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,…
A date with Nolan, Carney hikes with Matt and Addie, a pizza date on the sea, Ashton with new friends, Boy Scouts back to meetings and a campout, and chess club! Ashton has also been babysitting, and the…
We had a fun day with our friend Nolan recently. We visited the fish market in Pozzuoli and made a lovely meal at home, featuring escarole (scarola), mussels (cozze), and pasta with squid. Afterward, we walked it off…
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…
A pre-lockdown walk with friends on Monte Vesuvio:: Christmassing:: Thanksgiving-ing:: An online Italian cooking class and shopping with the teacher:: Haircuts:: Vegetable markets and wine-on-tap; we are still always finding new discoveries now…
For the past several weeks our region has been under a strict lockdown. Not as bad as the first time in spring, where everything was closed and you couldn’t even leave your house, but a softer version where…
Back to Monte Faito we went, enjoying its lovely autumn scenery. So many trees and leaves! There were WAY more people there this time than ever before. We walked up to Monte Molare this time and were rewarded…
