A backyard BBQ with our Italian friends… A date to Bacoli for market, pizza, and watching a kind of kayak/rugby/soccer match on the water… A date to Pozzuoli with Matt… A mall date with Cedar….…
For Memorial Day weekend, we took a trip to the region of Umbria. It’s a green area of Italy, in the country, the lower-class sister to Tuscany (where everything is fancier and more expensive). Umbria makes olive oil,…
I had a date with my friend Rosa in her town of Portici, in the Naples area. I love this girl and should have thought of having a date with her sooner.…
Cedar went to Scout camp for the weekend, so Ashton stayed home and had her friend sleep over while Matt and I had an overnight date!!! We went up the coast about an hour and a half to…
I have a small bubble in Italy in which I live— it’s my street. It isn’t a long street, maybe 7 minutes to stroll to the other end of it, but it is a good little street. I…
Ashton agreed to take a day trip with me to Ravello, a town in the mountains above the Amalfi Coast. Ravello has ceramics and flowers, including a couple of gardens that offer, along with lovely flowers, epic sweeping…
My flowers, and Italy’s flowers…. A 14th Birthday, chess, and finally Scouts meetings in person. A friend for Ashton!!! All the food, friends, and finally sit-down dining (outdoors)! Enjoying sunshine at the park and…
For President’s Day weekend, we decided to go somewhere. We have to stay in our region of Campania still, but lucky for us, Campania is big and beautiful. We visited the Cilento coast, about 2 hours south of…
Even staying in our local area, there are adventures and beautiful things everywhere. I just need a little push sometimes to get out and find them. Here are a few. Matt and I went out for lunch…