other sooner? Why did it take so many tries for me to love you, to get you? Maybe I…

I’m all for being freaked out and even a little grossed out. It’s like I must expose myself to abnormal things to feel alive or to feel like I’ve witnessed…

Have you ever been positively or negatively affected by a hotel during your travels? If the hotel’s a dump, you’re not looking forward to heading back for a good sleep, right?…

Imagine living 45 minutes from one of the most famous places in the world that has tartufi bianchi, white truffles. I live that close to tartufo heaven and I still can’t believe…

Meet Paola. She’s one hot 46 year old Fiat 500. In order to drive Paola you must know or quickly learn how to drive a doppietta, double clutch. Luckily, my husband Nicco…

Autumn is in full swing with porcini mushrooms overgrowing, chestnuts falling from trees and Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes. Scratch that. Two of the three things can be found anywhere in…

Florence is famous worldwide as the birthplace of the Renaissance and no one can deny the impact it has had and continues to have in and out of Florence. I’m…

I know it’s quite a commitment to say that a place is my ‘favorite’, but it’s true. I mean, don’t you have that one wine bar that always pops in…

Am I the only nincompoop who’s gotten on the wrong train before? In all honesty it’s happened to me twice (that I can remember). Once last year in Torino and again just…