Seven Days of Sicily – Day 3 – Noto
I took a little day trip to Noto on my birthday. After a quick thirty minute ride on the shortest train I’ve even seen, I arrived in a small town considered to be the height of Baroque urban planning....
View ArticleSeven Days of Sicily – Day 4 – Ortigia’s Farmers Market
I kept bumping into Erica and her parents at the market. We do have great markets in Rome but the market in Ortigia is on another level. I think it’s because the food doesn’t have far to travel. The...
View ArticleSeven Days of Sicily – Day 6 – The Sea
I appreciate the majesty of the Hudson River and the cool blues of a lake in Maine but I’m a sea/ocean person. It’s probably because I’ve spent the majority of my life living on the East and West...
View ArticleSeven Days of Sicily – Day 7 – Art + Design
Why do I miss Sicily? There are Sicilian restaurants in Rome. Perhaps this is only an infatuation. My first trip to Sicily was just last year, which I wrote about in FATHOM. Maybe the island will...
View ArticleIo Adoro – Anguilla, British West Indies
Anguilla is quite the A-list celebrity/VIP destination these days. However, the small island has managed to retain it’s relaxed, quiet charm. My most recent piece for FATHOM Magazine went live today....
View ArticleWeekend Inspiration – Foliage – Hudson River Valley
Suddenly, Fall has arrived in Rome. On Sunday my friends were swimming at the beach. Monday was a Bermuda shorts day. Tuesday? The temperature dropped by 20 degrees (F). This morning the air was very...
View ArticleDesign vs. Function – American Dream Builders
Perhaps I’m naive but I believe good design incorporates a space that functions well. This is why I completely disagree with the finale (SPOILERS ahead) of the NBC show “American Dream Builders”....
View ArticleWeekend Inspiration – All of the Lights – Campo de’ Fiori
For me the day after Thanksgiving has nothing to do with shopping. It means I can start playing Christmas carols. This probably comes as a shock to people who don’t know me well, as I appear to be a...
View ArticleLife in Rome – The Flaminio Flea Market
Borghetto Flaminio is not as well known as the famous Porto Portese market. The latter has more furniture but Flaminio is the market to check out for authentic vintage/used designer clothes and...
View ArticleLife in Rome – A Taste (just a taste) of Spring
The song UMBRELLA is playing on a loop in my head. Finally, we had a sunny day in Rome today. I try not to complain too much on Twitter given what my friends who live on the East Coast in the States...
View ArticleMy Return to Sicily
Hello, my name is Arlene Antoinette Gibbs and I have a Sicily problem. It’s bad. Every time I go, i wish I could stay longer. There’s so much of the island I haven’t seen yet, for example the entire...
View ArticleLife in Rome – Rome Luxury Suites, Via Babuino
Buon giorno! Life has been nuts these past few weeks between signing new clients and moving. I still have twenty-five boxes of books and magazines to unpack. I hope to publish a post on this blog the...
View ArticleLife in Rome – My Post Milan Funk
I’ve been in a weird mood since returning from Milan the other week. I’m crashing from the Salone del Mobile high, Prince is dead, and I have a cold. I rarely get sick but when I do it seems as if my...
View ArticleLife in Rome – Festival del Verde e Paesaggio
The other week I went to the sixth annual flowers and plants show at Parco della Musica for the first time. These festivals are held throughout Italy during the Spring. The weather was terrible! I’m...
View ArticleLife in Rome – Aperitivi at the Beach
Ciao Bloggisti, How’s the summer treating you so far? As I wrote in my previous post, I’m trying to improve my attitude and to be more social. My friend Courtney and I had plans to meet for aperitivi...
View ArticleRhapsody in Green – Ina Garten’s Garden
Ciao Bloggisti, I wish more American cooking shows aired in Italy. We have shows from the UK and France but not many (only the Masterchef shows) from the USA. I wonder why? I think the Barefoot...
View ArticleA Belated Birthday Trip to Sicily
Ciao Bloggisti, I’m suffering from a bit of Sicily withdrawal. Please bear with me. Thanks to a birthday present from my parents (thank Mom and Dad!), I returned to Sicily for a long weekend. There...
View ArticleArt and Architecture with Ariella – Torino
Ciao Bloggisti, This week is the first post from our new intern Ariella, who is studying abroad in Rome for the semester. She’s a student at Cornell University, with a double major in Fine Arts and...
View ArticleLife in Rome – Day Trip to Spoleto
Ciao Bloggisti, Friends of mine recently bought a weekend place in Spoleto and invited me up for a day. It’s about forty miles south east of Perugia. It was my first trip to Spoleto and I highly...
View ArticleArt and Architecture with Ariella – Contemporary Art in Rome
Ciao Bloggisti, Here is the latest post from Ariella: Over the past few months I have explored art in Rome from a historical point of view, as well as its current and future purpose. While Rome is...
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