This is a one of two portraits done by my friend Konstantin Zubrilan in whose studio I spent many wonderful salon like afternoons and evenings. It reminds me...

If you are wondering where Vladivostok is, go to Japan and take a left. For an image of the entire Russia Far East see the bottom of this post. For me person...

Our happy family at Mysore Palace. Two months in India? What did you do? This is the reaction most people have when we speak about our most recent adventure...

Magical Portugal, the second book in the Bunny Chronicles, comes with a special new feature – a video for you to read along with! Together with Bunny & Bearl...

Bunny is back with new adventures! This time she is in Portugal with Mommy, Poppy, and Bearli. There, they discover new places, try new things, explore new t...

In January Claudio and I will celebrate 10 years of marriage. An impossible feat to have imagined in either of our lives. We both swore to ourselves long ago...

Bunny on the shelf and flying with her continuing adventures. The Bunny Chronicles are picking up speed, with the first book – How Bunny was Born - on the sh...

Compliments of Miss Blu, our family at KOK Kamp on the first day. On our last night at the KOK camp the young woman I had nicknamed Miss Blu shyly asked to s...

The completely packed case Packing a suitcase. One of my greatest pleasures. Just like going to the grocery store represents cooking and sharing with loved o...

Even at a commercial center near the airport in Rome 🐰 found her carrots & artichokes! If only we could take some 😂. Roma!! Beautiful blue skies & a return...

Bunny holding her own as we enter the book fair. In 2006 bunny was born in Istanbul. In January 2019 bunny debuted in her own book series, the Bunny Chronicl...

Bunny rests against a tree while I do Qi gong in the Indro Montanelli Public Gardens near Porta Venezia. Finding myself in Milan on a glorious spring day, I ...

Back cover of the first edition of the Bunny Chronicles, how Bunny was born. For Nicole Crabtree, this is a dream come true. As an auntie and aspiring author...

Istanbul is my favorite city in the world and given my travel history this is saying something. The magic of the Bosphorus alone is like nowhere else. Venice...

Left Cernobbio in winter on the lake; middle Brunate in spring; right window art that called our souls in Como center. Como is, geographically, my happy plac...

Rome by night from the terrace of Barbara’s lovely home, the Palazzo Pozzi center, top left and bottom middle; bottom left Piazza Navona; bottom right, proof...

Bunny takes a rare photo op at the peak of a particularly spectacular summit, where violet and green rock dazzles the eye. She shared the entire journey with...

Bunny on the beach in Vernazza. Liguria, in particular Moneglia is one of my favorite places to visit on the Italian coast. We are super fortunate to have de...

Bunny & Bearli catch some sun at the Alhambra. In the 22 years I have lived outside of America my mom has come to visit me three times, all three of which wh...

Photo courtesy of MUDEC website. As promised, this post will be updated frequently as I visit this city at my doorstep as often as possible. This month I had...