Summer (mostly) in the City
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 huge deal in Italy and […]
Oxygen
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 — yet always gentle — and […]
Day 3, Radda in Chianti ➡Montefioralle ➡Badia a Passignano
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 a little too quickly these […]
Self-care and the solo entrepreneur
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. There. I feel better now […]
ROMA – AMOR
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 and notes so those coming […]
On buoni propositi for the new year
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, focusing on the negative, wanting […]
Ask Fosca’s Holiday Shopping Guide
The arrival of the holiday season has inspired me to put together a shopping and gift giving guide that I hope will prove useful to you all year round. Read on for my top picks for Clothing, Jewelry & Accessories, Kids & Family, Food & Wine, Learning, Experiences, Escapes, Self and Home. Enjoy! Clothing, Jewelry & […]
Day 2, Panzano ➡Greve ➡San Polo ➡ Radda in Chianti
Let the games begin After we had finished shooting our day one intros, we ate dinner at a nearby restaurant with members of the production team and crew and spent the night at Rosso del Chianti, Marina Cecchini’s charming b&b in the heart of Panzano. I am an early riser and had gotten up at […]
A Name, a Destiny?
A rose by any other name I have always hated my first name, positively loathed it. Growing up in the 80s, all I wanted to be was a Melissa, a Jennifer, or a Lisa (like my sister). I wanted to be able to buy personalized useless trinkets and souvenirs with my name on them like […]
Day 1, Panzano in Chianti
Road to nowhere The 40-minute drive to Panzano in Chianti soothed my worries and agitation like a mystical balm. As the urban chaos gave way to the soft green hills of the Chianti, I was one of very few drivers on the road. I felt the tension leave my body, my shoulders eased as did […]