Spello’s Infiorate: A Floral Night
No doubt about it: Spello’s full floral blossoming is always the Sunday morning of Corpus Domini, sixty days after Easter,... View article
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Just Let Me Go Wild in Gubbio!
What a catharsis, those Ceri moments in Gubbio in May and on June 2nd. Living those euphoric moments with the... View article
Anghiari’s Mostra Mercato
Southern Tuscany hilltown gem, Anghiari, turns into an artisan market at the end of April for the Mostra Mercato dell’Artigianato... View article
Bologna’s Sacrario, a Stirring Memorial
Somewhere near the main piazza of any Italian town – no matter now small – il monumento ai caduti (literally,... View article
“Holeless” Tortellini in Bologna
Italy’s “good-eating” region is certamente Emilia Romagna where the region’s capital city, elegant, porticoed Bologna, lives up to its appellation,... View article
L’Aquila: Feasting for Two with 19 Euro!
Cafeteria eating elsewhere might not be too tempting, but try a good one in Italy and you’ll be in for... View article
Panino di Porchetta..and on to L’Aquila
On an early February jaunt with Pino to L’Aquila to see a restoration job for his crew, we pulled off... View article
Ferrara: From Medieval Majesty to Cappellacci alla Zucca
Another “along-for-the-ride” trip with Pino, off to see possible restoration projects for his crew. And this time, not very close... View article
Bagnocavallo: Those Tempting Flavors of Emilia Romagna
There’s really no reason to put Bagnocavallo – not far from Ravenna and Faenza in Emilia Romagna – on your... View article
Near Todi, Where Truckers Feast
Just outside Todi on the road to Orvieto, a nondescript duplex – cars and a Vespa parked out front –... View article
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