For those of you who don’t know, I often credit Frances Mayes for being the catalyst for changing my life, finding my passion and calling in my career and my love affair with Italy. If it weren’t for her, Italy wouldn’t…
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I am embarrassed to admit that I hadn’t heard of David Farley or his book until I saw him on a panel at a TBEX Travel Conference that I attended over the summer. And that’s a shame really. After hearing…
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I love a good Italian memoir. I seriously can’t ever get enough of them. I’ll scour the Internet and my local library catalog for old ones, new ones, any ol ones really. I’ll admit that when the publishers of Marcus…
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By now it’s no secret that author Susan Van Allen’s ‘100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go’ is resonating with female travelers and Italophiles all over the globe. I’ll admit that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on…
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If you love food, wine and Italy – we have a real treat for you today. Author of the book, Barolo – a story about his six months in the village of Barolo, Italy – drinking the wine of the…
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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…
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Happy Sunday all! It’s that time again. Time to announce another winner. Secretly I love announcing winners, though I always feel a bit of sadness for all the nice folks that didn’t win. Double edged sword. Thank you all for…
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I wanted to thank all of you for reading my Interview and entering the contest for the FREE years subscription to the Dream of Italy newsletter! With the help of the Random Number Generator, we have a winner! And that…
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For those of you who don’t know Nan McElroy, she is an American expat living in Venice, Italy (jealous, maybe a little!). Matter of fact, her website is called Living Venice. How appropriate! I have had the pleasure of getting…