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Lets go for a little walk.  A Cliff Walk. We begin on a cloudy, hazy, day with the clouds sprinkling now and then. We start out at the intersection of Narragansett Avenue, where the path is paved.  We walk South. We come…

I normally don’t participate in Love Thursday, which is a pretty big event in the blogosphere.  I don’t know why that is.  Maybe it’s because I am always so busy, I don’t have time to see the love all around…

What better what way to kick off my series on Newport, Rhode Island than to feature it as a destination for this weeks Travel Tip Tuesday!? Newport is a port city, surrounded on three sides by water-Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Sound…

If you are like me, you love bread.  I mean reeeeally love bread.  And I don't mean soggy old Wonder Bread either.  I am talking about homemade artisan breads like Ciabatta, Peasant Bread, Boules and French Baguettes.  A loaf of these delicious breads runs…

Martha has one.  So does Ina, Giada, Emeril and pretty much any chef that is worth his sea salt in the foodie community. What I am talking about? The Le Creuset Dutch Oven, of course! You can spot the ubiquitous cast iron jack-of-all-trades pot in…

I love making a crostata.  I love eating them even more.  They are Italian baked dessert tarts, much less fussy and perfect looking than a tart or a pie.  The rustic, rough shaped finished product looks homemade with human hands, rather than the perfect, glossy…

Most travelers practice due diligence when planning a vacation.  They knuckle down, hit the guide books and the Internet to plan all the details of their trip. Fodors, Frommers, Lonely Planet, Rick Steves and Zagat are just a few of the big go-to names…

Welcome to our third edition of Travel Photo Friday! This month Linda of Milanese Masala, submitted photos involving three of my favorite things.  Italy, Wine and Nutella.  How did I get so lucky? Linda lives in Milan, Italy and blogs about…

This week my amica Italiana Michelle, over at Bleeding Espresso, unwittingly created this little meme based on the questions that James Lipton asks all of his actor guests on Inside the Actors Studio. I thought it would be fun to play…