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Yearly Archives: 2014

I have several friends who live in Monteverde so sometimes we meet and have a chatty dinner there. The area is getting more and more full of informal and very good places where it is nice to have a chatty dinner. Osteria Pistoia is one of those. In a small […]

Informal dinner in Monteverde

This entry was posted in Food and tagged fish Informal meat Monteverde on June 9, 2014 by monica campana

Rosetta is a kind of bread that has a very nice characteristic, it is very cruncy outside and has no soft part inside. It seems I am not the only on to like as in Monti in Rome they opened a place dedicated to this bread: Zia Rosetta, Aunt Rosetta. […]

Zia Rosetta

This entry was posted in Food and tagged Monti panini Rome on June 9, 2014 by monica campana

If you happen to visit Moscow you must not miss an evening in a Georgian restaurant, which mean good food, excellent wine and a festive atmosphere. Georgians are the festy group of the RUS CIS countries. I went to three different ones which I recommend for different reasons. […]

Eating Georgian in Moscow

This entry was posted in Food Travel and tagged Georgian kebab Moscow restaurant Russia on May 5, 2014 by monica campana

Prague is getting better and better and thanks to a young and dynamic population its offer of new restaurants and bars is growing constantly. And on the trendy side. Thanks to my last trip there this week and to my local colleague Martina I went for dinner to a new […]

Meaty and trendy dinner in Prague

This entry was posted in Food Travel and tagged beer meat Prague restaurant on April 30, 2014 by monica campana

Last week was my birthday (don’t ask, I will not say how many) so I went to Chianti to celebrate. And celebration it was, with lots of good food and wine. And I will share with you my experience as I had lunch and dinner in a couple of perfect […]

Weekend in Chiantishire

This entry was posted in Food Shopping Travel and tagged Brunello Chanina Chianti Chiantishire Michelin stars Relais et Chateaux Siena Tuscany wine on April 24, 2014 by monica campana

What is nice about attending your Company’s events is that you get to know better your colleagues as being a social gathering you have finally the time to chat. So last January chatting about leasure topics with my colleague Dieter I found out that he is Brand Director of a […]

Chic shirts with a creative twist

This entry was posted in Shopping and tagged cotton Shirts on April 18, 2014 by monica campana

Todi does not need introducion: it is one of the best conserved and nicer to visit medieval villages in Umbria. Set on a hill it offers incredible views on the countriside. If you have the opportunity to stop there and it is lunch time don’t miss Ristorante Umbria. Hidden […]

Ristorante Umbria in Todi

This entry was posted in Food Travel and tagged Al fresco meat Terrace Todi Umbria View on April 17, 2014 by monica campana

If there is a place I really love this is Cortona. Medieval village near Perugia (but located still in Tuscany) is a calm and relaxing destination and a good starting point for visits to Umbria and Tuscany. Assisi, Arezzo and Siena are very near. I have been there last weekend […]

Weekend in Cortona

This entry was posted in Food Travel and tagged Cortona Fiorentina meat restaurant Trattoria Tuscany Umbria on April 17, 2014 by monica campana

I have been busy lately travelling on business quite a lot but this did not stop me from investigating into new gastro adventures. Last week I was in Barcelona which is a town I adore and that in this rispect is really a mine of gold. On day 1 I […]

Barcelona as the locals do

This entry was posted in Food Travel and tagged Barcelona beer fish football ramblas restaurant Spain stadium tapas Traditional food on April 2, 2014 by monica campana

I always struggle to find nice shoes for the beach, not so shabby as slippers but also practical to go into sand and water. I have now just discovered SWIMS, a smart solution to staying dapper – and more importantly, upright – on slippery surfaces. These penny loafers are constructed […]

Walking into summer – Swims

This entry was posted in Shopping and tagged beach boat Shoes summer on March 12, 2014 by monica campana

Who said that when you are on business trip you need to suffer all along? So to demostrate that this is not always the case last Wednesday, in Ginevra for three days of long meetings, I went with some colleagues to experiment fondue. The real one, with real gruyère. The […]

Café du Soleil, the best fondue ever

This entry was posted in Food Travel and tagged Cheese Fondue Geneva Switzerland on February 21, 2014 by monica campana

The world famous pizzaiolo, author and TV personality Gabriele Bonci opened La Pizza del Teatro, a pizza by the slice joint, just off Via dei Coronari in the former Gelateria del Teatro space. The gelateria moved next door to a new, larger location on the corner of Via dei Coronari […]

La Pizza del Teatro

This entry was posted in Food and tagged pizza Rome on February 17, 2014 by monica campana