10 Obscure but Exquisite Things on the Italian Table
Italy. The mere utterance of the word makes my stomach growl. I have just recently returned from an Italian road trip and the verdict is...
We are Back from our Italian Road Trip!
We are back from our two-week holiday in Europe! We spent a few days in Holland and a total of ten days in Italia. We traveled 1,000...
Planning a DIY Travel to Tuscany
Tuscany. The mere mention of the place conjures up intense images of verdant rolling hills in the Italian countryside, making the notion...
Postcard from Venice (Also: What do you Mean the Train isn't Running?)
Life halts in Italy for a couple of hours at lunch. Yes, even the trains. I cannot say that this has not been met with exasperation and...
Tuscany in the Rough: Mountain Biking in Punt Ala
One of my most vivid childhood memories is sneaking out on my big brother's bike when I was about seven. I didn't have my own bike so I...
Love Where You Live
When I came to this mountain town in Northern Nevada to live, I was part miserable, part steeped in regret. I would plaintively lament:...
"Buffalo" Your Dreams (On the California Cheese Trail: Ramini Mozzarella)
Meet Craig Ramini, water buffalo rancher and cheesemaker. You probably could not have guessed that Craig was an ex-Silicon Valley...
Go for Goat! (On the California Cheese Trail: Two Rock Valley Goat Cheese)
I felt as though we were in an estranged place and time. A place perhaps forgotten by the reach of development I thought was inescapable;...
The How-To of Where to Eat in Paris
The biggest lie I’ve heard about Parisian food is that you can’t go wrong. Well, wrong. You can go wrong and I have. Paris gets millions...
Mon Paris
I clutched the folded map I've had since the last time I was here, about a year ago now. I am not a big souvenir nut, but this metro map...
