It felt almost warm enough to be spring this weekend, which made me long for outdoor lunches at La Torricella. La Torricella is a restaurant in Testaccio, tucked far enough away from the epicenter of the piazza that is remains a bit off the map. I can sense that changing, but it won’t matter – […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
A pyramid, a cat sanctuary and poets, the cimitero acattolico has it all.
Have I mentioned I love shoes? Oh? Repeatedly, you say? But I do. The love is real. I even made my own shoes here in Rome. However, while I might be able to craft a single pair of sandals with a lot of dedicated supervision, I like to buy my boots. So every year, I […]
On the train back to Rome, we were covered in orange juice. It had soaked our jeans and it was in our shoes. We were still processing what exactly had just happened. We survived our first Carnevale d’Ivrea. The plan came into being rather quickly and it started with a link. Five crazy Italian festivals […]
It’s worth the uphill trek to enjoy the Gianicolo.
We left Spello in a hurry. Rain clouds were hovering and the final stretch of road back to Rome was filling with Sunday traffic. But it only took a short amount of time to be totally enchanted by the small Umbrian town. Located a 2 hour drive north east of Rome, Spello is one of […]
Small. Understated. Cozy. Date night. To me, that is Osteria degli Amici. This modern osteria still looks old school, but has a menu that balances classics with taking a few liberties. We realized one afternoon, as we were walking along, that it had been 6 months since our wedding. Jimmy insisted on gelato. As soon […]
The Mouth of Truth gets all the attention, but these relics are more romantic.