Our Neapolitan Master Tailor
In Naples, in a two-room atelier in the heart of the city, one of the few remaining Neapolitan traditional tailors works away. He first picked […]
Insider’s Italy: A Fresco, a Peach, and the Art of Looking Closely
There is no single perfect fresco, but if there were one that most touches me at this moment, it is this. Still Life with Peaches […]
Buon Ferragosto !
Italy wide, everyone today celebrates Ferragosto. This ancient festival — ” feriae Augustae” in Latin — was decreed a multiple-day holiday throughout the Roman Empire […]
Buon Ferragosto !
Italy wide, everyone today celebrates Ferragosto. This ancient festival — ” feriae Augustae” in Latin — was decreed a day of holiday throughout the Roman Empire to […]
Twelve Days in Italy (“Pace e Bene”)
St. Frances of Assisi greeted his brothers with Pace e Bene. Peace and Be Well. Talking to you, my clients, during your travels, I hear you, […]
Longing for Italy
There are moments when I am not in Italy and when I am overwhelmed by a longing for it. As you review the photo essay […]
Happy New Year !
Happy New Year to our new friends and our old ones ! More than ever, in 2018 we are longing to share our Italy with […]
Italian Father’s Day
Italian Father’s Day falls today, in coincidence with the feast of Saint Joseph, an older dad whom it is nice to celebrate with various wonderful […]
It’s the Journey not the Arrival that Matters, Italo !
An announcement is made, while we’re en route, that the train will be delayed by 30 minutes to an hour. Alas, it hasn’t happened yet […]
Awaiting the Swifts
Two days ago I wrote about a saint, Joseph, who is associated with a pastry. Today another saint, this time associated with a bird. Or […]
Seasons
Perhaps it is that our children are in a Waldorf school, where seasons are celebrated so regularly. Perhaps it is that I am at our […]