Florence

—————————- So, You Want To Move To Italy? ——————————————————– A decade ago I dreamed of moving to Europe after college. I don’t know why, it just seemed like it would fix everything. I didn’t want to change myself, necessarily, I…

I’ve been compulsive since I was eight years old. That was the first time I had a panic attack and the first year I started doing weird things like counting the white lines painted on the streets and avoiding cracks…

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog, and basically everyone is just here for the Zebra sex.   2013 In Review (Holy Shit! I Survived!) I had my Italian wedding in May and did it without…

The US and Italy are at polar opposite ends of pretty much every spectrum and floating between the two worlds is like hopping back and fourth in time between planets . I often say that if you could simply combine…

This story has two parts. Here is part 1: My Persian Father And My Italian In-Laws Part 1 The next day after my dad woke up AT FIVE A.M. and F, my dad, and I, sped off towards the Rome airport…

I’d like to welcome guest writer Vincent Zandri and thank him for contributing to my new “expat essays” section. Violà! —————————- The first time I came to Florence it was for love. At least, being in love was the plan…

So, this post is kind of late but I’ve been  depressed this week and have been whining and feeling all self-loathing. I haven’t been in the mood to write. However, I just got a sudden burst of gumption! Alas, Halloween!…

I spent the day out with my husband stalking people in the center of Florence. My husband finds it highly inappropriate to take pictures of people I don’t know and he followed me around whispering, “stop DOING THAT!”. He needs…

This month I had three articles in The Florence News And Events. If you live in Florence you should pick it up and put my articles in your scrapbook next to photos of your dogs and children. If you are…