My Italian Friends

Jovanni tasting wine

It is well-known that Italians love good life (slow-life better!when possible), good food and “talking talking”. It is the Italian lifestyle that people adore. My

Molise by Bike

Molise by bike by Giordano Roverato

Molise is a region almost unknown to most Italians. It seems motionless, still, far from the frenzy of everyday life. A bit like a beautiful

Enzo Botteri by his son Giulio Botteri

Enzo Botteri- Bottega (Jane Wilkinson)

His father, Giulio Botteri, from Venice, had been an apprentice in the workshop of the great painter Ettore Tito. The son Vincenzo, called “Benzo”, was

Alfred and Good Taste

Alfred is cooking Italian Meatballs

Thanks for sharing Alfred! It is exciting and touching  to look at pictures and receive news from wonderful Friends who have visited (I would say

Unique Fabrics…at the Loom

The Artisan Looms have a great charm and still today give us refined and unique, precious artifacts. In the “arbereshe” villages (towns of Albanian origin)

A New Beginning

trees in the sky

Eventually almost back to normal life. Yes to “Normal” after months of fears and anxieties, pain and sadness. Certainly not everything has passed, but the