It has been two months since we pulled up to the front door of the 500 year old villa that is now our home. At least for a little while. After 10 months in Brittany and 4 years in Palermo, Chianti has been a big change. Not a bad change but a big one. Because…
Month: October 2019
On the Side
Migraines are somewhat of a mystery to those who have had the pleasure of experiencing them. I’ve had them for as long as I can remember but I didn’t know that they were migraines. Just headaches. There are different kinds of headaches and they have their own characteristics. For example the classic hangover headache typically…
E-Bike Basics and the Force of Gravity
There is a conspiracy to keep you fat as you get older. When you are fat you can’t move as well and as much to try to lose weight. Add to that the arthritis and muscular problems and all those petty issues that prevent sufficient expenditures of calories to help you lose weight. Running is…
Permesso di Soggiorno
Immigrants to the USA get what is called a Green Card, if they are lucky. Those green cards have been very hard to get and are now close to impossible because a white nationalist is president. The green card gives the immigrant the right to stay and work in the United States and it is…
Of Truffles and Potatoes
The first time I had to actually deal with a truffle was in 1982. Alice and I had gone to Alba in the Piedmont Region of Italy, on the recommendation of a wine merchant I knew in Queens, NY. This merchant was well known in wine circles and mention of his name opened many…
Wine Whine
It is not an accident that we find ourselves in a wine growing area. Grapes are particular. Like humans, they can survive under many conditions ranging from stupidly hot to moronically cold. When too hot the wine produced suffers because the grapes ripen too quickly and too much to produce a balanced wine. Growers…
Gypsy, Vagabond, Wonderer, Traveler
Most of you, those of you who have read this blog or who know me, know that we (the three of us) are on a slow journey through Europe. So far we have visited, in an extended manner, Sicily, Britany, and now Tuscany. Lately I have been asked “how can I do this too?” I…