I Love It... aly.

I'll state the obvious:

I want a house in Italy...

This isn't an original idea...

others have bought them first,

and I know your own dreams 
would probably fall in line somewhere close by.

I just want a small place 

that I can go to fall 

into the rhythm 

of daily piazza life.

A place to someday take my kids,
where they'll learn to love gnocchi,

and sputter out their Americanized-Italian to the kids next door.

A place where my friends can take the keys, 

and slip away from busy work weeks amidst wine & sunshine.

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A place that Tyler & I can enjoy our memories from when we were younger,

and place that is consistent through the years.

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The dreamer that I am, 

finds solace and inspiration in these places...

Palazzo Pizzo- the blog of a family remodeling a house in Southern Italy.

 An honest diary of an old palace on a wall along the coast 

being remodeled via correspondence from Germany 

to their faithful Italian contractor, Angelo.

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Or check out the swanky-ex-Armani offices-turned-palazzo in Milan 

featured in the New York Times this week.

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When I read Under the Tuscan Sun, I felt like I was on a vacation...

{well, I actually was in Palm Beach on vacation}

the book offers a much sweeter story than the movie.

Sometimes, I find a nice bowl of pasta to be quite delicious inspiring, too.

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Oh man, do I love Italy. 

Where would you 

want to have 

a home-away-from-home?