As I mentioned in my latest newsletter (sign up! It’s free!), there’s a few exciting things coming up for me – here’s one of them! I’m featured twice in the UK magazine, Stylist, out today in print and online. It’s their big Milan issue (is the cover gorgeous, or what?), and I was happy to give [...]

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This year saying goodbye to summer seems particularly poignant, even though I only took a week + some days off (to head to Hawaii) compared to traditional Italian summers with 3 or so weeks off. The difference is that my job allowed me to work from wherever, so I left muggy Milan early on and [...]

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Thanks to all the Caption this Picture entries – you are more funny than I :) As this blog is titled, “It isn’t all Pretty – Life in Italy beyond Food & Travel Photography,” I believe that Italy is a lot more than wine, gorgeous men, and extra virgin olive oil. And where I currently [...]

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Yesterday I met with a longtime blog reader & fellow food blogger who was in town for business in Milan (I love it when that happens!) – she asked me to recommend some gelaterie but I did one better and joined her for a gelato close to where she was staying, at Chocolat near Cadorna [...]

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A snowstorm struck yesterday in Milan, one that sent my colleagues scurrying home at 4pm (we’re usually in the office until 7pm) and none of them arrived home before their normal 7.30-8.00pm return time – there was that much casino craziness and traffic due to the 30+cm (10 inches) of snow that fell in 6 [...]

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