I should be lounging by the pool  – a romance novel in one hand and a sangria in the other – whiling away these precious summer days. But I’m not. I’m on my laptop. Everyday. All day. In addition to my day job as a journalist, I’m working on the second draft of my third […]

I attended my first Festa Italia in Seattle last weekend and, as I expected, it was soooo much fun.  The weather was perfect for most of it.  It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Seattle’s Convention Center, so I’d forgotten how beautiful the area is.  With its boho flavor, lovely boulevards and the […]

                            Italy never disappoints.  Not for me, or my husband, or children and their spouses.  Everything about it is sensual; the wine, the food, the art, the landscape, the people.  There’s really  no other way to describe it.  It’s a land of simple pleasures […]