Virtual Postcards Rome

Rome is one the few cities that whenever I visit, I want to return to my favorite haunts instead of exploring new ones.

Nestled within the grand Villa Borghese which itself sits within the larger Borghese Gardens (rent a bike while there to explore its many paths offering scenic views, fountains and people-watching) the Galleria Borghese merits a first time and hundredth time visit.

Hotel Margutta 19  Located on one of our favorite cobblestone streets in Rome: Via Margutta: The elegant, intimate lobby is a wonderful restorative respite from day time wanderings. The breakfast served on the garden patio is divine. You pass sleek...

Even in the airport, the food looks like this! A fresh harbinger of what’s to come when you taste all of Rome’s hearty, delicious delights.

There are so many artisans still working away in this city… who knows how much longer? Celebrate their craft by engaging with them. You’ll be the richer.

Designer Teodora Diana Montanaro lives just outside the city on Appica Antica, one of the most historic roads in the world, lined with pine and cypress tress, fragments of aqueducts and villas. Visiting her bucolic family home felt like going...

After seeing an exhibit on female artists active in Rome from the 16th-19th century, it felt fantastically fated that I then met former fashion model, Rosalina, Rome’s celebrated female shoe shiner. I passed right by her tiny shop after the...