I had this romanticized idea of the Italian Lake district for years– narrow stone lanes framed by blooming flowers, grand terraces along the water, and of course, the home of …

I’ve always said I have a love-hate relationship with New York. New York is not the easiest place to live. Just yesterday I was barked at for not ordering my …

I’d gotten tired of hearing about the purple pasta cooked in red wine– my friend Amy just couldn’t shut up about how good it was. Amy had sampled this dish …

I’m not sure I’ve ever been more mortified than that time I was scolded by nun. I didn’t mean to enter the monastic enclosure (not that I even knew what …

It’s pretty much undisputed that Milan is a shopper’s paradise, heaving with designer fashions, but I wondered whether Milan is also a souvenir shopper’s paradise. While I knew the fashion …

I have a fascination with border towns– those places that effortlessly hug two cultures and somehow combine the best of both worlds. The Northern Italy region of Lombardy is already …