Usually this time of year we are busy running around town gathering the last of the gifts, ordering cakes for the several holiday gatherings, baking cookies and writing up menus and shopping lists to make sure nothing is missing from our holiday tables. And in fact, I just finished ordering the last of the gifts.…
My social circles have shrunk noticeably in the last 9 months. I no longer host dinner parties for 20, or 10 or really anyone anymore. Rarely do I meet friends for dinner or cocktails (maybe 6 times since March) and now with the new restrictions even those options are off the table. Socializing has become…
This week Trieste, along with the rest of Italy, has begun a nearly full easing of the restrictions that have been in place for the last 10 weeks in response to the COVID-19 crisis. I ventured out yesterday, partly out of curiosity, mostly because I had some errands to run, but also to support local…
So this week we learned we each were being afforded 500 mt of freedom – a radius of relief – a circumference of serenity – an area for excursion….OK, I did preface this with “THIS IS WEEK #7″… It is really beginning to wear on all of us, and many have been closed in without…
Thanks to this #Covid-19 #lockdown, I’ve had a lot of time on my hands to dedicate myself to #QuarantineCooking. If you look at my Instagram page, you can see I’ve been cranking out cakes, pastas, exotic asian dishes, elaborate salads etc. However, sometimes you just want to let someone else do the cooking. During this…
So if you’re like me, by now you’ve cleaned out the medicine cabinet, purged your make-up collection of anything from before 2019, reorganized your sock drawer etc. The lockdown is getting extended and you feel bored and helpless. What can you do? Most of us watch the battle against the virus from afar. Sure, we…
