Wisdom of Italian Chocolate

Chocolate and hazelnuts is one of my favorite combinations. So I loved Baci chocolates from the first taste and Nutella, but that’s an entirely different (French) post!

I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that you can tour the Perugina factory, which is near Perguia, Umbria. I discovered this tour while watching Giada’s Italian Holiday on the Food Network. Here’s a review of the The Sweetest Tour in Italy post from the Slow Travel Italy website. You can buy Baci chocolates online at Ditalia: The Essences for Your Italian Kitchen. They’re also available in many gourment grocery stores, including World Market, and online at Amazon, but I couldn’t resist including Ditalia because it’s such a great site! Check out all the great Italian things you can get from them!

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The Cozy Protective Mantle of Home

As you may know, I have been reading The Power of Place and thinking a lot lately about my personal space – both my physical location in Dallas and my personal space at home. I love to travel, but I don’t desire to be a digital nomad for any longer than the length of my next trip. That connotations of being location independent (or maybe location flexible) are more appealing to me since my work can really be done anywhere I have an internet connection, but I still want the benefits that a dedicated home has to offer.

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Best of Dallas

My D Magazine “Best Of” issue just came in the mail yesterday, which got me to thinking… Having moved to Dallas from Chicago as a kid in the ’80s and having gone to law school out East, I know that the perceptions and stereotypes of Dallas differ a lot from reality… I’ve lived in Dallas off and on for about twenty years (wow!), and I’ve seen the city grow and change over the years. Hell, I lived on McKinney Ave right after graduating college — before it was called Uptown.

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Summer Study in Oxford at TED

The TEDGlobal conference is going on this week in Oxford, England, and I’m wishing I was there. It doesn’t take much for me to wish I was abroad, getting excited about about travelling is nothing new, but anyone who knows me well would agree that this event sounds right up my alley — intellectually engaging, encouraging serious questioning about a variety of topics, and this year located in historical Oxford.

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I Heart Italy

My first visit to Italy happened during my study abroad semester in college. I flew from Copenhagen to Rome and arrived after dark. I’ll never forget the beautiful taxi ride through the city and seeing the ruins lit up like pieces of art. It was breathtaking.

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