The traffic and metro gods were on my side this week and I managed to make it to Monti at rush hour in record time. With a few minutes to spare before dinner, I took a quick walk around Rione Monti – one of my favorite neighborhoods in Rome. Here is Monti on a […]
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Updated March 2023 I don’t really love baccalà. The salted cod can come off mushy and overly powerful in many dishes. But fried? Amazing. Dar Filettaro is one of those Roman institutions that you love not in spite of it shortcomings but because of them. It is a tiny restuarant that serves one thing: filetti […]
On January 1st, we woke up in Boston after ringing in the new year with a lovely wedding of two lovely people. Fireworks topped off a whirlwind trip of art watching at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and dinners and drinks with old friends. Jimmy boarded a plane back to Rome and I headed to […]
I was sitting in front of Santa Maria in Trastevere recently to finish my Fior di Luna gelato con calma. It’s seriously not the worst. From its cosmati floors: To the tip-top of its burnished gold altar. I wanted to revisit the church after reading a short story about a woman’s love affair with a statue […]
Incredibly rich vitello panino that tastes exactly. like. carbornara.
While refined Fendi was presenting their latest collection at an insane show at the Trevi Fountain, Dolce and Gabbana were doing the same in Naples. I love Napoli. I am currently trying to convince Jimmy that we need to at least drop in for a day trip to Naples in the next few weeks. But Naples and […]
You guys, I am kind of losing it over Fendi’s fashion show that was held in Rome this week. The models literally appeared to walk on water when a clear catwalk was set up inside the Trevi Fountain. If you remember, Fendi paid for the restoration of the Trevi, so it seems pretty fair that […]
One of the reasons that I am thankful I moved to Italy is the pace of life. Though even here it’s hard for me to avoid getting caught up in the daily grind. When a friend asked me to hit pause and join her for lunch in Tuscany, of course I said yes. No matter how busy […]