Monthly Archives: October 2017

Venice!

October 13, 2017 · by JJD · in Architecture, Family, Italy, Travel · 1 Comment

Fifteen years since I first came to Venice. I’m no longer a college student (too poor to do more than read Great Expectations on the piazza while other people ate dinner), but the city is still just as magical.

Towers, churches, and polenta dolce in Bergamo’s Citta Alta

October 13, 2017 · by JJD · in Architecture, Art, Family, Food, Italy, Travel · Leave a comment

I’m in Italy this weekend with my twin sister, Heather, and her husband and in-laws. The in-laws are living in Milan as mission presidents, but they took a break from presidential duties to show us around. We started out this morning with a stop in Bergamo, where we spent an hour or so exploring the […]

When you get to Italy

October 13, 2017 · by JJD · in Food, Italy, Travel · Leave a comment

The first thing you do is make home made bruschetta. Yummm.

San Francisco

October 13, 2017 · by JJD · in San Francisco, Travel, Work · Leave a comment

You know that feeling when you spend a beautiful weekend in a place with your boyfriend and your best friend, and then get sucked into a week of meetings and lose the will to blog? Sigh. So I’m just going to put a pin in San Francisco and come back to it later.