https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts daily 1.0 2023-04-19 https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/weatherpatterns monthly 0.5 2023-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/4e2baecc-13cf-44c3-a6e6-08ba751fd22e/stairssiena.JPG Words - Weather Patterns - Make it stand out Siena, April 2022 https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/quarterly monthly 0.5 2022-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1664068047247-NDA2Q7I025JIZ3MCNBF0/brothersbeets.jpg Words - One Quarter - beets i grew at my brother's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1664068105356-C6XJ1RLMLQZ4JY1JD291/notphotogenic.jpg Words - One Quarter - genetically unable to take selfies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1664068227279-52NL9KXLFYBNFCKA84EV/wineflowers.jpg Words - One Quarter - burgers and pop up flower stands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1664068538051-NAMHZ5RT44HP2F495T5G/buddyinabasket.jpg Words - One Quarter - buddy in a basket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1664067522914-MY0IXV23ZGKIDERB9LS9/baybridge.jpg Words - One Quarter - bay bridge sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1664068937127-1EUXGWXQQK7BSPPHGPFO/beachsibs.jpg Words - One Quarter - beach siblings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1664067534731-S0Q1U216OB1WRJ2MLM38/sunsetpainting.jpg Words - One Quarter - postcard painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1664067522614-LFN909TRQ2QD2VUT1YT6/shell.jpg Words - One Quarter - perfect tiny shell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1664069143647-ZKO4491O1LTQ5RSNXU2Z/birdridinghorse.jpg Words - One Quarter - assateague HOV lane https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/chrysalis monthly 0.5 2023-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/89016941-ad8c-49af-9cde-b1161f69435c/IMG_0537.JPG Words - Chrysalis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/roma monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/7fd353a8-dbdd-4ed7-ab22-b3f3da4f9a90/bikeappianway.jpeg Words - Where All Roads Lead Appia Antica, which I biked without a helmet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/cbb73ed6-2465-4d40-a855-91982badcc8c/romegelsomina.JPG Words - Where All Roads Lead Gelsomina, jasmine, spilling over the courtyard fences, lining the outdoor dining spaces of restaurants, the smell everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/d884bc90-1046-49c8-a6af-fea9567fe4ce/romeyellowgreenhoues.JPG Words - Where All Roads Lead Very good colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/3205c91c-1aa7-4f11-9752-8d1febbd51a8/romerosebacklit.JPG Words - Where All Roads Lead hot as hell but damn, that light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/568e30f1-4790-4154-bd72-8f94005631f2/romeflowertruck.JPG Words - Where All Roads Lead Flower truck I saw one morning across the street from my apartment in Testaccio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/830acdbb-e1c7-45a7-a520-5bbd78a5b2d1/trasteverestreetmary.JPG Words - Where All Roads Lead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/3f541ea0-2c5e-4f8f-b42d-d9dc5d5abbff/trasteveregreenwall.JPG Words - Where All Roads Lead More good colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/25494987-d848-463f-8943-6f6d72baeae1/romerosetopeople.JPG Words - Where All Roads Lead Roses and their admirers https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/bari monthly 0.5 2022-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/e557f421-a368-4fd2-bc99-ee3834978257/barisannicola.jpg Words - Bari, Apulia A representation of San Nicola that factors heavily in the three day celebration - this is flotilla-ed down the coastline in a procession and then spends some time in Basilica and some time in the Cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/7880b3ac-ee69-4a3e-bb29-9825c18ce239/bariclothesline.JPG Words - Bari, Apulia I loved how everything stuck with the pastel theme - walls and laundry. This was drying on a promenade along the harbor, like foundation garments just out in the open. Usually laundry on a rack evidently belongs to a certain house/apartment but this was just…some kind of commons situation? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/dc282f49-cec1-4396-95a5-1297f8866753/IMG_0405.JPG Words - Bari, Apulia and this was the seaside carnival in honor of San Nicola; the street was closed and vendors were selling and people were drinking and hollering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/7e0adb31-722e-4e83-88a7-eec460d20055/bariviewterrace.JPG Words - Bari, Apulia View from my lovely terrace in Bari Vecchia hosted by Frank who was so sweet and for some reason could not remember my name, first calling me Virginia, which I’ve gotten because I pronounce my name softly or something, and then GINEVRA which I’ve never gotten but kind of like! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/e87a5dc5-87cb-4efe-85cf-5b3b9ea74bf7/baribike.JPG Words - Bari, Apulia God damn instagram aesthetic really gets a grip on you https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/3e240392-2e84-4103-a51b-7839eb7ebc60/IMG_0419.JPG Words - Bari, Apulia Ceiling view at Basilica San Nicola, which was built after some fishermen took the remains of St. Nick from present-day Turkey and brought them to Bari which coincidentally was where Saint Nick said he wanted to be buried. And now it’s a big deal and his bones miraculously emit a scent of myrrh and Christians and Eastern Orthodox travel here on pilgrimage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/7a1ae1da-54e8-4518-bf05-9c15d8087282/baristreetchurch.JPG Words - Bari, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/703faa29-4203-4368-bf37-d176d851d87d/barigoodpatterns.JPG Words - Bari, Apulia Good patterns on some old stoneware, don’t ask me ages, they were in Roman numerals! Old but not that old. https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/monopoli monthly 0.5 2022-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652202908175-ISQ0UVMLDWNAQ8FA5CQW/monopolicolors.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652202870942-ZV03PWINX7LTJOU2B3BE/monopolialimentari.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652202882712-YK605SS84XUBQBMN2UB6/monopolichairs.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652202908581-ULK7VXKE9XK83WRNERR6/monopolicliff.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652202948870-Y9VFRUYX9OO3HR4HLWFF/monopolifootcliff.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652203010001-BOREQKF180NR7QZKXKDB/monopolimoonflowers.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652202971376-PWV499LNFO7S6RJX6BHA/monopolimoodymorning.jpg Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652202982552-2XWDE5XJWNLBUKRFMJIS/monopolimadonna.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652203010315-9OIN8K377X5QMH5Q308P/monopoliornatedoor.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652214185091-WTQA178FQYXG1J3PG5VN/monopolilaundry.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652214202016-WQE0Y9CJX8LOU1OQQQDX/monopoliport2.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652214200786-8IOOEU1SQ7QLDX96QATS/monopolitorre.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652214184496-AOX5KYKNBPJPH4JUP12I/monopolicinquecento.JPG Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1652203069610-IYDU4XID9GRSZ8F1DUWQ/monopolitrainstation.jpg Words - Monopoli, Apulia https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/soundtracksicily monthly 0.5 2022-05-16 https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/taormina monthly 0.5 2023-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/cd876f6a-a3b0-4352-a5cc-464e25be3506/taorminabirdsintree.jpg Words - Taormina, Sicilia Wood pigeons having a snack in a nespola (loquat) tree outside my apartment. If I’m going to become a birder, and we know it’s only a matter of time, I really need a better camera lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/710a2e4b-5d2f-44d2-832b-c378558ea992/taorminapinks.JPG Words - Taormina, Sicilia Very good paint colors offset by deep green foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/9260f0c1-7bcb-407c-8fa2-b7d78269da41/taorminaviewfromapt.jpg Words - Taormina, Sicilia Morning view of the Ionian Sea from the apartment. All different birds would swoop and whoop through this greenery throughout the day. The bottom left neighbor had a chicken and one morning I heard him greeting it, saying “Buongiorno... buongiorno.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/21ac604e-8516-4176-8ebc-df8ea1a53b01/taorminaportrait.jpeg Words - Taormina, Sicilia This is mostly what I look like now: pinning back my growing-out breakup bangs into a modified Bump It shape (IFYKYK), wearing all the necklaces that I can’t stop buying on this trip, and getting too much sun and not enough water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/3995298f-4242-4cbf-b1ab-79131aca2751/taorminanaxosview.JPG Words - Taormina, Sicilia The city at sea level is Giardini Naxos, the first Greek colony in Sicily, which according to our tour guide, translates to ‘Garden Garden,’ in Italian and Greek. Apparently double-naming places in different languages is a Sicilian tradition to denote how beautiful or special some place is and points to the island’s varied colonizers - Arab, Norman, Greek, so on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/28cc76ad-cdda-4329-8ae0-f21772c3d502/taorminalapigna.JPG Words - Taormina, Sicilia Even a peeling wall looks chic somehow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/2af8f1ac-28f9-428d-b390-6f9bd1c81fe7/taorminaamphitheater.JPG Words - Taormina, Sicilia - View from the ancient theater - started as Greek, finished as Roman. I took the guided tour which allowed me to listen first in Italian and then confirm what I heard in English! It’s better than school! Did you know Romans invented bricks? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/d0631130-b716-4429-a520-d9ea5f5a8d6b/taorminapanorama.JPG Words - Taormina, Sicilia Etna shrouded in clouds behind Taormina. I think I took this from the Belmond Grand Timeo terrace where I had a very costly aperitivo but it was worth it for the sunset view after a dreary day and CASHEWS as part of the snacks! The luxury. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/78221213-878b-438a-be0d-d41d292399a6/taorminasucculentdirt.jpg Words - Taormina, Sicilia The plants and cars in Sicily are covered with a brown silt from sand that’s blown in from the Sahara. Then in the corners of the terraces and on patios there’s pulverized volcano dust, bits of the black lava rock that the wind carries from Etna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/522c6481-3118-46ca-afaa-7b71b706c2bd/taorminamazzarocove.JPG Words - Taormina, Sicilia My day of proper sun at Mazzaro` Beach https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/siracusa monthly 0.5 2022-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/ade259cf-352e-4c26-a350-f5913eb94a3f/ortigiabeachrocks.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia Circa 2001, my sister and I would have gone absolutely bonkers for the sea glass which turns out is just…garbage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/bdff05ff-b8ca-45bc-b462-dbf09061c540/ortigiajumble.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia Side street scramble: the laundry, the OLIVE sign, the AC unit against the peeling facade, bellissima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/4da4a5e5-01ce-4f9f-bb27-9f290bd1bbd4/ortigiaswordfishman.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia - Swordfish at the market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/70020c46-0434-4df2-b614-dfc47abbfc17/ortigiafromboat.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia Ortigia from my accidentally private boat tour YET AGAIN a group AirBnB experience ends up being just me but Aleandro was very informative and nice and even though it was overcast and chilly, it was great to be on the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/d01bca44-93e1-4d74-89a5-630a131cbc92/ortigiacalarossa2.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia Cala Rossa Sat on this rocky beach for a little bit before eating a platter of fried seafood including shrimps with the heads on! with two beers for lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/33cc73d9-094d-419f-9042-75085c776c09/ortigiaalleypink.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia Addicted to plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/cfb1b682-9c2e-4295-a774-5ecbf47524bb/ortigiasantaluciabike.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia Santa Lucia in Badia on the edge of the Duomo Piazza There was a famous Caravaggio there that he painted while he was on the lam after killing a guy, but they moved it to another church in Syracuse and I didn’t feel like finding it cuz boh, I’m Sicilian now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/158ca89a-7ab4-4650-9b31-315309cbf46c/ortigiagreekonbaroque.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia Duomo facade with Greek columns embedded So many layers on this church. I walked in and two Italian teen girls pounced on me, asking, “do you want some information?” and I was initially like now what scam is this?? But they were students in a language school giving tours of the Duomo to practice and they did a great job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/11f53558-5fab-40c2-87d1-8a96506df39a/ortigialoverock.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia Sea cave from the boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/74fbf2c5-b480-416f-bf5e-4a2e9cb5f4f8/ortigiacarciofi.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia Carciofi at the market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/59ea90f6-ba22-4a91-ab6a-b0059e00fd8c/oritigiachair.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia - My color palette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/3136aa97-b027-40d4-9fe8-57452993c50e/ortigiayellow.JPG Words - Siracusa, Sicilia - A corner in Giudecca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/85cc9779-73e9-44da-a355-b49ba3d547ae/ortigiasaintlucy.jpg Words - Siracusa, Sicilia Saint Lucy holding a golden cup containing her eyes https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/4weeks monthly 0.5 2022-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/0ea91168-9c31-48cc-80f6-8367a122c2d0/IMG_9816.JPG Words - 4 week checkup - Make it stand out Rain moving over Cortona https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/weddingringdiningalone monthly 0.5 2022-04-30 https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/cortona monthly 0.5 2022-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1654135394596-VLBQCJY0P909U1Z7RJ0P/cortonadoor2.JPG Words - Cortona is for Crying https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1654135394165-32CGBPE1ZZSB85KQIT73/cortonamarket.JPG Words - Cortona is for Crying https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1654135408582-3XZ76R44U5VKT3P2YX2I/cortonaobits.JPG Words - Cortona is for Crying https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1654135409392-9PMKUSK5YUR8WRY91R4F/cortonawonkygreens.JPG Words - Cortona is for Crying https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/2a5442b4-32ad-4075-baaa-53aed4d88bde/IMG_9771.JPG Words - Cortona is for Crying - Make it stand out View of Lake Trasimeno from Cortona https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/roccastradaretreat monthly 0.5 2022-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650886294917-YL8KVUX2330R3JNA2R7R/IMG_9651.JPG Words - Roccastrada Retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650886448632-VRQN1MF87LRFNUB93VI9/roccastradaaperitivo.jpg Words - Roccastrada Retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650886433285-WZZC4WMODDCPI801V3XC/mybestfriendmimi.jpg Words - Roccastrada Retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650886470642-O0J4QAFJ92TT8BSDTUBE/roccastradayard.jpg Words - Roccastrada Retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650886410218-QEPD4JPDN9Y6J2KW4W3W/faceofarchitectsangalgano.JPG Words - Roccastrada Retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650886413056-3PGLOFHK7S9YXYNPFF3H/interiorsangalgano.JPG Words - Roccastrada Retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650886478549-C1J2C0D3ALXGLZR1PTR9/sangalgano.JPG Words - Roccastrada Retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650886480751-RM0NBMSMX78UVQ612QMI/sangalganowindow.JPG Words - Roccastrada Retreat https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/babysfirstbrunello monthly 0.5 2022-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/91f4ea1a-8445-4c95-b884-80e2f365ec7f/IMG_9698.jpg Words - Baby’s First Brunello One of the cortile at Castello Tricherchi. The white plaque between the arches shows the date 1441 and three circles (tre circhi). Our guide Sara explained that, as a palindrome, the date would have been very auspicious, and the circles may have represented coins, as the family were bankers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/4267b986-be5b-4dcc-ae08-d3e3fac9013b/IMG_9717.JPG Words - Baby’s First Brunello I mean the lichen patterns were more interesting to me than the town itself but that’s mostly on me, not Montalcino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/d521eac9-ca1f-4348-bb6d-529e4b0788fa/IMG_9724.jpg Words - Baby’s First Brunello This typography smorgasbord is perfect. Is this a Word doc? InDesign? Publisher? Hand-set printing press? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/5100aa16-933b-4017-9c97-e82eb550b54c/IMG_9727.jpg Words - Baby’s First Brunello Montalcino town was very quiet. I was there during afternoon pausa when most stores are closed, plus it was dreary out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/37dfd2a5-4799-428b-b32a-26336dd06637/IMG_9704.jpg Words - Baby’s First Brunello Wine is cool and everything but have you ever met a DOG? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/d54db549-d7cb-4e56-93ba-232f785c271b/IMG_9699.JPG Words - Baby’s First Brunello Here they are alerting us to arriving pilgrims https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/b6ca3047-e677-42ea-8203-6a27ffb6d0bb/IMG_9719.jpg Words - Baby’s First Brunello Garden dreams in Montalcino: fruit trees with fava beans under them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/75b22e12-0776-4242-8a6b-b70617dcd716/IMG_9703.jpg Words - Baby’s First Brunello Vineyard with Montalcino in background https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/soundtracktuscany monthly 0.5 2022-04-28 https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/adayinsiena monthly 0.5 2022-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/7bc032b9-166b-4479-bf3f-535308b108b7/burntsienna.JPG Words - A Day in Siena Piazza del Campo: Rick said this is where we get the color ‘burnt sienna’ and I’m not fact checking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/b9aa7f85-07f5-46a1-8f41-180d0d68363d/peonysiena.JPG Words - A Day in Siena - A peony in April!? Sign me tf up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/963b468d-da50-4937-aa25-33dafd929b54/pigeonsiena.JPG Words - A Day in Siena Ovviamente the She-Wolf is the one who suckled Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, and then Remus’ son was Senius, so the She-Wolf’s grandson, and he founded Siena. And now she sates pigeons who respectfully line up for a quaff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/c1d667e6-7278-4751-934c-4034d285519f/blossomssiena.JPG Words - A Day in Siena Found the University of Siena Botanical garden! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/f56652e4-a1c2-4855-99a1-34843e58bd8f/sienacampo.JPG Words - A Day in Siena - Other side of Piazza del Campo It is not a square square, but rather an elliptical square. Kind of disorientating and surrealist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/0e57dfc4-e784-4dbe-88e8-75592fab1d35/contrapostosiena.JPG Words - A Day in Siena Swooning over all the gorgeous terracotta pots in this greenhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/97ee9a3f-6527-45ed-ac40-88bb78096166/sienacampocomune.jpg Words - A Day in Siena Palazzo Pubblico still houses Siena’s city administration since the 14th century when they broke the mold saying we’re rich secular humanists! We don’t need no church as the center of OUR town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/b68feb07-a1e7-4427-bc22-5d93003f075a/oldolderoldestseina.JPG Words - A Day in Siena Old, older, oldest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/65e28ee2-8500-4c39-98c4-47dd0f9af44e/deadmanstoesiena.jpg Words - A Day in Siena The flags along the walls in San Francesco represent each of Siena’s 17 still territorial neighborhoods, contrade; the whole Palio race is about which one’s horse wins and gets the Virgin Mary palio or banner for the year. So it’s college. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/d5ae345a-3c45-45bd-a36e-130b43bf9fb7/sanfrancescosiena.JPG Words - A Day in Siena Rick said that St. Catherine’s thumb AND teeth were in the Basilica di San Francesco and that was freaky as hell so I hoofed it out there and I couldn’t even find them! Instead there were some supposedly ‘miraculous’ hosts that didn’t spoil for like 100 years or something which I thought was kind of the point of all Styrofoam? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/ce716219-ac1f-42ec-a3d0-5ded5f4dd5a8/duomosiena.JPG Words - A Day in Siena But you know there HAD to be a Duomo somewhere; it is Italy. I didn’t bother to pay to go in because… I don’t care about altarpieces or flat-ass medieval art anymore. Who does? Is it inspiring? Am I simply oversaturated from ND’s campus? Like I know they were figuring out how to represent three-dimensionality on a single plane but snore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/d2d9c676-149c-496c-9eb7-040492d50b10/unfinishedduomosiena.JPG Words - A Day in Siena - When they were super rich and powerful, the Senese had tried to expand the Duomo to assert themselves but then the plague came and that’s showbiz, baby! Now in a very Italian way, there’s a parking lot in a half-finished medieval church nave. https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/afternooninmassamarittima monthly 0.5 2022-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650663473431-TEXQOS9X95TDVLV2ZGJS/massasquare.JPG Words - Afternoon in Massa Marittima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650663404016-7E0XMI6MDPXHT1AD60AO/massachurchlight.JPG Words - Afternoon in Massa Marittima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650663391075-2ZEV9GQX42KRT5M45K14/massasidestreet.JPG Words - Afternoon in Massa Marittima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650664065485-3T0JRQKI96O9FMXKBIJ9/IMG_9508.jpg Words - Afternoon in Massa Marittima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650663866353-YJU1L3XENJJB9Y7T74B0/IMG_9484.JPG Words - Afternoon in Massa Marittima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650663742632-V4JU2B8JBQ5V232XT6RZ/IMG_9492.JPG Words - Afternoon in Massa Marittima https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/afternooninpienza monthly 0.5 2022-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650390372512-3PTA00B98964SABTM5ZY/arkiepienzaduomo.JPG Words - Afternoon in Pienza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650390415781-9XKF0WQJQSOY09UQ4SFH/pienzacypress.JPG Words - Afternoon in Pienza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650390475629-CIPG7K6ZPND6OZ4INR0O/pienzapigeon.JPG Words - Afternoon in Pienza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650390408516-ZSZG325LYLGJ8P65B84Q/pienzaarch.JPG Words - Afternoon in Pienza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650390462567-63KHOCUKO6OS17J9YVHK/pienzaguy.JPG Words - Afternoon in Pienza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650390488438-V2E0WRX0C48SEBJMOBHH/pienzaplants.jpeg Words - Afternoon in Pienza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650390569519-546RCKF7LTW79OYJDITN/plantstravaganza.JPG Words - Afternoon in Pienza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1650390576140-UI2E0MEBDVGN3SZEXKRW/treepeonypienza.JPG Words - Afternoon in Pienza https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/2daysinbagnovignoni monthly 0.5 2022-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/20cd0186-f10e-4cd3-b2c9-b27d4579aa63/boragebagnonvignoni.JPG Words - 2 days in Bagno Vignoni Borage <3 xoxo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/390d3017-4775-4145-83bf-7fe87ae12c0f/littlermermaiddreams.jpeg Words - 2 days in Bagno Vignoni - Bagni di San Filippo About 20 minutes drive from Bagno Vignoni are the publicly accessible San Filippo springs. All my Little Mermaid dreams came true. I met a lovely couple from the U.S. in one of the pools and we chatted for a bit - they were heading to the South of France after Tuscany for the one guy’s work as a professional choreographer! I won’t name names but he has a Wikipedia page. So I shared a warm pool of sulfur water with a celebrity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/3d52052d-bd0f-4f1a-ba84-9444bb9b9ee6/smokeonthewaterbagnonvignoni.JPG Words - 2 days in Bagno Vignoni - I don’t know how to work my camera really, so here’s me trying to get the smoke coming off the hot water in the morning chill. The water comes out of the spring at 52 C (125 F!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/a9345951-0426-4968-a542-db879b313ad9/morningbagnovignoni.JPG Words - 2 days in Bagno Vignoni The main square is a spring-fed thermal pool surrounded by a handful of restaurants and shops. It was serene. I’ll spare you the poorly lit food photos but I had a nice dinner of pici, a hand-rolled Tuscan pasta, with pecorino, sheep’s milk cheese, guanciale, pork cheek, and pears at Bistrot Languorino. The second night I dined al fresco at Osteria della Madonna and had filetto di cinta senese, pork loin from a specific Tuscan pig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/0827e44c-51ee-4347-a83d-571bddd40a41/sanfilippo.jpeg Words - 2 days in Bagno Vignoni It only smelled like rotten eggs if you dug into the sand at the bottom. And you know I did because I’m 5 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/3227eee0-f2f5-4ddb-a526-21cb00f8455e/lilacbagnovignoni.jpeg Words - 2 days in Bagno Vignoni - Last year around this time, I was so pumped to find out from our tree scientist friend that we had a lilac tree in the yard. It wasn’t blooming yet. This year, I’m taking close ups of lilacs in Tuscany. The point is that you can always find flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/b31520b1-9fb9-4cd3-9e4d-8600e112df86/afriendbagnovignoni.JPG Words - 2 days in Bagno Vignoni I forgot about all the cats in Italy posing for tourists. https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/unadeviazioneintoscana monthly 0.5 2022-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/38757288-f42d-4116-9979-287db4c6ba06/branches.jpg Words - Una deviazione in Toscana! - Make it stand out Day 1: I moved the branches from the ground into the trailer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/bac2265f-4489-40ff-8832-33b3aecc8ee6/tuscanysunsetvertical.JPG Words - Una deviazione in Toscana! - The sunset was stunning, but this particular work exchange situation was not for me. I stayed two nights of my intended 14 before bolting for a hotel. And I am so thankful to have the means and ability to make a detour like that, and it is not lost on me how many people can’t get free from the situations in which they find themselves where their gut is saying “get out!” and their social conditioning or lack of power doesn’t allow for that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/f3ae0fdd-d973-4ea9-bab2-a3346fd34ee9/dirtdigging.jpeg Words - Una deviazione in Toscana! - Make it stand out Day 2: I mixed some compost into clay soil in a planter converted from the old cow feeder/waterer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/edc391fa-f38d-4987-91f3-7209a669f8d9/valdorcia.JPG Words - Una deviazione in Toscana! - Make it stand out Val d’Orcia, roadside view on my way out https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/movingon monthly 0.5 2022-04-18 https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/2weeks monthly 0.5 2022-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/6d0952a2-a068-4469-be78-f22b763acf1a/rosemarino.JPG Words - 2 week checkup - Make it stand out Rosemary, the flower of remembrance https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/soundtrackbologna monthly 0.5 2022-04-22 https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/photosdayinferrara monthly 0.5 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1649706944149-WDLVLXOK0FJMMNK20WJR/ferrarabikebasket.JPG Words - A Day in Ferrara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1649706976309-PW6YBRQPDBADOZJ9UT93/ferraracherryblossom.JPG Words - A Day in Ferrara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1649706954562-AAP4E1V9LPX9DJK9AAQM/ferrarabikes.JPG Words - A Day in Ferrara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1649707008945-EQYD1TG0OZ8E13UBDT7X/ferraradungeon.JPG Words - A Day in Ferrara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1649707064058-48E6PSML0THYQN6XF469/ferraraorangerie.JPG Words - A Day in Ferrara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1649707011971-5T817DG5UAXHO1ATQ3LG/ferrarafeatheredfriends.JPG Words - A Day in Ferrara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1649707082137-XA1KGSSNMRZRYRL9IWG5/ferraraorangeriecloseup.JPG Words - A Day in Ferrara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1649707117308-J8YAUUQQCTA31J0RSPF1/ferraratexture2.JPG Words - A Day in Ferrara https://www.reginagesicki.com/thoughts/bolognafoodtour monthly 0.5 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/371590ad-2474-4b23-940c-d9e95fa042d0/charcuterie.jpeg Words - Bologna Food Tour - Salumi e Formaggio Cured meats reign supreme here. The deli ‘meat’ we call bologna/baloney is a bastardization of the mortadella of this region (shown in back left of the photo). I couldn’t quite get over the Lunchables consistency, even though the taste was much richer. You’ve heard of prosciutto di Parma but the so-called king of the meats is culatello di zibello. Mattia explained the difference between DOP and ICG and those other letters you see on Italian food and wines, and I forget the details (google it, who cares) but my major takeaway was to always buy Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese with the rind on, so you can see that it’s stamped as legit. Mattia also said “I don’t know what Parmesan is, but that’s not just a different spelling.” Tasting the Parmigiano just a stone’s throw from where it’s made was really something. It was so delicately textured. Then Mattia gave us a tasting of various aceti di balsamico, aged at different years. The oldest one was in a specially shaped bottle and was so viscous; it was like a medicinal administration the way we each held up our spoons to receive a few drops. Musty and sweet. Not at all what you would put on salad; I asked him what it’s eaten with and he said “Oh, we just put the bottle on the shelf to show it off.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/558bceaf-ad41-488a-8d99-5b45bf960ca5/tortellinimaking.jpg Words - Bologna Food Tour - Sfogline: or those who make the ‘sheet’ - foglia - of the egg + flour pasta of Emilia-Romagna. We visited a pasta workshop where they were making the pork-filled pasta for tortellini in brodo. Mattia explained that tortellini can ONLY have a pork filling. Tortelloni, the big ones, can have other fillings. The sfogline worked so methodically pulling tiny bits of the filling and daubing them down each row. And then their folding of the pasta into the knot shape was done like a snap of the fingers. It was a mesmerizing process to watch, but I learned from my pasta class at Vecchia Scuola Bolognese how difficult it is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/225b22b4-a2d6-4230-b605-2d2363f6e010/rapini.jpeg Words - Bologna Food Tour - verdure Nothing really here other than some of the first crops of spring; just giving my Reggie’s Veggies stans what they’ve come to expect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62030d923b8b27324d38e402/1e819894-988e-44db-bc99-d198f2704158/rollingdough.jpeg Words - Bologna Food Tour - Rolling with a mattarello I thought I’d “made pasta” at home with my KitchenAid stand mixer pasta attachments. However, to get the full gustatory experience, the pasta must be made by hand, rolling with a long skinny pin called a mattarello. Machine-made pasta becomes too uniform, so the sauces don’t cling as well. At my pasta class I got the chance to wield a mattarello and make tortellini (pork filling only!), tortelloni with a ricotta filling, and tagliatelle. The class was so great - learned a lot with a couple other students (two of whom were professional chefs doing the three-day pasta course) and got to try what we made and bring the rest home. It was mostly in Italian, so my brain was working overtime. 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