Going for Baroque
There are still a few things that justify enduring the slings and arrows of outrageous airport security checks, sitting for 10 and a half hours in a tiny, cramped seat, being rudely herded through the Frankfurt airport - and then getting into a smaller plane and...
Changes
Severino's Community Butcher is heading back east! The talented couple, Hilary Prescott and Justin “Blade Runner†Severino will be leaving the area at the end of the year. Headed for Pennsylvania. “We’ve got family there, we can afford to buy a home and raise...
Florentine Highs
The carpaccio topped with fresh raw porcinis at Cammillo, in the Borgo san Jacopo.
Florentine Days
Don't even think about visiting a major world museum like the Uffizi without making advance reservations. The tickets I procured on-line (we have done this before, here and at the Louvre) saved us at least an hour, maybe more, in line. Even so there was a short wait...
Farmers Markets Rule!
If you haven’t yet gotten the message that the Saturday morning Westside Farmers Market is THE happening place, then allow me to put you straight. Last weekend the market seemed to have doubled its size — harvest time has filled every one of the organic produce,...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.