Italy
Destination: Venice Movie: Don’t Look Now (1973) I think it is appropriate to segue from two weeks of scary things to a week of Venice by talking about a scary Venice movie. Don’t you? Print PDF
PDF Destination: Etruscan Italy Book: Etruscan Places: Travels Through Forgotten Italy by D. H. Lawrence (First published in 1932, NEW edition 2011) Print PDF
Destination: Italy Movie: Three Coins in a Fountain (1954) Stars include Jean Peters, Dorothy McGuire, Maggie MacNamara, Clifton Webb, Rossano Brazzi and Louis Jourdan If you want a look at a foreign culture, the original Three Coins in a Fountain movie will do it for you. Yes, there is a lot about Italian culture, but [...]
Has it been five years since we were in Italy? Unbelievable! But Italy stays with you once you have traveled there. Here’s another of my round-up posts (read: she’s traveling and not blogging every day). Print PDF
Destination: New York City, Italy Book: Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, by Gabrielle Hamilton A GUEST POST by Casey Barber Note: Today a knowledgeable food writer tells us about a new memoir by a chef who is also a writer who travels through kitchens of New York, France, Greece, [...]
Another TV hit for travelers–this time ITALY is the destination. I have Longitude books to thank for this discovery, and you can browse the whole collection of these mysteries at their site. If you don’t already get their newsletter, I highly recommend it for outstanding travel books. Aurelio Zen mysteries by Michael Dibdin air on [...]
When you comment, you will be entered to win a book about a place you probably don’t want to travel to. (See below) Destination: Afghanistan? No. Ethiopia? No. Sudan? No. Italy? Yes. Book: Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert. A Guest Post by Alisa Bowman Alisa Bowman has written Project: Happily Ever After: Saving Your [...]
MOVIE MONDAY: TRAVEL MOVIES Coming Attractions: Print PDF
Destination: Sicily Book: Eat Smart in Sicily, (2008) by Joan Peterson and Marcella Croce A GUEST POST by Dr. Jessie Voigts People who love to learn will adore this travel guide. Eat Smart in Sicily is filled with history, culture, language, food, markets, recipes (!), photos and more. Print PDF
