One of the things I love most about vacation is how sometimes, you’re able to have what feels like three days’ worth of adventures in just one. Driving from Milan to Florence was a bit of a bear, as we knew it would be. Our original goal had been to get to Parma, sleep there,… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Favorite Places
Wordless Wednesday
One week ago: View from Canneto winery The, um, “back” lawn of Chiarentana at La Foce, where we stayed (they have so much property, it’s almost absurd to refer to front/back/side). This side faces one of their many olive groves, as well as a stunning view into the Val d’Orcia. Our very favorite bar in… Continue Reading
Focaccia di Patate e Rosmarino (Potato and Rosemary Focaccia)
The subtitle for this post should be: The World’s Longest Post Ever About a Slice of Bread. I’m just sayin’. You may wonder – aloud, even – how a self-proclaimed poor girl could afford to take vacation to Italy. And that curiosity is well-founded. After three years without a vacation, and a major birthday for… Continue Reading
Just Me
“I don’t know about you, but I think of fall as a new beginning,” JR said one evening last week as we sat in the garden. “Yeah, me too,” I exclaimed, surprised as much that we shared this philosophy as I was that after six years of marriage, and nearly twenty years of our lives… Continue Reading
Memories of Zucchini Blossoms Past
Despite the Northeast’s dreary weather conditions for what now seems like months, not weeks, the garden marches on. It rewards us with the promise of copious zucchini blossoms, showing at least the squash’s appreciation of my pest management. I have progressed from the Jar of Death method I had used prior to the constant rains,… Continue Reading