Every now and then, you have to make the time for an aimless wander through Rome’s lovely Trastevere neighborhood.
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A special visit to Rome’s most beautiful trash pile.
It is pretty hard for me to imagine milk as an exciting ingredient. My mother used to have to buy strawberry Nesquick to convince me to imbibe the bone-fortifying beverage as a child. (Yes, I know. Obviously I had a fine palate from a young age). But while I can kind of take or leave […]
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 – […]
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 […]
It’s worth the uphill trek to enjoy the Gianicolo.
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 […]








