All Things Italian
So I was cruising around YouTube on my TV, watching all sorts of Italian travel guides, trip videos, and recommendations. I stumbled upon one called ‘How not to eat in Italy’ and the title tickled me. My first response was, “Why would anyone want to not eat in Italy?” haha! But the subtitle was ‘My […]
Deciding how to visit Rome
In Rome, one visits the de rigeur Vatican, Trevi Fountain, and Coliseum. The Spanish Steps and the Pantheon. Bernini’s sculpture at Piazza Navona and the Borghese Gallery. A little deeper dive finds the Campo de Fiori market, the bridge of angels at Castel Sant’Angelo, the old Trastevere neighborhood and the Jewish Ghetto. You start spending […]
Open to interpretation…
So, if we’re wandering around my favorite Roman neighborhood near Campo de Fiori, we will surely stop into Roscioli – the bakery for a sweet treat, or the deli for a meat n cheesy snack, or maybe we will have a wine pairing dinner! Like most of the folks you will encounter in Rome, they’ll […]
What’s for dinner? Ah, Roma!
Oh this day. I began with friends, spent it lounging, shopping, walking, sharing pictures, wallowing in domestic bliss, and visiting with my beau. And then, dinner. Early, thank goodness, because it was stupendous and far far too much food. Superb food. Coma inducing food. No pasta for this girl, today. I’d been craving beef and […]
Wine Tasting at Frankie’s Italian Trattoria
The Ca’ Viola Barbera d’Alba… It stole my heart.