Il Tempo Vola

My love has always been for the sea, but the mountains here are pulling at my heartstrings. They seriously take my breath away!  On a perfectly clear day we have a perfect panorama of the Venetian Alps from our little town. This picture though I took just last week as my husband and I were…

L’Orto — Making Every Meter Matter

  In America, we often have these spacious yards – those of us who are lucky enough of to have them (or unlucky for those who had to mow them for chores) – whose existence have no other purpose other than to be our wonderfully-kept swaths of green grass upon which we play, stargaze, jump…

Assimilation: 7 Ways I’ve Become More Italian

The Borg were right when they said, “Resistance is futile.”  You know, if movies were real life..  But the sentiment is true nonetheless, however fictional the speaker.  If you spend enough time in another culture, bits and pieces start to find their way into your daily routine, whether out of habit or choice.  Sometimes without…