Weekly guides & maps for terrific places to eat, stay & shop in Italy’s best known destinations.
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Italian office hours: June 2026
Saluti da Ponza!
I am finishing up this month’s letter from my phone using the wifi at one of my favorite bars in Ponza. We are here to celebrate the island’s patron saint, San Silverio and swim in the sea and eat plates of boat pasta. Thi...
A Bellini guide to Venice
The essential guide to a Venetian classic
Were you looking for a list of places where you can sip the mixture of sweet white peach puree and crisp prosecco? Keep reading. I am going to start with a different Venetian Bellini.
Rome-Ponza-Venice: A quite particular guide
Who was Sandro Pertini?
One of the most beloved figures of modern Italian history, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio "Sandro" Pertini was the seventh president of Italy. He was an anti-fascist partisan and a fiercely socialist politician. He...
A perfect day in Rome
In another lifetime Condé Nast Traveler asked me to share my perfect day in Rome on Instagram. This was in the early days of sharing that kind of information in that place. Before the TikTok girlies and the come with me, videos. The itinera...
Italian office hours-May 2026
What do Italians think about how we outsiders see Italy?
It is the end of May. The time of year when our screens are filled with images of idyllic Italian summer. I do it to too. I just got back from an impromptu trip to the Amalfi Coast....
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I live in Venice. My superpower is finding terrific places to eat, stay & shop in Italy’s best known destinations. Sometimes I write about them
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