by Lenora Boyle | Jun 3, 2011 | Italy Travel, La Dolce Vita
Fred Plotkin is a pleasure activist, expert on opera, traveling in Italy, and Italian cuisine. I’ve interviewed him a few times in previous posts, and on our local grassroots KRUU radio with Steven Boss during Steve’s Great Taste Radio Show. The 5th...
by Lenora Boyle | May 9, 2010 | Italy Retreat for Women, Italy Travel, Travel Tips
Fred Plotkin is a pleasure activist, expert on opera, traveling in Italy, and Italian cuisine. I’ve interviewed him a few times in previous posts, and on our local grassroots KRUU radio with Steven Boss during Steve’s Great Taste Radio Show. The 5th...
by Lenora Boyle | Jan 21, 2010 | Italian Riviera-Liguria, Italy Travel
One of the many beautiful eye catching scenes that thrills me in the Italian Riviera is the colorful homes throughout the Liguria Coast–Green, blue, yellow, pink, orange, and gold. In one of Fred Plotkin’s book, Recipes from Paradise, he comments that...
by Lenora Boyle | Jul 18, 2009 | Inspiration, Italian Language, Italy Travel
This youtube video is so heart expanding to watch while you listen to three young tenors singing O Sole Mio in Italy. Italian opera is both the art of opera in Italy and opera in the Italian language. Opera was born in Italy around the year 1600 and Italian opera has...
by Lenora Boyle | Jun 22, 2009 | Cinque Terre, Italian food, Italy Travel
The next to the last village of the 5 villages (Cinque Terre) is Manarola. Although the towns are overrun by tourists , Manarola remains uncorrupted by tourism. There are only a few stores. The restaurant recommended by author Fred Plotkin, in Italy for the Gourmet...
