A Tour of the Tables … with a few accordion players, sexy Italians and tango’ing travelers to boot

Table Tour Oct 2011 42 180x130 A Tour of the Tables ... <em>with a few accordion players, sexy Italians and tangoing travelers to boot </em>

The culmination of a year of collaboration with my Calabrian Table Tour partner-in-crime, Tania Pascuzzi (In Italy Tours), paid off last week as we welcomed seven bright-eyed adventurers into our favorite little corner of Italy.

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Calabria or Bust!?!

Posted on: May 5, 2011

calabria tour tropea 180x130 Calabria or Bust!?!

Regular readers might have heard about a funky food tour I have been working on for October (see green line above). It’s been a long time in the making and my partner-in-crime, fellow expat in Calabria, friend and cooking class connoisseur, Tania Pascuzzi (In Italy Tours) and I have poured our blood, sweat and tears-or vino rosso, bianco and rosato, if you prefer-into the tour.

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Calabria Top 10 and why top 10 lists don’t suck

Posted on: Mar 8, 2011

calabria travel top 10 Calabria Top 10 <em>and why top 10 lists dont suck</em>

I recently purged my list of accepted stumblers over at StumbleUpon and ixnayed three or four self-promoters who had, in less than a month, sent me a combined 100+ articles to “please thumb up.” If you aren’t a stumbler, this might be lost on you, but I mention it today for a reason.

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