Meet Juls’ Kitchen – Tuscany in the kitchen through recipes and lessons
January 25, 2012 – 9:00 am | View Comments

Meet Giulia Scarpaleggia, also known as Juls’ Kitchen. A victim of the economic crisis, or a person who is taking advantage of it to pursue her dreams? She writes “From January 1, 2012, in fact, …

Related Posts with Thumbnails Read the full story »
Expat Life

Life in Florence as an import. It’s not all pizza and mandolino but it’s not bad.

Florence

A renaissance art historian’s guide to Florence through its history, monuments, and people.

Fuori Porta

“Fuori Porta” literally means outside the city gates. Anywhere outside Florence!

Rome

An art historian’s approach to the monuments of the eternal city.

Tuscany

Art, sea, mountains, islands, shopping, hiking, culture… Tuscany has it all.

Rome »

5 things not to miss in Rome
January 22, 2012 – 5:00 pm | View Comments

In this guest post, Steve Brenner suggests a slow approach to travel: even if you have only a weekend in Rome, or a few days, there are some things he thinks you should not miss to experience Rome like a local (or as close as possible to one)… and of these five things, only one is a museum!

Colisseum viewed from Colle Oppio Park

I’m a big advocate of the Slow Travel and Slow Food movement. If you’re not familiar with it, the basic idea is that the modern world is attracted, and addicted, to things in fast forward, and one has to make a conscious effort to go against that tendency and slow down – not because doing things slowly is necessarily better, but because some things require more time to do them properly. When you speed it up, you ruin it. For example, to make a good zuppa di fagioli (bean soup), you need at least a few hours, and you should have soaked the beans the night before. If you speed that up, you’re going to be eating some nasty, crunchy beans. Read the full story »

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Palazzo Davanzati for Italian kids
January 20, 2012 – 10:01 am | View Comments
Palazzo Davanzati for Italian kids

The Italian youth magazine Focus Junior and the MIBAC (ministry for the arts) have come up with an interesting collaboration to promote twelve lesser-known museums in Italy, amonst them the Palazzo Davanzati in Florence for …

Sustainable tourism in Cinque Terre: support Vendemmia, a documentary
January 16, 2012 – 9:10 am | View Comments
Sustainable tourism in Cinque Terre: support Vendemmia, a documentary

Krista and Sharon set out in 2008 to make a film about the impact of mass tourism on the Cinque Terre and the area’s preservation efforts – a careful balancing act between economic progress and …

2011 in review: the arts in Florence
January 12, 2012 – 12:03 am | View Comments
2011 in review: the arts in Florence

I feel like my first “major” article of the year on this blog should be arts related, and know that I’ve been somewhat remiss both about posting, and in writing about the arts. The fact …

Three concept stores in Florence (to visit while at Pitti)
January 11, 2012 – 7:54 pm | View Comments
Three concept stores in Florence (to visit while at Pitti)

A man stopped me on the street today to ask me, in Italian, if we had a piece of clothing called “flo”. After getting over my misunderstanding that this was a theoretical question proposed to …

Florence for Children: January 2012 events
January 4, 2012 – 10:56 pm | View Comments
Florence for Children: January 2012 events

It’s freezing, kids (and adults) have the flu and it’s a real pity as there are so many things to do and see around Florence… and it’s also a great time to take a …

Italian Christmas menus from North to South
December 21, 2011 – 1:15 pm | View Comments
Italian Christmas menus from North to South

These days talk revolves around food (even more than usual) as everyone is planning their menu for the vigiglia di Natale (Christmas Eve). While a normal meal, especially in the South, is often object of …

Bernini’s Sant’Andrea al Quirinale in Rome
December 19, 2011 – 1:00 pm | View Comments
Bernini’s Sant’Andrea al Quirinale in Rome

At Sant’Andrea al Quirinale in Rome, Gianlorenzo Bernini created a jewel of the Baroque; a keyhole through which to peer into the mind of mid-seventeenth century Rome. Architectural historian Agnes Crawford contributes this learned guest …

Top 5 Christmas gift ideas from Renaissance Florence
December 14, 2011 – 8:00 am | View Comments
Top 5 Christmas gift ideas from Renaissance Florence

Sing it: On the eigth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: eight live trouts, seven hares a jumpin, six rock crystal glasses, five barrels of olives, four eagles for hunting, three antidotes …

Florence for Children: December 2011 and holiday events
December 6, 2011 – 9:00 pm | View Comments
Florence for Children: December 2011 and holiday events

Here’s the second post from ArtTrav’s colomnist who will be contributing seasonal articles about what to do in Florence with children.
Laura, mother of three-year-old Francesco (in the photo!), is also the energetic founder of …

An invite to bloggers: a “gift” from the Italy Blogging Roundtable
December 1, 2011 – 7:00 am | View Comments
An invite to bloggers: a “gift” from the Italy Blogging Roundtable

Many of you will know that, since May 2011, five of us have been writing a monthly post on a given topic and we call it the Italy Blogging Roundtable. Each month we decide the …

We’re on House Hunters International
November 15, 2011 – 9:00 am | View Comments
We’re on House Hunters International

Living in Florence has its appeal, but Tommaso and I have always had a thing for Maremma, an area of Tuscany that remains “off the beaten track” due to its apparent lack of much to …

Florence for children: November and December events
November 13, 2011 – 10:21 pm | View Comments
Florence for children: November and December events

Meet ArtTrav’s new colomnist, who will be contributing seasonal articles about what to do in Florence with children.
Laura, mother of three-year-old Francesco (in the photo!), is also the energetic founder of ToscanaIN and is …

Related Posts with Thumbnails