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Valentina and I recently recorded a podcast on the ways that we raise our kids in a bilingual and trilingual environmen and it's worth nothing that there is no "right way" but more doing it your way.
Eight days over 36°C, the rising cost of staying cool, and why the "lemon dress" doesn't match our sweaty reality. Also my personal reading list and what to eat when it's too hot to think.
Hiding from the summer temperatures, navigating the anxiety of the creative hustle, and the concept of Italy's "nonni economy".
What happens when you stop couching the bad with the good.
From free healthcare myths to the mafia romanticization — a long-term resident and a born-and-raised Italian compare notes.
Italian homes is the theme of this week's podcast, chosen family is family, and why communication is everything. Plus five cool events in Florence if you like wine and workshops
The Tuscany No One Is Promoting (and thank god) is the theme for this week's podcast
A ponte, on being a soppy mess on your daughter's birthday, a 90 year old artisan fair, and a garden full of irises: Florence is doing its absolute most this weekend
Skip the over-hyped wine windows and seek out a wine library instead — along with the independent bookshops that give Florence its soul plus where to find your literary community
Friday notes from Florence covers the Italian mother myth, who carries the cost of keeping the warmth alive, and five things worth doing in Florence this weekend
