A modern travel guide to Italy’s famed Cinque Terre region and how to enjoy it like a local.
10 Ways to Experience Italy Like a Local
When visiting Italy, you have two options on how to experience it: dance along the sparkling façade of easily accessible tourism activities and “bucket list” experiences – or – allowing your curiosity and patience to chisel away at that hard…
24 Hours in Portovenere, Italy
One of the books I always turn to when I need wanderlust is Beautiful Ruins: A Novel by Jess Walter. The multigenerational story takes place in one of the quintessentially vibrant pastel mosaic towns snuggled into the jagged and iconic…
24 Hours in La Spezia, Italy
I’m currently staying in a perfect 1900s farmhouse in Tuscany…I can’t believe I just typed that out myself. I’m flashing back to watching Under the Tuscan Sun as a 13-year-old and bawling with wanderlust (and an absurd desire to be…
Cinque Terre Guide: Corniglia
Exploring the Cinque Terre for the first time is much the equivalent of a five-course meal for Italophiles. Each pastel-painted town nestled in the jagged seaside cliffs is a delectable, tantalizing and addictive exploration experience. Despite Cinque Terre having quite…
48 Hours in Rome: Day Two Itinerary
The bella avventura in enchanting Rome continues (check out Day One of my Rome travel guide if you missed it). Deciding which things to do in Rome can be an overwhelming decision, but take deep breath know that hustling in Rome is the…
Check In: Borgata Cantone Country House near Alassio, Italy
To say walking into the rustic Borgata Cantone bed and breakfast in Garlenda (just outside Alassio, Italy) was an lovely experience would be an understatement — perspective: a 16th century farmhouse in the rolling hills of the Italian Riviera converted…
Like a Local: Touring a Basil Farm in Alassio, Italy
For those who don’t know: I just finished a fabulous five-day photography workshop and creative retreat in Alassio, Italy with the endlessly talented stylist and author Annette Joseph. I launched the brand just over three months ago and as my…
10 Italian Beauty Secrets You Need to Try
One of my greatest beauty icons is undoubtedly my Italian grandmother. She was the ultimate example of what it meant to age with grace and taught me the importance of staying fit without sacrificing culinary indulgences – she climbed mountains…
