While some of us are still thawing out after the ‘big-freeze’ of this past week, it’s refreshing to know that the warmer months are approaching quickly! Wish this rain would now stop!  I, for one, am more than ready to put my heavy Winter clothes away, throw on a Summer dress and enjoy aperitivos all’aperto! I am […]

My new year resolution was to keep this blog regularly updated as after last Summer I found myself a bit overloaded with juggling work and the neverending Italian school holidays that are just way too long in my opinion!  As a working mother, trying to organise your kids for 2.5 months can get very challenging […]

As Florence suffers one of the hottest Summers that I can remember in many years, my family, like many Florentines alike have taken the kids and headed out of the city.   After having spent so much time at the coast, we decided to take the boys to an Agriturismo, the Fattoria Poggio Alloro for a few days.  Located […]

Yesterday I returned to Lari with the whole family to take part in the annual Cherry Festival.  We arrived late afternoon and the weather was perfect as the hot midday sun was low in the sky and it’s warm rays gave the town a beautiufl glow which was only outshone by the beautiful cherries on […]

Today Italy celebrates Liberation Day, when the country was freed from the fascist regime and Nazi occupation.  I live in San Niccolò and every year the local Circolo / ARCI (founded in 1957 and committed to promoting the rights of the most vulnerable) put on an incredible lunch for the neighbourhood under the San Niccolò Tower. […]

[ebook_store ebook_id=”5479″] April issue available for download now!  Click on the link above. April is a beautiful time to visit Tuscany.  Still cool in the mornings and evenings but if the sun is shining, you can be sure to experience perfect weather to go sight-seeing in the cities as well as the Tuscan country-side which […]

Carciofi or Artichokes are everywhere at the moment and there are so many ways to enjoy them.  I used to shy away from cooking with them as was unsure of the preparation and thought it too complicated and time-consuming which is so not true. When artichokes are at their best, they are so tender that […]

The Most Romantic Tuscan Town One morning in early February of 2017, as the sun was shining, I made a last-minute decision after dropping Thomas at day-care to take the 90-minute drive to the small town of Pienza, a town and comune in the province of Siena, located between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino in […]