The road into our village has fallen off the edge of the mountain. Just plum fallen off. I got off the aircraft from a brief pretending-to-be-glamorous trip to London ( fooling no one) to hear the news. Well, I say got off. I mean sort of staggered off. I am Read more…
Forte dei Marmi offers its rich villa dwellers a Wednesday market that deals in designer clothing, among other things. It is known to offer bargains, it’s the place to go to get cut-price reproductions of expensive designer clothes. The town of Forte dei Marmi is centred around the market and Read more…
This weekend Pizza/Pasta Hut made their own attempt at Credit Crunch Defiance(tm) by slashing a whopping 15% off their range of tasty pizzas and Tuscany pastas.
Who were these English milords portrayed by Pompeo Batoni and currently to be seen in the Palazzo Ducale? Where did they live? What was their life like? The portraits send messages of their social status and trough the painter’s interpretation, their personalities. But who where they in reality? Open sesame! Read more…