Have you ever eaten this sumptuous Italian desert, usually served after way too much food? It’s literal translation Tira mi su is “pick me up”! There are various stories on who first made this famous desert. It is generally credited to…
This marvelous piece of architecture, an icon for the city of Venice, and most photographed bridge in the world is undergoing it’s umpteenth remodeling/restoration. And this time courtesy of a Veneto company, DIESEL and its CEO Renzo Rosso who has…
500Euro Fine for Luggage? Really?: Venice has countless problems, like Mayor Orsoni is being under house arrest, the MOSES project under investigation for bribes, global warming, high water, overflow of tourists, lack of jobs for the young, high taxes, invasion…
History 101: Sometimes our history lessons come unexpectedly. The Baron & Hemingway is just such a lesson. One afternoon on the way to dinner, we took a little side trip to Castello di Roncade. It is just 14 miles outside…