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 […]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I am not very much into trainers but I must recognize they are confortable and that in some conditions they are the perfect fit. Some time ago I run into a French brand of basket shoes that made me curious. Also beacuse they are studied for lazy people: no […]
Basket chic from Paris
Yesterday it was Sunday and raining a lot (at least in the early morning) so we decided to go for lunch with friends and as usual I had the task to select a new and good restaurant for confort food. I had read in the news about the opening […]
Bellacarne Kosher in Rome
During the holidays, with some friends we have organized a day trip to Bagno Vignoni, a UNESCO heritage site near Siena (Tuscany) that offers unique termal springs well known since the time of encient Etruscans. A special gem amongst the numerous thermal springs in the south of Tuscany Bagno Vignoni […]
A day at a natural spa in Toscany
Now you will say that I promote always people from Piedmont. Which is only partly true. Yes sometime I do but just because thanks to the accent I find out provenance. In this case I have something for those who – like me – adore cheese. And in particular those […]