The Best Audiobooks For A Road Trip
In 2014 my boyfriend and I drove across the country. After blasting Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty for days, we decided we needed another way … Read more
Read, Watch, Listen
Belles enjoy books, movies and music that inspire travel.
Little Italy in the Bronx: Magical Realism, Historical Fiction and Food
You can have your great debates over what little Italy is the best little Italy (I’ve been to many, and they are ALL wonderful!) You can have your fist fights over New York versus New Haven pizza (I have loyalties here, so I can’t comment). Only, there’s one Little Italy that stands apart.
Krampus and the Shady Christmas Characters of Europe
For those of us brought up on ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and the concept of a benevolent Santa Claus with a cast of cute sidekicks, the shady characters to whom you are about to be introduced may come as a surprise.
Book Review: The Sharper your knife, the less you cry
A French cooking memoir that moves to the top of the reading pile Whenever I am asked the question “If you won the lottery where … Read more
Real Books versus the Kindle: Read on the Fly Without Your own Book
The new trend isn’t about real books versus the Kindle or the iPad. Reading someone else’s book is one of the latest things to do … Read more
The Bad Belles of the Holiday Season
Last week you were introduced to a few of Europe’s most shady Christmas characters. This week to prove that societal inflicted anxiety that accompanies many Christmas traditions does not stop with the efforts of a few ugly paternal types whose existence plays bad cop to Santa Claus’s good, we bring you a few female holiday heavies.
Brunetti’s Cookbook Review
Bookstores, Italian Food & Italy Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? ~ Henry Ward Beecher ~ I would add to that, “as … Read more
Book Review: The Good Girl’s Guide to Getting Lost
Travel Book Reviews: The Good Girl’s Guide to Getting Lost, A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure by Rachel Friedman This … Read more
30 Flirty Italian Phrases To Seduce An Italian {+ Video Pronunciation}
It’s been over two years since Eleonora first shared her cheeky guide for “Italian Curse Words Not Needed: Useful Words and Phrases.” We think it’s time for … Read more
