Piazza Della Signoria in Florence
Author: italy...and me
Beth Beeman lives and writes from the beach city of San Clemente, California. She is interested in food, genealogy, wine and all things Italian. www.italyandme.com
Cooking with Antonio
Making lasagna that melts in your mouth. Must be the pound of butter and red wine!
Gelato and Michelangelo.
Ok. So where have I been and where are my pictures? Last night I had planned to do a trip update, complete with pictures. Unfortunately, the wireless hotspot in my hotel was only available in the lobby and my vodafone connection was weak and kept shutting off. Must be because my room is in the…
Time and Time Again
So I’ve now been flying over 10 hours and I have to say its really not been that bad thanks to my trusty iPad. I have spent many hours watching “The Good Wife”, a television series I hadn’t watched before. I don’t watch much television so these kinds of trips give me an opportunity to…
All My Bags Are Packed. One Hour To Go.
Excited? Over the moon!!!
On Your Mark. Get Ready Italy!
With just a week to go before my trip I’m scurrying around trying to get last minute details finished and tucked away. So much to do. Of course I’ve left all the disagreeable things about traveling to the last minute. After all, who really likes to call the credit card companies to alert them you…
Italian Word of the Week from Gemelli Press: Arrangiarsi
Gemelli Press has a great new weekly series featuring a new Italian word every week. Here’s an excerpt from their first entry. Well done Gemelli! ARRANGIARSI [ahr-rahn-JAHR-see]: TO ARRANGE ONESELF This is one of Italian’s famous reflexive verbs, so “si arrangia”means “she arranges herself” or “he arranges himself.” OK, minds out of the gutter. That…
I before E…. except after C
This is a rhyme all of us learned in school when studying grammar. Not too hard to learn and it pretty much holds true. Receive. Perceive. Believe. Yes. It works. Enter, the Italian language. So many grammar rules with so many exceptions. It goes on and on. Makes me dizzy trying to understand the rule,…
Mondays at the Marketplace
A couple of years ago I became interested in learning about my Italian ancestors. With Bavetta being the family name, I set out to find them in Sicily. This has proven to be more difficult than I thought. So I built a webpage Bavettas.com and started building a family tree – thinking I could figure…
Too Much Tuscan Sun….is there such a thing?
Today I read “Too Much Tuscan Sun – Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide.” Through this book I fell in love with the Chianti countryside, from the violence of the rainstorms to the bumpy roads leading to abandoned farmhouses to the three hour lunches. I could taste, smell and feel it all. The book is…
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