When you decide to pursue a new lifestyle, a healthier lifestyle, you may receive some negativity from the people around you. This is fairly common. This post is about living the sweet life despite opposition from those you love. For example, you may decide that you...
The La Dolce Vita lifestyle is luxurious but that doesn’t mean it has to be expensive. There are many ways to add little luxuries to your life for little or no money. Here are some tips for living the sweet life on a budget. Eat in Color The first thing that comes to...
You can live La Dolce Vita, the sweet life Italian style, during the Christmas holidays. Christmas in Italy is celebrated from December 8 through the day of Epiphany on January 6. Houses are decorated with lights and trees, and Christmas markets offer various foods,...
Some of my happiest memories were made around our kitchen table. We had a big thick wooden table with four chairs and a bench in the back. We still have it, actually. We lived a sweet life around the kitchen table. My mother cooked every day except Friday and...
I love the concept of Thanksgiving, of sharing a meal with friends and family and partaking in the bounty of the season. For many years I lived away from my family and made Thanksgiving feasts with friends who also weren't able or couldn't afford to fly home for the...
Pasta gets a bad rap in American culture. We're so afraid of eating the dreaded carbs that we deny ourselves the luxury and comfort of pasta. It's important to not overdo it, but if you follow the Mediterranean diet, you know that pasta is consumed in moderation. It's...
My mother always brought out the good china for holidays like Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas. We had ordinary dishes for daily life, ones that could go into the dishwasher. The same applied to our glassware. We had regular glasses for our daily iced tea and water,...
We spend so much time at work, or on our phones, or on social media. Sometimes I think the only time we get to be alone is when we are in the shower. Who are you when you are in the shower? Do you behave differently? As women we tend to put everyone else in our lives...
My mother was a great reader. Every evening she sat in her little reading nook and read a book. Sometimes it was literature, other times is was romance novels, or mysteries, my school books, anything that interested her. I'm so glad I inherited her love of reading....
As I mentioned in 14 Ways To Celebrate National Italian American Heritage Month, Italians wear sunglasses no matter what the season. At this time of year, the sun is at a low angle in the sky and can be blinding, especially when driving. Keep your eye on the prize by...
I have someone in my life right now who is getting on my last nerve. It’s almost as if they are doing it on purpose. They throw out daily little insults that seem like joking but can be really hurtful. I try to be pleasant and understanding. Sometimes I can’t...
Thank you: two little words that can mean so much. Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of life we forget to say thank you to the people closest to us. We start to take their presence for granted. Is there someone who has done you a favor recently, or listened to you...
I adore makeup, especially lipstick. Depending on the color, it can make me feel pretty, sweet, bright, mysterious, edgy, or sometimes I just want to feel moisturized. My tastes range from Bonne Bell’s Dr. Pepper Lip Smacker (soon to be discontinued in the U.S. for...
I don’t like the words “exercise” and “workout” as they seem so harsh. I prefer to use the word “movement.” We all know we should move our bodies every day, but a lot of us are stuck at a desk or in our cars, and then we are too tired to spend an hour of our lives...