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Making Fresh Pasta Takes Time But So Does Love
Italy, journeys, Travel

Making Fresh Pasta Takes Time But So Does Love

Posted on 05/06/2019by Nyx

Across Italy, no matter where you travel, you’ll find good food. What’s a little more elusive is the experience of…

Sketching Villa Bernasconi, The “Silk Villa”
Italy, Journal, Travel, travel artist

Sketching Villa Bernasconi, The “Silk Villa”

Posted on 25/02/2019by Nyx

“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
Art, Italy, journeys, Travel

Filipino Artist Ramos Wins International Caravaggio Art Award in Milan

Posted on 19/12/2018by Nyx

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
Art, Inspiration, Italy

Art and Wine in Milan: Mercoledi al Secco

Posted on 07/11/2018by Nyx

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
Art, Italy, Journal, Travel, travel artist

5 Reasons to Visit Local Farmers’ Markets Wherever You Travel

Posted on 14/07/2018by Nyx

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
Family, Italy, Journal, Philippines

Colors of Autumn in Italy

Posted on 13/11/2017by Nyx

Temperatures have dropped drastically and the cold wind sets in. But the Fall season is still my favorite time of…

Pompeii: A Buried Treasure
Italy, Journal, Travel

Pompeii: A Buried Treasure

Posted on 29/07/2017by Nyx

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
Family, Italy, Journal, Travel

In Pisa: Embracing Our Inner Tourist

Posted on 19/07/2017by Nyx

  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!
Italy, Journal, Travel

Experiencing Italy: Our Adventure Begins!

Posted on 15/07/2017by Nyx

The goal is a little ambitious: to see as much of the Italian coast as we can while the kids…

Discovering Ferrara!
Art, Italy, Journal, Parenting

Discovering Ferrara!

Posted on 25/05/2017by Nyx

Ferrara took me and my sketchbook by surprise. On a whim, I went with Ellie, my four-year-old, to this city I’d…

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