Currently viewing the category: "Travels in Italy"

New York, my long-term love, should be jealous. I’m smitten with Rome. A three-day summer fling with the city has me daydreaming about its awesome antiquities, its exhilarating energy…and its boundless food.

Like my adopted city, Rome is a haven for food and wine groupies. Seek and you shall find—and that includes great [...]

Continue Reading

“Venice, the only city in the world where pigeons walk and lions fly,” French poet Jean Cocteau once said. Were he to see Venice today, he’d have to add one more distinction: It’s the only city in Italy where you’re apt to eat badly.

It’s tough to get a good meal [...]

Continue Reading

It’s spring in New York. That means it’s time for our annual migration. Along with snow geese, swallows, and Siberian cranes, my husband and I change continents with the warming of the air. It’s a long commute, but twice a year, we leave New York and its 8.3 million inhabitants for the [...]

Continue Reading

Archives