As the design for Ciao Amalfi slowly transforms to a completely new look, this week's theme for Foto Friday is dedicated to the bright yellow lemons that you'll see in the new Ciao Amalfi logo created by the very talented Melissa Muldoon from Melissa Design. More about that in an upcoming blog post, ...
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Happy in Amalfi
For those of you that love the Amalfi Coast, then you'll enjoy this video featuring Pharrell Williams very catchy song "Happy" filmed in Amalfi. Like that one? Check out the We Are Happy From Positano video and the Happy from Ravello video, too. Love all the enthusiasm and, well, ...
Alba Gonzales | Ravello
Following a twisty, narrow road down from the center of Ravello, you'll find the striking Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer. I enjoy its gleaming white curves and especially the piazzale with a sweeping view of the Amalfi Coast. It's the perfect spot to display large sculptural artwork, and I'm pleased to ...
Foto Friday: Festa della Liberazione
Today is the Festa della Liberazione, a national holiday in Italy commemorating the liberation from fascism at the end of World War II. Quite an important historical event to celebrate and an even more important one to never forget. I caught this photo of the Italian flag (with the symbols of the ...
Easter Weekend Errands
This morning we set out early to do some shopping for Easter lunch before the shops got too crowded. As Easter is really the kick off to the tourist season on the Amalfi Coast, we also hopped to beat some of the traffic. We got through the shopping at the fruit and vegetable shop (line not too bad), ...
Foto Friday: Love Me Tender
When I'm in Positano there's always one person I miss - my mom. I'll never forget that February day back in 2007 when we first walked on the beach together, picking up sea glass and pebbles and alternating between smiling and crying from happiness. This photo is dedicated to my mom, Sandra Thayer, ...
Glorious April Weather
Leave me alone with a view like that and some sort of photographic device and you can bet that I'll try to capture it in some way. That's what I did with my several year old simple Samsung phone this morning when looking out at the blue sky and sea. What a glorious spring day! It's just so ...
Foto Friday: The Duomo in My Dreams
I woke up this morning just after sunrise but before the alarm beeped the beginning of a new day. I'm a morning person, even on the mornings when my body feels like starting a little bit slower. Even before I had moved, my brain was fighting its way through the fog of sleep and when I woke up it was ...
Recipe | End of Winter Zucca
It's hard not to look forward to spring on April days when the sky is brilliant blue and the first blossoms are popping out on the trees. But the other evening as the wind howled down from the mountains and I stood in the kitchen chopping zucca, or pumpkin, I had that cozy feeling of being at home ...
Foto Friday: Vespas in London
While the coffee shop scene in London is drastically different than the Amalfi Coast, there is one familiar sight that I spotted outside a shop. All of the Vespas! Aren't these three lined up so cute? ...
Finding Italy in London
I'm in London this week enjoying a very a very different landscape than what I'm used to seeing each day. From stone steps and trains of donkeys hauling supplies I've come to the urban setting of one of my favorite cities in the world - London. It makes a nice change of pace, and always surprises me ...
Foto Friday: Up the Ancient Staircases in Amalfi
Just like all the top travel destinations in Italy and around the world, there are certainly times during the year when Amalfi can be quite a popular spot. But I feel sorry for the people who say things like, "Venice is too touristy" or "Amalfi is too crowded." Those people miss out on so much. I ...
