Let’s Grab a Bite to Eat in Pompeii
Just When You Thought Eating Out Was Dead Let's face it, COVID has changed the way we approach dining out. For months here in Italy, the bars and restaurants have…
Branzino with potatoes
Holiday Feasting in Italy with the Tandem Spirits – Not Always Traditional!
Traditional and Not-so-traditional We have lived in Italy since 2014 and during the holiday period between Christmas and New Year's Day we have enjoyed some wonderful meals with family and…
Our Holiday Gift To You: Beautiful Things in Italy!
Celebrating Beauty in this Extraordinary Time We are truly living in challenging times. None of us ever imagined that we would be in the grips of a deadly pandemic that…
Foligno’s Beautiful Christmas Lights
Christmas Cheer in Foligno! We were a little worried that the City of Foligno would forgo putting up the annual Christmas light displays due to COVID. Well, as it turned…
Thanksgiving Celebrations with the Tandem Spirits – Reprise
Thanksgiving 2020 - Traditional, Sort OF After I wrote the post about Thanksgiving, Virginia got inspired and asked me to prepare a "regular" Thanksgiving dinner for the two of us.…
Thanksgiving Celebrations with the Tandem Spirits
A Unique Thanksgiving in Italy In 2017, Virginia and I were invited to the 60th birthday party of a really nice guy named Luigi Di Martino whom I met at…
Ordinary Things Here in Foligno
Some Images of Life in Foligno Over the last several weeks, the COVID situation has worsened in Italy. Here in Umbria, our rates had been low enough that we were…