Archive for Archive for August, 2008
Love Thursday: How to Say “I Love You” with Chicken and a Pepper
I’ve been told I shouldn’t boast about how sickly sweet Pep can be, yet I can’t stop. Seriously, if your husband prepared lunch like this, wouldn’t you want to tell?
Come on gals, what do you think?
Notice something a teeny bit “off” in that message of love? Well, I don’t. “Y” stands for “ya,” which Pep [...]
Guest Blogger Britni: 13 Things to Do or See in Spain
This is my first time guest blogging and I’m really excited about it because I love My Bella Vita. I hope to get out to Italy one of these days myself but haven’t had the time or money yet.
Three years ago, though I went to Spain on a study abroad program and fell in love [...]
Travel Tip Tuesday: Car Rental Companies and Fine Print - Who Can You Trust?
Running a bed and breakfast definitely has its perks - such as meeting interesting people, learning about new places and never having a shortage of topics for Travel Tip Tuesdays .
Not that I use our guests or anything.
But sometimes guests have specific travel-related issues that we help them sort through . And then I [...]
Love Thursday: A Bit of Love from Mickey Mouse
It may not be a heart, but to a kid at Disney it’s the next best thing!
Happy Love Thursday!
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Morzello from Catanzaro … Uhm, Uhm … Maybe
Rome has coratella.
Palermo has milza.
And Catanzaro?
Well, we have morzello.
Originally created in the province of Catanzaro, morzello, or Morzeddhu alla Catanzarisi in Catanzaro’s dialect is a specialty dish made from cow innards.
Yum.
According to legend … (come on we are in southern Italy, folks you didn’t think this dish would come without a legend, did you?) [...]
Travel Tip Tuesday: Top Five BT Magazine Travel Tips
Budget Travel Magazine is the *best* travel magazine of all time.
There, I said it!
It’s also one of the only magazines I’ve ever subscribed to for more than one year, and although I’ve now moved far and away where the paper pages allude me, I’m only a mouse click away from all the fun.
Meanwhile my mom patiently [...]
Love Thursday: Just Call Me the Wedding Fairy
It is no secret I’m somewhat, oh, what would you say? Addicted to weddings.
Seriously. I. Love. Them.
I do.
(get it?)
I love the pre-planning, the planning, the execution … even the stress. I’ve worked in the industry, I’ve written about the industry and I’ve even played along - just for fun.
So it was absolutely perfect timing when [...]
Tour del Gelato: Marrons Glacés in Catanzaro (Calabria)
All hail the Gelato Giant, the Connoisseur of the Cone, the Explorer of Epicurean Enlightenment … or, for those of you in the know … Ms. Adventures in Italy.
A couple of years ago, Tour del Gelato was launched in the name of all that is good to showcase gelaterie around the world that have one [...]
Travel Tip Tuesday: Be the Most Hated Person on the Plane
The possible Travel Tip Tuesday themes to evolve from my latest stateside adventure are too many to list today … lost luggage, stolen contents, airline strikes, airline accountability … ahhh, but don’t worry. We’ll get to those.
Today’s tip covers the most intrinsic rule of all seemingly common sense rules of travel. And yes. There are [...]
Love Thursday: The Best Surprise
They say the best surprise is no surprise, but I can’t quite say I agree. I mean, seriously. Who thought of that?
The best surprise is returning to your new country and your new husband after spending five weeks away, walking through the door and finding an oversized package covered with hearts with your name scrawled [...]
