Bra, Italy: The City of Raw Meat
Bra, Italy, in the raw I’ll try anything once. Then I’ll try it again, and if I don’t like it I’ll try it a third … Read more
Europe
Spring in Tenerife, Spain
The Glamour Granny goes against the advice of a neighbor and leaps at the chance to visit Tenerife, Spain, in the Canary Islands. Will she like it? … Read more
Visit Borough Market London (A Foodie’s Photo Walk)
A photo walk in London’s Borough market: A foodies’ favorite free thing to do in London I don’t know when I heard or read about Borough … Read more
Free Attractions on London’s South Bank
Do you hear “free things to do in London” and think “No way!” We’ll have you re-thinking that response in no time. London’s South Bank has so … Read more
Lake Maggiore’s Isola Bella: Italian Island Of Beauty
Lake Maggiore’s Isola Bella: Gardens and an Italian Island of Beauty, Whimsy and… you fill in the blank
Italian Lake Orta: Silence, Color and Architecture
Exploring Lake Orta: the quiet Italian lake Except for an occasional rattle of pan and muffled cacophony of voices coming from the kitchen of Orta … Read more
Iris Origo & Tales Of 20th Century Tuscany
A woman who lived under the Tuscan sun in the early 1900s The villa and beautiful gardens at La Foce in Tuscany. An Italian nobleman … Read more
Cortona, Italy’s Villa Marsili
Last year for our first wedding anniversary and my 25th birthday my husband and I traveled to Italy for seven days. Five of those days were spent at the impressive Villa Marsili in the charming town of Cortona.
Sicilian Caponata Recipe (Traditional Recipes From Catania, Sicily)
Caponata is the very essence of traditional Sicilian food.