This recipe is being posted one day early to coincide with My Bella Vita’s limited posting schedule. Like most 4 year olds, my daughter Bellie can’t stand the sight of vegetables. Present her with a dish of broccoli and she emits a blood-curdling scream, runs to the nearest corner, cowers into the fetal position and rocks herself to...Read More
Superstitions are a topic close to my heart having grown up with an Italian-American grandmother and now living in southern Italy, where Roman Catholicism and mysticism live in surprising perfect harmony. That phenomenon is worth a whole post, and indeed books have been written on the subject. Perhaps someday I’ll wax theoretical, but for today,...Read More
You know the saying, “The best things in life cost twenty-dollars!” Just checking to see if you were paying attention. You really know the saying is “The best things in life are FREE!” And that can be so true particularly when you are traveling. Let’s imagine for a minute you are in beautiful, fabulous Rome and you’re about...Read More
With the US Dollar falling, it is getting increasing difficult to find good wine from Italy that is affordable. It is almost unheard of to get a quality Chianti Classico Riserva, for under $25. But, when I do, I do the *happy dance*, and celebrate. Almost like I was stomping the grapes myself or somehow had...Read More
This post was originally posted here. Last week the fam and I went on a day trip to Lake Como, ostensibly to enjoy the fine spring weather in a beautiful setting. But what I didn’t tell my husband was that I was secretly hoping to bump into George Clooney. And no, it’s not what you...Read More
In the mountains of Abruzzo there is a town with a rich history … not all of it in text books. This is the town my mother and my husband were born in, Celano, once a principality now a town that embraces its past while struggling to find its way into the 21st century. Yes, I...Read More
Don’t you just *love* when good things happen all at once? Like today for instance. It is Travel Tip Tuesday, it is the 15th of the month (so time for a review) and it is Part II of Hotel Reviews by guest blogger Geggie of So … What Else, What Else, What Else? It’s a...Read More
It’s true. You can find love anywhere. Even in an organic chocolate bar called Chocolove. Two more things to love about Chocolove (I don’t even have to mention the cute packaging!) I got it on sale and it was the perfect mid-day pick-me-up for about a week. Happy Love Thursday! Cherrye’s Note: Andrea is a...Read More
Like Cherrye, I am from Texas, sort of. I grew up in Texas. My dad was in the Navy and he was stationed at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi 3 times, twice while I was growing up. I also lived in Galveston as an adult. Although, I have lived in Pennsylvania longer than anywhere else,...Read More
Oh Italy how I love thee…let me show you the ways…. lemons the size of softballs that make limoncello biscotti to go with the robust espresso served on Italian pottery Deruta is my fav the history, especially Rome and the Colosseum Florentine leather shoes and gloves the green rolling hills dotted with cypress trees cafe...Read More
