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A few years back, for a holiday issue of Dream of Italy, I asked Ruth Edenbaum, co-author (with Shannon Essa) of the book, Chow! Venice: Savoring the Food and Wine of La Serenissima, for tips on spending the Christmas and New Year’s holidays in Venice as she has spent a handful of holiday seasons in the city. Below are a …
My dear friend Barbara Benham who runs the Travel Sweeps Blog just let me know about an opportunity to win a trip for two to Florence through Dummies.com. I was just in Florence about 10 days ago. What was the ONE THING on my must do list? A meal at Da Giovanni and it was just as good if not …
Those of us who live in the Washington, D.C. owe thanks to United Airlines for introducing daily flights between Washington’s Dulles Airport and Rome, starting in April 2007. This news is particularly welcome since Alitalia suspended the only non-stop flight from the D.C. area to Italy (it eliminated its daily flight to Milan). The Washington to Rome flight will leave …
To see what I did on my latest trip to Italia, read the articles and watch the video I shot video on Lake Bracciano, Rome’s Hotel Hassler and other celebrity weddings that took place in Italy — all on AOL: + Article: Cruise-Holmes Wedding Puts Italy’s Lake Bracciano on the Map + Article: Celebs Pick Italy as the Place to …
The latest, and greatest… + Brooke Shields is going to the wedding!?!? + Cruise is indeed staying at Rome’s Hotel Hassler + Tom likes to eat at Dal Bolognese in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo, where it is expected he and Katie will dine with the wedding guests Thursday night. + The wedding favors are embroidered towels featuring Tom and Katie’s …
On a sunny and warm day in Rome, I headed out to Lake Bracciano, reported location of the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes wedding this weekend. The town of Bracciano is an hour by train from Rome’s Ostiense Station. It sits on a lake formed by a volcanic crater and is a favorite weekend getaway for Romans, mostly during the summer. Nearly …
Has the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes wedding peaked your interest in Lake Bracciano? Below, you will find an article from the March/April 2003 issue of Dream of Italy , recounting one American woman’s adventure in building a house on the lake: When we were Romans, we fell in love with Lake Bracciano. It wasn’t hard. Lake Bracciano, less than an hour …
The word from Rome (that’s where I am right now) is that the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will be held on Lake Bracciano, about 30 minutes outside the city. The Associated Press reports that journalists are indeed descending on the small town of Bracciano and the town’s mayor gave a hint that the wedding of the year will be …
After leaving Lake Garda’s exquisite, impressive, breathtaking (the adjectives could continue on and on) Villa Feltrinelli, we returned the rental car to the train station at the small northern city of Brescia and took two trains (switching in Milan) to arrive in Rome. We arrived at Rome’s Termini Station during rush hour and paid the price for that in the …
To continue where I left off yesterday….lunch. Well, before lunch I had the pleasure of taking a tour of Villa d’Este’s kitchen with head chef Luciano Parolari, who has worked at the resort fo 39 years! Parolari, along with the resort’s Jean Salvadore, just published Tales of Risotto: 50 Recipes: Culinary Adventures from Villa d’Este. Parolari supervises 35 full-time kitchen …
