Archive for Archive for July, 2008
Guest Blogger Linda: Green Eggs and Ham
This recipe is being posted one day early to coincide with My Bella Vita’s limited posting schedule.
Like most 4 year olds, my daughter Bellie can’t stand the sight of vegetables. Present her with a dish of broccoli and she emits a blood-curdling scream, runs to the nearest corner, cowers into the fetal position and rocks herself to sleep [...]
Guest Blogger Michelle: Superstitions in Southern Italy
Superstitions are a topic close to my heart having grown up with an Italian-American grandmother and now living in southern Italy, where Roman Catholicism and mysticism live in surprising perfect harmony.
That phenomenon is worth a whole post, and indeed books have been written on the subject. Perhaps someday I’ll wax theoretical, but for today, let’s [...]
Guest Blogger Andrea: Free City Tour Downloads
You know the saying, “The best things in life cost twenty-dollars!” Just checking to see if you were paying attention. You really know the saying is “The best things in life are FREE!” And that can be so true particularly when you are traveling.
Let’s imagine for a minute you are in beautiful, fabulous Rome and you’re about to [...]
Guest Blogger Robin: Chianti Wine for Dummies
With the US Dollar falling, it is getting increasing difficult to find good wine from Italy that is affordable. It is almost unheard of to get a quality Chianti Classico Riserva, for under $25. But, when I do, I do the *happy dance*, and celebrate. Almost like I was stomping the grapes myself or somehow had something [...]
Guest Blogger Linda: The Search for George at Lake Como
This post was originally posted here.
Last week the fam and I went on a day trip to Lake Como, ostensibly to enjoy the fine spring weather in a beautiful setting. But what I didn’t tell my husband was that I was secretly hoping to bump into George Clooney. And no, it’s not what you think. [...]
Travel Tip Tuesday: Five Tips for Reducing Jet Lag
Imagine this.
You spend years saving for that once-of-a-lifetime intercontinental vacation. You spend months planning details, from tracking down the iciest mint mojitos, to the most exotic thatched-roof tiki huts, to the best, and most renowned, jungle tour of the water rapids. You spend weeks packing your suitcases and e-mailing your itinerary to everyone from your Grandpa John [...]
Recipe Sharing … Isn’t THAT the Best Kind?
I’ve been gone from Italy almost a month and while I do love me some good ole Tex-Mex, Southern cooking and yes, I will admit this- Pizza Hut, I am missing the realdeal.
Here is a compilation of some of my favorite recipes from some of my favorite bloggers …
Enjoy. Or should I say Buon Appetito!
Pasta
Pasta [...]
Guest Blogger Joanne: Mariannina from Celano
In the mountains of Abruzzo there is a town with a rich history … not all of it in text books.
This is the town my mother and my husband were born in, Celano, once a principality now a town that embraces its past while struggling to find its way into the 21st century. Yes, I have [...]
Guest Blogger Geggie: Travel Tip Tuesday - Hotel Reviews in the US
Don’t you just *love* when good things happen all at once? Like today for instance. It is Travel Tip Tuesday, it is the 15th of the month (so time for a review) and it is Part II of Hotel Reviews by guest blogger Geggie of So … What Else, What Else, What Else?
It’s a good [...]
Guest Blogger Andrea: Love is Everywhere
It’s true.
You can find love anywhere.
Even in an organic chocolate bar called Chocolove.
Two more things to love about Chocolove (I don’t even have to mention the cute packaging!) I got it on sale and it was the perfect mid-day pick-me-up for about a week.
Happy Love Thursday!
Cherrye’s Note: Andrea is a fellow southeast Texan who blogs [...]
