WHERE I WAS: ROME

 

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Rome is one the few cities that whenever I visit, I want to return to my favorite haunts instead of exploring new ones. It’s a place that delivers consistency, quality, elegance, history and culture at every twist and turn.

It rewards the rambling, and I do ramble between my beloved spots, like a boomerang enjoying a detour. My best discoveries have unveiled themselves to me whenever I’ve ignored the fastest route. 

Even though its often over-crowded touristed streets drive me crazy, I am homesick for it even while writing this.

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WHERE I WAS: ROME
WHERE I WAS: ROME

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

WHAT I SAW: ROME
WHAT I SAW: ROME

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.

WHERE I STAYED: ROME
WHERE I STAYED: ROME
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...
WHERE I ATE: ROME
WHERE I ATE: ROME

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.

WHAT I BOUGHT: ROME
WHAT I BOUGHT: ROME

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.

WHO I FILMED: ROME
WHO I FILMED: ROME
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...