italian kitchen linens

Few places inspire me as Italy does. I swear I had to have been Italian in a former life--there's no other explanation for my love affair.

Until my eventual trip to Amalfi materilizes, I'll attempt to conjure the kitchens of Tuscany, via these Vintage Lable Italian Kitchen Towels from EyeItalia

(... wish they'd ironed them, before snapping the photos ....).

dreaming of amalfi, italy

Thoughts of Italy--particularly Tuscany and Positano on the Amalfi Coast--keep me up at night. Some day . . . .

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my italian vacation

"Life offers you a thousand chances . . . all you have to do is take one." --Under the Tuscan Sun

I'm not going on an Italian vacation. As desperately as I crave a vacay of some kind--any kind (I don't recall when the last time was I went away for pure R&R), a trip is not in my immediate (or not so immediate) future. But I continue to dream of Italy. Specifically, the Amalfi Coast. I want to go so badly, I can taste it. I've always felt like I was meant to be there, you know? It borders on intoxicating.

A small taste of my mental holiday, even if only for a few fleeting minutes:

Frommer's The Amalfi Coast with Naples, Capri & Pompeii, 2nd Edition


Hotel Santa Caterina in Amalfi


Positano, Italy

Brunch at Caffè Positano

A boat tour of the Amalfi Coast


Positano's famous handmade leather sandals at Safari


Late lunch at La Caravella in Amalfi


Church of Santa Maria Assunta


A stroll through Giardini di Augusto (The Gardens of Augustus) in Capri


Champagne and oysters at sunset - Le Sirenuse


Dinner at Lido del Faro in Capri


or maybe at Francischiello in Villazzano?


A Limoncello di Capri in a Positano garden to end the evening

Some day. Sigh. Some day . . . .