Tag Archives: Rivoire

the café crawl

The temperature is dropping, the winds are picking up and rainy season is settling in. Spooning your laptop and a space heater in your bed is becoming more and more alluring. But you’re in Florence! You have a dome to conquer, masterpieces to entertain, leather to splurge on, and a whirlwind romance awaiting you. But as […]

walking tour: christmas in florence

When I was four I saw Miracle on 34th Street for the first time. I decided then and there that surely nothing could be more magical than New York City at Christmastime. Over the next twenty years of watching holiday romantic comedies I wove an elaborate NYC holiday fantasy that involved ice-skating at Rockefeller Center, Christmas shopping […]

photo by Hannah

piazza della signoria part 1

Piazza della Signoria – duh. If you left your Florence trip planning in the hands of a kindergartner he or she would make this piazza the first stop on your itinerary. So why are Meg and I, two seasoned Florentine explorers, telling you about something your 5-year-old nephew could? Because let’s be honest, if you’re the […]