Sharing Assisi and Umbria with each and every apartment guest brings joy. The joy is compounded when I read notes like the ones from Kaye: “Anne, you made cooking a meal an…
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A recent guest, Barbara put it this way: “Your farmhouse apartment is spacious, clean and well-appointed: a lovely retreat after a day of touring.” Barbara, delighted to host you and Brad in…
Umbrian rural goodness was the link, uniting guests in our Assisi farmhouse from Australia, the UK, San Francisco and New York. Introductions took place as we shopped for the ingredients: first stop,…
Every September 26th, vases of fresh flowers encircle the pink limesonte plaque on the floor at the entrance to the Basilica Superiore di San Francesco. Look closely at the plaque and you’ll…
As you stroll the labyrinthine alleyways of medieval hill towns, you might see sheets, towels and clothing hanging out to dry. In our Assisi backstreets these days, white sheets flutter over the…
Pino had been back and forth to Castiglione del Lago countless times during the months his company restored the massive medieval walls of this lakeside gem, often enjoying a lake fish lunch…
Two out of three nights on the magical island of Marettimo (western Sicily coast), we ate at Il Veliero and only because one night we arrived too late to nab a table.…
Say “cheese” in Palermo – but say it in Italian, “formaggio” (or better yet, in Sicilian “u caciu“) and ask where to find the best of it. Those who know cheese goodness…
If you’re coming into Trapani by late-morning ferry from one of the Egadi Islands – Marettimo, Favignana or Levanzo – don’t miss lunch at Caupona Taverna di Sicilia before your Sicilian adventures…
The blues of the island of Marettimo off the western coast of Sicily – one of the three Egadi islands (along with Levanzo and Favignana) – seem to harmoniously run together. In…