What’s Cooking Around Lake Campotosto
Here’s how to cook the perfect slice of pan-fried pecorino which is sweetly crispy on one side as shared by Mascioni’s Locanda Mausonium
Divine Giovanni Gasparro Paintings in L’Aquila
Here is another reason to visit Abruzzo: the contemporary paintings in L’Aquila by Giovanni Gasparro permanently displayed in S. Giuseppe di Artigiano.
“In the end, we got used to moonlight again.” Ignazio Silone
I promised myself that I would not take any more photos of earthquake damage in L’Aquila. I’m not going to complain about slow recovery efforts either.…
Era Fascista in L’Aquila
The fascist architectural style that dots the city is certainly a jolt from the Medieval and Baroque structures that seem more in tune with L’Aquila’s…
Silent Night in Montereale
Inspiration to write a post this Christmas season comes from a traditional pilgrimage that I took part in for the first time last June. The custom…
Baking History in L’Aquila
August 28 & 29- I love everything about L’Aquila’s celebration of the ancient la perdonanza, a two day window of opportunity to atone and renew. To…
Street Life in Santo Stefano di Sessanio
Estella Canziani’s Through the Apennines and the Lands of the Abruzzi (1928) is the Bible for poking around into the world of our parente. Her drawings…
White Bread in Paradise
June 17th marks the feast day of S. Giuseppe da Copertino. Though not an Abruzzo saint, he came from humble origins in Lecce which made his…
Lake of Memory
I originally published this post in November 2011. It took me over a year to find a satisfactory way to tell this story because it is,…
Two Posters
I was 13 years old on November 4th 1966 when the Arno crested dumping water, the heating oil naptha, and an estimated half a million tons…
Hang On To The Vine 