I had the day off yesterday and spent it with Ellen about town. Before my adventure began, though, I ran into Francesca, the owner of

This is Eleanor, in front, with Avalon, in back. Riding the giostra (carousel) in front of our house in the Piazza d’Azeglio. Avalon is 8

Yesterday was a perfect day. We got all four of us on two bikes (Jason has two kid bikes seats on his bike, one fore

Italy, 1995. Rome, specifically. September 24. It’s my twenty-second birthday. A Sunday. A perfect day full of sun, at the end of my week in

Something is most definitely in the water. Just a few amusing vignettes from the morning – On my own with Victor (5) and Eleanor (1)

I am on day 2 of the espresso + daycare equation with Eleanor. Let me just say now: WHAT espresso were they talking about. There is

Italy loves it some administrative bureaucracy. A prominent feature of Italian life, at least for the expat, is the time and effort placed on enforcing

Ciao a tutti! The last two weeks in Florence have been ones of adjustment and transition. We arrived three weeks ago today, and although have

Both Victor and Eleanor will attend school in Italy at Scalopi, a progressive Montessori school in the same blocks on Via della Marmora as Jason’s

A quick vignette since I am playing catch-up – as mentioned earlier, I am accruing moments of hilarity apace, before I had even decided to