I read about an “unsettling” photo on YumSugar, the object of much discussion, consisting of a roasted pig’s head being served at a buffet. That same weekend, I was snapping pics at my local market, of something I can see every Tuesday and Saturday. Porchetta Maremmana. Porchetta is a young pig, left with the head…
Spoleto: A Second Look
I spoke about our weekend trip to Spoleto in Umbria and I just have so many nice pictures of the city that I have to share more! Our friends put us up in a local monastery, San Ponziano that was beautiful and set just beyond the city walls, here on the left. In about 3…
Spoleto in Early Morning
“Don’t tell her what time we arrive.” This was how a meeting between close friends was to begin, with a lie, with an evasion. But it was necessary. We decided to do our normal night train down south so that we could “earn” another day during our little vacation, one of the several long weekends…
Caption Me: Rushing Through Spoleto
I’ve just stepped off a train, back from the ponte, the long weekend. We were coming from Rome and I knew the craziness that surrounds the huge May 1 concert would make it hard for us to do a normal night train, so we got a cuccette. Ah, che bliss! And the winner of the…