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Jun 30, 20205 min read
Dublin: The Irishman’s Ancestral Home
As the daughter of first-generation Italian Americans, I was confounded by my husband John’s relationship with food. He was a traditional...
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Jun 25, 20205 min read
Newport, RI: Land of Dreams
I traveled to Newport when I visited my friend from high school attending Providence College as a young twenty-something. When my sister...
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Jun 17, 20205 min read
Beautiful Maine Breezes and Lobster Rolls
I first traveled to Maine when I was in my early 20s with my mom and aunt. We stayed on Schoodic Peninsula at a former Naval base near...
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Jun 16, 20206 min read
A Taste of Umbria
When I was 16, my parents took my sister Melissa and I on a trip through Italy and on the way to Rome, we ventured into Assisi and...
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Jun 16, 20206 min read
A Week in Provence
I had been to the Cote d’Azur and many other parts of France over the years, but had never visited Provence, despite enjoying Peter...
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Jun 8, 20202 min read
Visiting La Marche
Out of a desire to see the sea, John and I made the journey to the le Marche region, a seldom visited area of Italy populated with few...
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