Dream of Italy on the Radio

Yours truly was interviewed on the syndicated radio program The Travel Show with Arthur Frommer today. The radio program is a family endeavor by the first family of travel – the Frommers – and I talked to Arthur’s daughter, Pauline Frommer. Pauline released her own series of travel guidebooks about a year ago and I quizzed her on her own …

Dream of Italy Wins Newsletter Award!

We’re giving ourselves a pat on the back here at Dream of Italy. Our five-year-old newsletter has been named “Best Consumer Subscription Newsletter 2007″ by the respected industry publication The Newsletter on Newsletters. A big shout out to everyone on the team who keeps this publication going – interns, researchers, proofreaders, writers and especially, Kim Leaird, who designs the newsletter …

How I Realized My “Dream of Italy”

As editor and publisher of Dream of Italy, I write about so many topics related to Italian travel, but what I haven’t written about much as how I ended up with this “dream” job in the first place. It is often the first question people ask when I meet them at a conference or cocktail party. I haven’t had the …

Taking the Family to Rome

Travel writer Ann Cochran chronicles her trip to Rome with her adult children on the Executive Traveler Web site. I know many of you are planning the same kind of trip this summer and Ann chronicles how she found affordable lodging for all as well as set up the ground rules for how much the group would do together. Ann …