
I’m a listmaker. One of my favorite books as a pre-teen was The Book of Lists. I would carry it around with me everywhere and memorize the various lists of celebrity deaths, bizarre film titles, random lists about anything and anywhere. I would make lists of my own but usually of a more mundane nature [...]

Rome had been a dream. It was a place I fantasized about as a young woman watching Roman Holiday over and over. I was Audrey Hepburn having her hair cut and styled from an admiring hairdresser, then buying hand-made sandals from a street vendor while licking un gelato cioccolato. It would be wonderful and worldly [...]

On your visit to Venice, don’t forget to get lost. First, hit the main attractions: Piazza San Marco, Ponte Rialto, Basilica di San Marco, and the Palazzo Ducale di Venezia. Enjoy their history and beauty, stop for un cafĂ© and biscotti, enjoy the people and the general feel of the city. Then, put the map [...]