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10 life lessons from 14 months in Italy

Well, I’m back home in the U.S. after spending a little over a year in Florence, Italy, where I fulfilled my dream of going to culinary...

10 fun facts from a month on a farm

If there’s anything I’ve done more times during my month of WWOOFing than hug the Bernese mountain dogs or squint out at Florence in...

Thoughts after a week in Phase 2

Last Friday I took my first walk in nearly two months. It was May 1, and the Italian government announced that people would be finally...

The big and little things I'm grateful for during the lockdown

I’ve been joking (or not so joking) to my friends and family that we all need things to look forward to these days. For some people (my...

The friends I never knew I'd meet in culinary school

Olive Garden’s slogan used to be, “When you’re here, you’re family.” It suggests that your meal isn’t just about the food; it’s about who...

Four little decisions that made Copenhagen my best-ever solo trip

I am not good at Dance Dance Revolution, playing poker, or tying knots, but I am very good, I've learned, at solo traveling. Some of my...

It sure feels good being useless

I usually feel guilty about doing nothing. It seems like doing nothing (i.e. watching TV, reading a book, lying down on my bed and...

Thanks, Eat Pray Love, for teaching me how to be kind to myself while learning Italian

At the risk of sounding dramatic and about 13 years late to the party, reading the Italy portion of Eat Pray Love — while living in,...

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