Dolphins and a Tomato Garden
In Venice yesterday, at 7 AM, for the first time in recent memory, a pair of bottlenose dolphins gambolled in the Basin of St Mark. […]
Happy Italian Father’s Day !
Today in Italy it is Father’s Day, San Giuseppe (Saint Joseph). commemorating an older father whom Italy celebrates with various wonderful San Giuseppe pastries enjoyed […]
One Year Later
Today Italy marks the first day of national remembrance for the victims of COVID-19. Flags are at half-mast at Italian public buildings. Italy’s COVID-19 death […]
Sustainable Tourism
When in 1989 I began Insider’s Italy, clients would tell me about the destinations they intended to visit and would ask me what I thought […]
On Life Goes
On life goes, in Italy as elsewhere. In Italy, these next immediate weeks, however, will be rough for a country that has been through so […]
Searching for Italy
Stanley Tucci’s six-part “Searching For Italy”, Sundays on CNN, is charming, and cinematographically wonderful. A staggering 1.52 million viewers watched his first program. The second […]
Vaccines ! Moving Forward !
My heart sings to know how many of you have been vaccinated. In Europe we are behind, and in Italy have suffered extra slowdowns as […]
“And Then We Emerged to See the Stars Again'”
The final line of Dante’s Inferno reads : E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle. “And then we emerged to see the stars again.” May the […]
Guest Posting : “You See, This is the Thing”
This fourth guest posting is from Denise in New Haven I think I may not be your most typical client because I lived […]