August/September 2024: Parma City Guide, Guidebook Author Confessions

Big Parma Few of Italy’s small cities rival the cultural (opera, history and more) and culinary (Parmigiano Reggiano, Prosciutto di Parma to start the list) offerings that elegant Parma presents…If you haven’t been yet, make it your next must-visit in northern Italy with this city guide including where to stay and my God, of course, where to eat. “Dream Job”: …

June/July 2024: Enna Sicily, Learning Italian From Netflix, Tuscany’s Il Silene

Sicily: From the EnnaSide Out This part of central Sicily, awash in storybook rolling hills that color-shift between off-putting brown (August to November), wheat-fueled yellow (June and July), flower-peppered whimsical (spring crocus, autumn mandrakes, marigolds, meadow daisies) and, at its most beautiful, verdant Crayola green (March to early May), has always given back to those willing to put in the …

April/May 2023: Genoa Guide, Montalcino Vineyard, Dream Day in Veneto

Darkness and Light: The Two Sides of Genoa Genoa’s medieval center is shrouded in palpable dimness, its dense streets and caruggi – narrow medieval alleyways typical of Liguria – encapsulated by surrounding buildings that block sunlight from most angles. A square here and there is punctuated by pockets of sunlight, but even on a banner blue sky day, much of …