A couple of months ago I received an email from fellow blogger and travel enthusiast Geggie of So … What Else, What Else, What Else?, who was promoting a fabulous new organization called The 3/50 Project. The idea behind the project is to support your local businesses $50 at a time, or actually only $50...Read More
If you’ve been around the Italy expat scene for a while, you have likely heard tale of disheartening shopping trips, overpriced shoes, bags and bras or the never-ending search for a properly-fitting pair of jeans. Shopping in Italy when you are on vacation=fun. Shopping in Italy when you live here and a pair of pants...Read More
Part of this post was originally published in March, ’07, but since I’ve been out of the country for the better part of a month, I’ve missed my markets and I wanna talk about ’em again. You see, Thursday is Market Day in Catanzaro Lido and like all good Calabrians, I like to make my...Read More
I know, I know … Christmas is over but sometimes when you live in a foreign country (read: Italy) you see funny things you just have to share with the rest of the world. Like, for example the Christmas present I saw last month when I was wrapping up my to-buy list. I was with...Read More
Today is the final installment of Sila Fridays … Wait. Wait. Don’t be sad. Today is the final installment of Sila Fridays until I get back up there and tour a different area. By now you know about getting to La Sila, you know of quaint Villaggio Mancuso, you know where to eat and sleep...Read More
Catanzaro has made it. We have arrived. No longer do I have to beg, steal, or borrow for… Ok, let me back up. A few weeks ago I was strolling through downtown Catanzaro and happened to find myself in a quaint little bookstore. (I “find” myself there quite often as I am a bookstore junkie…regardless...Read More
Or, at least I will be in a few days. Peppe’s best bud is getting married this weekend in a little ole town near Naples called Benevento. And, we are making the trip! We have no choice, ya see…WE are the testimone, or the witnesses, or for lack of an even better term – the...Read More
First there was WalMart. Then came…Super WalMart. Target was followed by…Target Super Store. Kroger…Kroger Signature. K Mart…K Mart Super Center. Well, ladies and gentlemen. This is a picture of the cineseria (Chinese-owned clothing store) near my house. And THIS is a picture of the one across town. And they say Americans are obsessed with the...Read More
Shopping! Today is Tuesday, December 12 – only 12 more shopping days until Christmas morning. Twelve days until our stockings are stuffed, our turkeys are stuffed, and, well, we are stuffed – from Maw Maw’s legendary cornbread dressing to say the least. This is my first Christmas season in Italy – and I am still...Read More
