Travel For Adventurous Women
The “traditions” behind some of our favorite traditional Italian food favorites aren’t what you think. Over the years, Italy’s world-famous cuisine has seamlessly entered into U.S. culinary culture thanks to immigration, globalization and Giada De Laurentiis. Still, that stuff you eat at your neighborhood joint or local Little Italy is likely more American than Italian, so … Read more
Italy is a land of history, elegance and…confusion. As Beppe Severgnini says in La Bella Figura: An Insider’s Guide to the Italian Mind, his country “can have you fuming and then purring in the space of a hundred meters, or the course of ten minutes.”
Jessica Orquina, former commercial airline pilot Travel Belle Jessica Orquina started flying planes as a teenager. As an adult, she turned her hobby into a profession, working first as a flight instructor and then as a commercial pilot and member of the U.S. Air Force Reserves, where she was the only woman in her squadron. … Read more
Eating and getting around in Massachusetts’s capital city. (Because Belles love the food in Boston too.) You already learned in Part 1 where to go for history, art and fashion in Massachusetts’ capital city, but there’s much more for a Belle to eat, see and do when visiting Boston. Read on to learn about digging in, … Read more
Boston Must-See Sites Because Travel Belles will always love to visit Boston, Massachusetts The city of Boston has gotten a bad rap lately, leading the pack of GQ’s worst-dressed cities and coming in dead last on a recent study ranking places by the kindness of their inhabitants. But don’t let these lists stop you from … Read more
Fried rice transformed into a Tuscan sweet treat When I saw an ad for Italian cooking classes in Dublin, Ireland, I was skeptical. After all, I have a Sicilian-born father who works as a chef, plus I got to know real, authentic Italian cuisine while living in Rome last year. But when I called Flavour … Read more
In middle age, Travel Belle Judith Works left the suburbs of Portland for life as an expat in Rome and a job with the United Nations. In September, she released Coins in the Fountain, a self-published memoir about her time in Italy’s chaotic capital. Here she tells us about her life as an expat, her … Read more
Thanks to visits from friends, a new Dublin expat remembers to see When I moved to Dublin last September, I jumped right into life as a Dublin expat, or whatever that meant, as a new transplant in country totally unknown to me. I spent just a few days getting acquainted with my new city – … Read more
Among Dublin, Ireland’s most beautiful day trips A co-worker once described Glendalough as “one of the most beautiful places in Ireland,” which is surely high praise given the country’s rolling green hills and impressive coastline. Since then, the ancient monastic site has been a top priority on my travel to-do list for the Emerald Isle. Found in … Read more
