Recipe: Fried Blossoms
This is my all time favorite summer treat. Back in New York I used to use any kind of blossom — zucchini, pumpkin, or melon — to make these little…
Gay Umbria: Life’s a Drag
Gay Umbria: Finding my way 2008:First, a little background on fitting into the gay scene in Umbria. Remember there is the constant uphill battle with the language and the use…
Isola Maggiore: Lago Trasimeno
Excursion: When driving from Florence to Perugia, you will pass Lago Trasimeno. Being the largest lake on the Italian peninsula its kind of hard to miss as the highway skirts…
A Home in Umbria
Life in Bettona The reality of living on two different continents means that I’m not always sure where I am these days. Friends in New York forget the time difference…
A year in Review
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_gallery interval="3" images="4543,4511,4514,4392,4378,3501,3437,3436" img_size="450"][vc_column_text] Back to the blog > [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] 2011 - A year in review 2011 has been a wonderful season for aWeekinUmbria with more than twice…
Arezzo Antiques Fair
Excursion: Arezzo (in Tuscany) The first Sunday (and the Saturday before) of every month is the big Antique market in Arezzo. Only an hour away in Tuscany, Arezzo is midway…
Eurochocolate
EUROCHOCOLATEOctober 13-22, 2017The chocolate festival to end all chocolate festivals, Eurochocolate, comes to Perugia once again in October. Chocolate lovers from all over Italy descend on this medieval town during…
Ferragosto rose
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_gallery interval="3" images="3300" img_size="450"][vc_column_text] Back to the blog > [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Ferragosto rose Today is Ferragosto*, the 15th of August, a holiday in Italy. For the next two weeks…
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Frasassi Caves
Excursion:So I ventured out of Umbria (which is occasionally allowed) on an adventure to le Marche with some friends last week.Destination: the caves called Frasassi. It was about an hour and a half,…
Recipe: The Best Cabbage & Potatoes
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_gallery interval="3" images="4323" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Recipe: The Best Cabbage & Potatoes Cabbage! I’ve never really liked it no matter how it was cooked. Usually recognized as the soggy mess boiled…
My jam cupboard
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="4268" img_size="450"][vc_column_text] Back to entire blog > [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] My jam cupboard Although I have made jam most summers for over 20 years, it has taken on a…
After the storm
I know I’ve spoken to just about everyone about my fascination with the clouds here in Umbria — to me they are completely different than the clouds I grew up…