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Amalfi Coast, Blogosphere, Costiera Amalfitana, FOOD & DRINK, Sorrento · September 17, 2009

The Food Hunter Explores Praiano

  Image from the Food Hunter’s Guide   Earlier this month, The Food Hunter from the Food Hunter’s Guide to Cuisine was on vacation here on the Amalfi Coast. The home base for  their stay was the town of Praiano, just east of Positano. Praiano is a great choice for visiting the ...

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Amalfi, Architecture, Art, Tempting Tuesday · September 15, 2009

Tempting Tuesday: The Cloister of Paradise in Amalfi

    With the response I had to last week’s Tempting Tuesday about the Certosa di San Giacomo in Capri,  I’ve learned I’m not the only one who enjoys a beautiful chiostro, or cloister. I promised another treat, and this week we’re going on a walk around the small, but spectacular ...

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Out and About, Ravello, Video, Weather · September 14, 2009

Out & About: Rainbow over Ravello

    When the rain stops and the sun comes out, the first thing I do is run to the window and poke my head outside. Will there be a rainbow? Today what greeted me was the most beautiful rainbow I have ever seen. So clear, so bright and so close! Che bellissimo arcobaleno!!   ...

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Blogosphere, Mia vita, Sunday Shout-out, WRITING · September 13, 2009

Sunday Shout Out: The Shock of the Old

  When I arrived here in Italy fresh out of graduate school, I have to admit that at first it was a relief. Walking in the mountains, sitting in the sun, reading, cooking, enjoying life without the looming deadlines, papers to write, and the ever present mound of books and articles to read. I ...

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Weekend ✨✨✨ in Amalfi. Weekend ✨✨✨ in Amalfi.
Last week I met a beautiful and kind woman who sha Last week I met a beautiful and kind woman who shared with me a little bit about her experience with breast cancer. It’s a topic that has been on my mind a great deal lately, as it is like clockwork every six months as I go through my usual round of check ups. She spoke so gently and simply about how when she looks back on the experience now she sees all the gifts that it brought her - something that hit me on a profound level. Gifts. 

I don’t know exactly why I’ve hung on to this little appointment card from Tuesday, June 15, 2021. It was for my first ultrasound where the breast cancer was found. It’s not exactly the sort of thing to be sentimental over. Looking at it today—three years later—and feeling very grateful for everything being clear and good after the latest tests, I thought of this song. This card is a little souvenir of a terrible year. But, after that recent conversation, I realized that I don’t look back at it that way anymore. Because it was also a colorful year in so many ways. Maybe I’ve hung onto it because I needed to realize that the biggest gift I can give myself is to remember the gifts. Thanks, Sally! 💙
The number of directions I went in today felt some The number of directions I went in today felt something like this ceramic tile pattern in the Duomo of Amalfi. And just as lovely!
These beautiful June days remind me of being on Ca These beautiful June days remind me of being on Capri last summer and finally visiting @villalysis. One of the most splendidly serene places I’ve been to in Campania. 💙
What I love about June in Amalfi: the brilliant bo What I love about June in Amalfi: the brilliant bougainvillea against the deep blue sky, the screams of swifts swirling above the Cathedral early in the morning, the way the air is still a little cool before the sun rises over town, the rows of colorful beach umbrellas, the way the scent of our neighbor’s jasmine suddenly arrives inside our home, the return of friends who come in the summer, and warm walks along the sea after dark. 

I love having a birthday in June. But since I will be back in Nebraska with family for my birthday later this month (for the first time in years! 🎉), I’m making sure I really sit and notice everything I love about this month in Amalfi. And, yes, I’m one of those people who stretches out birthday celebrations for as long as possible! 💙
Oh I do love these lovely June days in Amalfi! Oh I do love these lovely June days in Amalfi!
A chronicle of a love foretold in this beautiful l A chronicle of a love foretold in this beautiful little book by André Aciman (@acimanandre) set on the Amalfi Coast. Read more in my latest newsletter, including some lovely vintage postcards of Positano and Praiano (link in bio).
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