Celebrating the Simple
I was taken by a remark in this weekend’s New York Times ( “The War Against too Much of Everything”) : “ ‘As our planet […]
Le Nonne
While they are not behind the desk, nonne (grandmothers) in many ways direct at least six of the hotels we love most, and where we […]
Winter in Italy
About 80% of the travel planning we undertake is for trips that occur between May and October. When — we think — the best time […]
The Christmas Presepio (by Nathan Louis)
The Presepio comes from the Latin word meaning to enclose and today it means manger, a Christmas nativity scene. Presepi come in all different sizes. There […]
“And we walked ! How we enjoyed walking ! “
When I asked my mother last night, as we twirled the pasta together, what Rome was like during her childhood in the two decades before […]