It’s been a while since I’ve spent the better part of the summer in Italy and for most of it I’ll be in Florence. This year is quite unusual and dictated primarily by my daughter’s eighteenth birthday which falls smack in the middle of the summer. Turning eighteen is a
I just got back from a digital detox weekend in Tuscany where I spent 48 blissful, device-free hours. The ultimate goal of this particular retreat was to transform six stressed superwomen into zen superwomen. Sound like a mission impossible? Well, I thought so, too. Fortunately Sandrine Kom is persistent —
Podcast – Making your dreams of moving to Italy a reality with Fosca D’Acierno
Tuscan Trends and Timeless Tuscan Living, March 25, 2025 ‘Twin Peaks’: Abetone-Aspen Sister City Podcast & Student Exchange Program A ’15 with Fosca’ podcast in English was released on March 21 (listen to it here) celebrating the sisterhood between Tuscany’s Abetone ski resort and Colorado’s world-renowned Aspen. The formal sisters city pact was
Podcast – Making your dreams of moving to Italy a reality with Fosca D’Acierno
I realized the other day that it has been just about a year since I was cast in Italian reality TV show, Best Weekend, and I still need to complete my diary about the experience. It’s not in my nature to leave things unfinished and, to my credit, time moves
Once upon a time, when I was for working the proverbial man, I was a self-professed workaholic. In the almost two years since I pivoted to solo entrepreneurship, I have reached new heights – or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say new depths – of workaholism and self-neglect.
Visiting Rome during the Jubilee Oh Rome! my country! city of the soul! Lord Byron My love for Rome knows no bounds but visiting it, and Italy, are going to be tricky this year. I just returned from a whirlwind day and a half trip and put together some thoughts
I have been a list maker since I was a child and have dutifully written down my New Year’s resolutions, or buoni propositi per l’anno nuovo as we say in Italian, for as long as I can recall. When drawing up these lists, I am always extremely hard on myself,
