December 2009

During our first trip to Italy, I surprised Chris by wanting to visit the tiny walled city of Lucca.  Chris adores Puccini and it just so happens that Lucca does as well. Puccini was born in Lucca and is the…

By now you have all heard about the attempted terrorist attack that occurred on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day. As a result the TSA, in typical knee-jerk fashion, implemented several “new rules” that according…

As you know, I was hosted by the Paradise by Marriott Resorts on Grand Cayman along with eight other bloggers in their various locations, for a Blog Paradise event. Which basically means that my hotel, food and attraction expenses were…

In the efforts of full disclosure, for each upcoming post about my Blog Paradise trip to the Grand Cayman (and there will be many), I’ll be reminding you that this was a trip that was hosted by Marriott Resorts.  Which means…

Many of  you may know Judy Witts, otherwise known as the Divina Cucina.  But, do you really know her? Judy lives in Tuscany and her live revolves around food.  Cooking food, teaching classes about food, shopping for food, etc. In…

  It’s no secret that Italy and France are home to some of the most beautiful seaside destinations on the Mediterranean.  Cinque Terre, Positano or any of these seaside locations on the French Riviera – just to name a few. Hopefully, you’ll be spending…

I have been accommodating my pseudo-husband’s vegetarian lifestyle for the better part of 13 years.  It hasn’t always been a pleasure, but I do it because it is the right thing to do.  Just like he doesn’t blink an eye or…

Thank you all for reading my interview with Craig Martin of the Indie Travel Podcast!  And thanks to those of you who left a comment to win a FREE year’s subscription of the magazine. I’ve said it once, and I’ll…

It has been awhile since we have had an installment on favorite Italian words. Favorite is such a subjective concept, really. Some words can be favorites because of a hidden meaning.  Others due to the way they feel or sound…