Life Going Forward
A recent guest made us contemplate time and have a renewed hope for the future....
Tell Italy I’ll Be Back
Myra's visit to Italy has come to an end, but we enjoy every last second....
Gumbo and Other Italian Feasts
We have enjoyed many Italian, and not so Italian, feasts with Myra. ...
A Visit with Bardini
Myra's Italian adventure continues with a visit to a Renaissance garden in Florence. ...
Pranzo Fuori
A beautiful January day in Tuscany is perfect for a picnic in the mountains. ...
Vanquishing the Tramontana
Fiendish Wind We’ve been having a struggle with the weather this week. We started the week with snow, which was beautiful and magical and we loved it. Then the sun came out and it was clear and bright and we loved it. With the sun came the wind. It...
The Baths Up the Road
We visited Bagno di Romagna recently, a small village near here known for its thermal springs. Bagno di Romagna is a Roman town and became an important stop on the route between Rome and Ravenna. The thermal springs are a cozy 116 degrees year round. I can imagine that...
A Food Review
We’ve had many great meals that I would like to share with you. Some of them have even been at home. We’ve been cooking a lot as we start our winter hibernation. Hope you enjoy! Dinner at Michelangelo and Rossella’s This is always a treat, but this time was...
Road Trip
We took a road trip recently to the Adriatic coast. We’ve decided that now that things are somewhat settled for us, we should take an overnight trip about once a month. We’d like to go to places we’ve never been, but since we’ve been traveling here for over 20...
A Gift of Grapes
It’s grape harvest time here. We’re really not in wine country, but everywhere you look you see rows of grapes. We even have some in our backyard. Ours are white grapes and are very sweet. Almost like a muscadine. I don’t know grape varieties, but would like to learn...