Whether it’s setting up your Christmas tree or planning your family meals, this time of year brings out some of the best time-honored family traditions. In our family, this time of year usually involves baking cookies. Some of my favorite traditional Italian cookies are made […]
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception or Immacolata Concezione held on December 8, is an important day for Roman Catholics all over the world. In Italy, it is a public holiday and the unofficial start to the Christmas Holiday season. If you happen to find […]
Today, December 6th marks La Festa di San Nicola (the Feast of Saint Nicholas). It is a day to honor San Nicola, the patron saint of children, sailors, merchants, and archers, just to name a few. San Nicola was born in 270 AD in the village […]
Baci & Abbracci made its first appearance in the fashion world in Spring 2004. This fashion line has pretty much everything – Men’s & Women’s Clothing, Children’s Clothing, Athletic Wear, Purses, Lingerie, Jewellery, and Accessories. It is next to impossible to walk any street in […]
I’m not much of a self-help book reader and you will very rarely catch me browsing that section of the bookstore. I also don’t tend to run out and buy a book because Oprah told me too. A couple people I know who were going […]
This is it! The final post in November and the final post for NaBloPoMo. I have to admit it sure wasn’t easy but it wasn’t as difficult as I had anticipated. Regardless, it was definitely an experience. I learned that I can accomplish something if […]
So, tonight my cousin and I are planning a movie night. Not just any movie night. We are having an Italian movie night! 🙂 Movies will most likely include this: and maybe this: We haven’t really decided completely. What we do know for sure is […]
My father passed away at home on November 28, 2007, and the world as I knew it was changed forever. He was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer in October 2006. He was told he could have surgery to remove the tumor but suffered a minor heart […]
It’s been a tough week….so I leave today’s blog to this inspiring poem to remind everyone we are never alone! Footprints In The Sand One night I dreamed a dream. I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes […]
It is a rare occasion for me to go to bed at night and not be asleep within 10 minutes of my head hitting the pillow. Being tired, and not being able to sleep can be a really frustrating experience because we all know how […]
