The Venice Experience

• New Murder Mystery set in Venice for your reading list! 6 years ago Ciao tutti!Often I am asked to either give an assist to authors in their research of Venice for their novel or to review a new book that has something to do with Venice.   What luck!  Just when I was in need of a little dose of Venice, the perfect "fix" arrived- a copy of Venetian Blood: Murder...
• Celebrating in Procida 6 years ago Ciao tutti!I've been wondering what would push me to write again. Not that I haven't been thinking about it. I have. Just had so many pressing things to handle during and after the move. The move itself was disastrous (that's another story) and the settling in took much longer than we anticipated...
• Yes, finally a blog post from me. 7 years ago Ciao, tutti!First, I must thank everyone for sending emails and messages asking me what the heck has happened to me. Why no posts ? I've been keeping a secret, and the time for me to explain has come.My internet is being disconnected tomorrow morning. (So I had better get this posted tonight!)...
• Countdown to Christmas 2016, Venice Style - Day 9 7 years ago Ciao, tutti! This just might be my favorite Advent calendar this year. I've been thinking about what I might put in each of those drawers. Don't laugh, but I'd put Hersey's kisses in them, the same number in each box as the number on it. So, 1 kiss for Dec 1, 2 for Dec 2 and so on. December 24...
• Celebrating the Festa della Madonna della Salute in Venice 7 years ago              Ciao tutti! In going through recent photos I discovered I'd neglected to make a post about one of Venice's biggest festa's, the Festa della Madonna della Salute. Other cities hold festivals to celebrate the wine harvest, or mushrooms, or garlic. Venice holds festivals to...

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