La Dolce Vita: The Sweet Life with Three Sons

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

The Tuna Bowl (my go-to lunch)



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Maria (also Bia)
Georgia, United States
Writing inspires me, reading stimulates me, traveling excites me, Italy calls to me, Catholicism anchors me, and being a wife and mother completes me. Author of An Ocean, an Airplane, and Two Countries Full of Kisses. Available on Amazon!
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Benvenuti! Welcome!

Welcome to my world where the hyphen between the words Italian and American is the bridge between espresso and Thanksgiving pumpkin pie, red wine and pit barbecue, the Amalfi Coast and Hilton Head Island, and la dolce vita with life in Georgia.

There are lots of stories about my Italian nonna.

I am also an amateur tour guide. The Summer of 2015 I organized a Girls' Trip to Italy for 23 women to Rome and the Amalfi Coast. We had so much fun that we did it again in 2019 with 31 women, this time to Tuscany and northern Italy, and again in 2022 to Naples and Sicily.

Oh, and I wrote a book -- An Ocean, an Airplane, and Two Countries Full of Kisses.

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My book is here! Click on the cover to order ...

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Published

  • An Ocean, an Airplane, and Two Countries Full of Kisses
  • Who am I? (One key question can help us recognize our role in the political arena)
  • Sometimes, Maybe is Good Enough
  • Letting Go Never Easy on the Parents
  • It's All About Giving Thanks
  • The Women of Augusta Can Arrange it All
  • I Never Knew
  • Part of Something Bigger
  • A Hankie for My Pocket

from the files of very bad poetry by bia

  • The Search
  • Souls and Raindrops
  • Bocce in the Sand
  • Leaving
  • Got Tonsils?
  • something said
  • the open window
  • the color of my soul
  • A Lesson in the Snow
  • something, nothing at all
  • a great day
  • life story
  • christmas caesura
  • thoughts
  • raindrops of many
  • a pink balloon day
  • By Any Other Name
  • Christmas Full
  • Unexpected Things
  • welcome
  • Easter...the day after
  • Sunday Mornings
  • la luna
  • Doggie and Kitty
  • Monday Blues
  • words
  • Moody Blues
  • in remembrance
  • whose shoes
  • purple balloon

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Girls' Trip to Italy

Girls' Trip to Italy
Summer 2015. A trip to Italy. All girls. We had so much fun we did it again in 2019.

La Dolce Vita Travels

  • 2015 VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: Girls' Trip to Italy (Rome & the Amalfi Coast)
  • 2015 Girls' Trip to Italy (Rome, Amalfi Coast): Days 1, 2
  • Day 3: A Papal Blessing, a Lasagna Church, a Capuchin Crypt
  • Day 4: Walking Shoes, Michelangelo, Dinner Under the Stars
  • Days 5, 6: An Active Volcano, a High Seas Adventure, Lunch with a View
  • Days 7, 8: The Last Day
  • 2019 VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: Girls' Trip to Italy (Tuscany & Northern Italy)
  • 2019 Girls' Trip to Italy: Days 1, 2, 3 (Pistoia, Florence, Siena, San Gimignano)
  • Days 4 , 5 (Portovenere, Santa Margherita Ligure, Portofino)
  • Days 6, 7, 8 (Milano, Stresa, Isola Bella, Orta San Giulio, Lago Maggiore)
  • Days 9, 10 (Franciacorta, Bolzano)
  • Days 11, 12 (Verona, Venezia)
  • Photo Itinerary: 13 days, 13 photos
  • Top 10-ish Favorite Moments
  • Top 10-ish People Photos
  • Top 10-ish Funny Moments
  • An Open Letter to George Clooney
  • Finding the Perfect Time
  • Losing My Voice
  • The Travel Journal: Interacting with the Travel Experience
  • 2022 VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: Girls' Trip to Italy (Naples & Sicily)
  • 2022 Girls' Trip to Italy: Part I (Naples, Days 1-4)
  • Part II: Sicily (Palermo, Days 5-6)
  • Part II: Sicily (Ragusa-Modica-Syracuse-Taormina/Giardini Naxos, Days 9-10)
  • Part II: Sicily (Erice-Trapani-Agrigento, Days 7-8)
  • Part II: Sicily (Taormina, day 11)
  • Part III: Rome (Day 12)
  • Video: An Evening in Palermo
  • Video: Arrivederci Jane

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