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This past weekend a wonderful and amazing thing happend while visiting Toronto with my husband, but first, let me start at the beginning. While visiting the beautiful city of Florence, one of the most popular and famous of all places to experience, is the pastry shop called Gilli, located in the Piazza della Repubblica. Everything about is sheer class. The marble counters, gleaming cutlery, silver napkin holders and quiet elegance felt the minute you walk through the doors. This lovely putti vase holding fresh flowers on a hand made doily was just one of the little details too delicious to miss!   The Piazza della Repubblica is one of the most glorious piazzas in Florence, it is where one goes to see and be seen!! In the early evening,  the people of Florence embrace the daily ritual of the evening stroll with style and much aplomb. Wearing the lastest fashions, and walking arm in arm, the outside cafe at Gilli has been a must destination for locals as well as tourists for years. T

After a little absence of two weeks, returning home from Italy, I decided to write a short personal post. Normally, I prefer to keep it more of a professional blog rather than a personal one, but I came away from this visit to Italy where I was born with a bitter sweet feeling of sadness as well as happiness. The two alabaster busts in this photo remind me of my sister and I when we were young. I just had to purchase them at a recent auction, and I am happy to say, they went for a song. We went to Italy together, with our cousin, who is like our sister. Our little village where we were born off in the distance, as seen through the leaves of the beautiful olive trees which dot the landscape everywhere. Our family's property in the foreground as it appears today.Meticulous rows of well tended vines, and those gorgeous cypress trees. My Mom left for Canada with the two of us to meet our father. The voyage took ten days by ship. I was two years old and my sister Micki was only two