"You know how, in 'Eat, Pray, Love,' 'Under the Tuscan Sun,' 'An Italian Affair' and all those other memoirs? Women go to Italy to put their lives back together." I said this to Jenny over our first gourmet Mac and Cheese planning meeting. "Well, let's go and have a delicious time because there is nothing wrong. Because we are happy with our lives, well-loved, and healthy."
"Let's make it our plan," said Jenny, "to stuff our eyes with art, and our bodies with good food. Let's gain ten pounds."
"It's a deal," I said. "Ten days, ten pounds"
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Jenny didn't make it to the airport. She had to stay home and have BRAIN SURGERY.
This is the true story of a trip I took alone during Mercury retrograde (#$%^! Mercury). Ten days away from my routine took me from a hospital bed to the suburbs to a mountaintop, the trickster of coincidence revealing new sides of myself I could only meet alone.
Join me on this journey of horses and hiking, pasta and paintings, shoes and shopping, fantasy and friendship.
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- EAT, ART, NAP
- 1. A Longtime Dream
- 2. Traveling Sister
- 3. Imagine Italia!
- 4. Mambo Italiano!
- 5. Italy vs. Jenny's Brain
- 6. Traveling for Two
- VADO DA SOLO
- 7. In the Sky
- 8. 10 Things
- 9. My Vacation Vs. Mercury
- 10. Rome, If You Want To
- 11. Into The Flow
- 12. Postcards From Italy
- 13. Unmoored
- TRIPLE CRANIOTOMY
- 14. Candles for Jenny
- 15. A Tangled Mess
- 16. Frankenbeauty
- FEELING MY WAY
- 17. Sunday in the Suburbs
- 18. The IKEA Lifestyle
- 19. Driving While Italian
- THE MOUNTAIN
- 20. The Call of Vesuvius
- 21. Cavaliere Della Neve
- 22. Fire in the Snow
- 23. Jewels Form in Darkness
- 24. Veni, Vidi, Vici Vesuvius
- 25. The Gaping Maw
- 26. A Girl Went Back to Napoli
- MOMMING AROUND
- 27. #PencilParty
- 28. Hail Mary
- 29. Eternal City Ramble
- 30. In the Company of Italians
- I COLORI
- 31. Dolci for the Occhi
- 32. Take a Walk in My Scarpa
- 33. In Jenny's Eyes
- THE MASK
- 34. Grokking Carnevale
- 35. The Floating City. City of Small Canyons. City of Glass.
- 36. Being Vesuviette
- 37. Lady Malibran
- 38. The Crema Catalán Caper
- 39. In My Element
- TORNA CALIFORNIA
- 40. Valentine's Day
- 41. In Thin Air
- 42. An Acceptable Level of Ecstasy
- 43. Commedia Dell'Arte
- 44. L'Amore, La Morte
- MAGMA MATER
- 45. Prosecco Goggles
- 46. Baci Bocci Bacchae
- 47. Eruption
- 48. Avatars of Lesser Gods
- 49. La Mama Mortita
- 50. Un Affare di Ricordare
- SATURATION
- 51. Il Tuo Diamante Splenderà
- 52. The Other Scarpa Finally Drops
- 53. Serenissima