Out of Office, Somewhere

Granite, Gardens, Good Pasta

I’m making real progress with my Italian. Not fluent, but noticeably better. In class I understood…

Some days in Florence don’t need a plan. We started the morning the way all good…

Another blessed, rain-free day in Siena. We’ve officially accepted defeat from the forecast gods and booked…

Lucca: beautiful, historic, and apparently intent on testing our sense of direction and dry socks. We…

The rain finally waved a tiny white flag, so we decided Siena deserved another day of…

Every taxi driver asks Tom where he’s from. When he says the U.S., they inevitably tell…