For all readers of this blog, I feel that I must explain. I haven’t written for a couple of years. The blog became too sad for me. I have gone through so many changes from the hopeful beginnings of a wide-eyed traveler looking for love in a strange city, and I now find myself in an entirely different moment. I found love, and then lost it. I had a child, lived in Italy, went to baking and pastry school and eventually when it all became too much, I went back to California for the past year to recover from a breakup and rupture of life as I knew it. I was steeped in weariness and broken beyond recognition. But I held onto hope that I would rediscover myself and find, once again, a positive outlook.

So here I am, having just returned to Florence after a yearlong absence and ready to rekindle my love of the city, the country and life. In turn, I wanted to essentially erase the past and begin again in words as well as in life. So I have taken away all of the posts that were what made this blog what it was, and I am starting fresh and turning over a new leaf in what I want this to be. I want to write about the amazing parts of the city, of an Italian life and life as a mamma. I want to show the food, the culture and how with just an ounce of belief, life can be shaped the way we want. So onward into a bright future and exciting present. If you have followed me until now and enjoyed what the blog was, I hope you can enjoy what it will become. If not, all love and fare thee well, but I have faith that this is the right direction.

Thanks for reading and much love.

Update: After much deliberation, I have decided to repost all of the old posts. What better way to move into the future than to accept the past?