It's official. Spring has arrived in Amalfi! After a long and quiet winter, the tourist buses have arrived, bringing with them the beginning of another busy season. Today many of the top hotels along the Amalfi Coast, from the San Pietro in Positano to the Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi, are opening ...
Grateful Not Only for the Good Days
Last Thursday I was sitting in the sun in Amalfi and enjoying lunch outdoors overlooking the Marina Grande beach. There were a few brave souls making their way slowly out into the cold water and returning soon enough to lay in the warmth of the sun. Spring is just about to burst open here on the ...
Photo Friday: Signs of Spring
It was wonderful to arrive back on the Amalfi Coast earlier this week and find that I didn't miss the arrival of spring. This is one of my favorite times of the year, watching the trees bud and blossom. In Amalfi on Wednesday I was looking down at the sun sparkling on the sea and noticed the bright ...
Coming Home Again to Amalfi
One of the small pleasures of going away is coming home again. When you love the place where you live, it becomes like an old friend that you haven't seen in awhile. You notice, perhaps, how they're wearing their hair in a new way or the new glasses. With a town like Amalfi, it's the small details ...
Photo Friday: Amalfi at Sunset
A couple of weeks before I left Italy for this trip to America, I walked for the first time along the Via Maestra dei Villagi, an ancient footpath that connects Amalfi with the hamlets of Pastena, Lone, Vettica and high up in the mountains to Tovere and Pogerola. We walked it at sunset from Lone ...
The Eye Remembers Everything
Going back to a familiar place, whether be your hometown or a city where you spent many years, is a strange mixture of emotions. When I landed in the Minneapolis - St. Paul airport recently for a visit back where I went to graduate school, it was comforting to know exactly where to go. Even the ...
Photo Friday: Il mio gatto arancione
Feeling more than a little homesick for so many things, and one of them is this little orange cat. Please excuse me for shameless promoting Puffy's cuteness for this week's Photo Friday. Wishing you a happy weekend ahead! ...
Buon Carnevale 2011!
It's Carnevale time in Italy, and for the first time in two years I'm missing Carnival on the Amalfi Coast due to my travels in America. While I'm not a big fan of the dressing up or dodging silly string wars going on between the local kids (or wondering where all that confetti ends up ...), I don't ...
Photo Friday: Berries!
I'm not a fan of American food. I've never liked fast food, creamy sauces, being hurried through meals or the ungodly amount of ice served in drinks. Heck, I don't even like ketchup. But there is something I miss very much in my daily life on the Amalfi Coast. Berries. Strawberries, blueberries, ...
The Vision Changes – The Eye Remembers
_________________ Later this week I'll be making a trip back to Minnesota where I attended graduate school at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. For many years while I worked on my Masters in Art History, I assisted with planning and hanging quite a few exhibitions for the Art History ...
