Making Fresh Pasta Takes Time But So Does Love
Across Italy, no matter where you travel, you’ll find good food. What’s a little more elusive is the experience of…
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Sketching Villa Bernasconi, The “Silk Villa”
“Welcome, we’ve been expecting you.” It’s the first line on the paper you are handed at the entrance of Villa…
Filipino Artist Ramos Wins International Caravaggio Art Award in Milan
Palazzo Litta, Milan, the city’s oldest theater that is still functioning today. Art has a way of bringing people together…
Art and Wine in Milan: Mercoledi al Secco
It was an unusually hot Wednesday evening in mid-October when I set out to find wine and art in Milan….
5 Reasons to Visit Local Farmers’ Markets Wherever You Travel
Want to hear the true heartbeat of a city? Head to its local farmer’s markets. In Kampala, it was Owino,…
Colors of Autumn in Italy
Temperatures have dropped drastically and the cold wind sets in. But the Fall season is still my favorite time of…
Pompeii: A Buried Treasure
If there was any place in Italy I’d always wanted to see, it was Pompeii. Here, I sketched with great…
In Pisa: Embracing Our Inner Tourist
Up close with the leaning tower of Pisa, the iconic structure seems tiny. Tourists with selfie-sticks, crowds of visitors,…
Experiencing Italy: Our Adventure Begins!
The goal is a little ambitious: to see as much of the Italian coast as we can while the kids…
Discovering Ferrara!
Ferrara took me and my sketchbook by surprise. On a whim, I went with Ellie, my four-year-old, to this city I’d…