Positano was the Amalfi Coast spot I was looking forward to visiting most of all. I had been using photos of the cliffside buildings and beautiful blue Mediterranean as my desktop wallpaper forever. I was finally going to see this view. But first…Anger. You...
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First we were in Sorrento. Then we took a day trip to Capri. This Friday we’re visiting Amalfi for the day! I’m not sure why I decided to put Capri before Amalfi, because Amalfi was our first day trip from Sorrento. We took a bus along one of the, if not the, most...
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Welcome to the second installment of An Italian Honeymoon! For the next five Fridays we’ll be visiting Amalfi, Positano, Florence, Siena, and Rome. We started with Sorrento, which was our home base for the Amalfi Coast part of our trip, and today we’re taking a...
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Sorrento, Italy – Where We Said Our Vows Last week I mentioned that I’m working on an ebook called Blog with Purpose. It’s full of advice, opinions, and exercises to help bloggers figure stuff out. Obviously, I haven’t written the description of the book yet....
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About a month ago I was scrolling through the Instagram feed of one of my favorite bloggers, Gala Darling, and saw a photo of a New York Times editorial, How to Live Without Irony by Christy Wampole, Assistant Professor of French and Italian at Princeton University....
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You guys, I’ve been under the weather. I couldn’t even talk this weekend, and still haven’t completely gotten my voice back! I don’t think I’ve ever lost my voice. My parents are visiting and I’ve had to whisper or mime things to them. It’s crazy. Okay, no more...
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I usually keep my wedding-related posts on the Bella Umbrella blog, but today I wanted to celebrate Wedding Wednesday by featuring my dear friend’s awesome DIY crafty cool vintage picnic inspired wedding. Obviously I’m really good at succinctly describing weddings....
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Ba Bar in Seattle The first time I tried Vietnamese food was when I visited San Francisco about 12 years ago. I went to see my friend Kerry while my (now) ex-husband, an extremely unadventurous eater, stayed in Seattle. Kerry and I did a million fun things, but the...
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Drew’s back on the blog! Finally! Thank you for posting about your delicious pie, Sweetie. For my birthday this year, my Inward Facing Wife looked outward for a change (sk!*) and bought me a pie-making class. I don’t know if she already knew that this was a class I...
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