Category: Sailing
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A Midsummer Night’s Tasting
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I know it’s August and we’re supposed to be on vacation, but I just can’t keep myself out of the vineyards! When I decided, pretty spur of the moment, to escape to a Mediterranean island with crystal clear blue waters, snorkel and mask in hand, I packed the essentials: 4 summer dresses, 3 bikinis, 2…
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The Culture of Wine Part 1: Tasca d’Almerita
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in Culture, Dolce Vita, Food, Isole Egadi, Made in Italy, Music, Sailing, Sicily, Uncategorized, WineDid you know that Italy has more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world? All that art and nature… wonderful, right? But how can one little country afford to preserve and promote all that beauty? We all have to pitch in, that’s how! And the world of wine is doing its…
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The Way We Were
Memories, like the corners of my mind… On a recent trip to Sicily, I was reminded that, once upon a time, we used to eat a different way too. Maybe it was that starlit night in the piazza with the great Baroque basilica front-lit against the black sky… It just evoked another era. Or maybe…
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Swept Away…
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in Culture, Dolce Vita, Food, Isole Egadi, Made in Italy, Music, Sailing, Sicily, Slow Food, Uncategorized, WineEveryone should take a sailboat trip around Italian islands at some point in their life. Now when Domenico Modugno sang ‘Nel blu dipinto di blu‘ this is what he was talking about! A recent cruise around the Egadi Islands off of Sicily’s western coast (departures from Marsala or Trapani – both fantastic small…