I am eternally beholden to Naples. Indeed, many of us are. Pizza has been my saviour many times, in sickness and in health, in many outings with friends, and at various parties where not much else was edible. Of course, the pizza at my local pizzeria falls short of its traditional cousin – the marvellous […]

Italy is synonymous with good food, wine, fashion, and a singular joy for life that cannot be found elsewhere on Earth. The name evokes the fragrance of warm pasta, topped with cheese, pizzas in large coal fired ovens, and the visions of sun burnt mountain sides and rows and rows of olive trees. Located in […]

Hot summer days make all of us long for the beach. There’s this burning desire to let the cool water cleanse you of the perspiration dripping down your skin. A few feet away, the sea sparkled, glittered, and beckoned me. The beach at Kashid is soft, like a newborn’s tender skin, the kind where I […]

The sun was beating down on us as the driver parked the car. “It’s hot,” my sister complained as we alighted and my mother threw her a long-suffering look. I had to concur with her on her statement. It was indeed very hot, but I was in no mood to rile my mother any further. […]

The first part of this post can be found here.“No!” my friend wailed as she read the newspapers, “Manneys is closing down!” “What?” I thundered, leaning over to snatch the newspaper from her. There were similar groans of disappointment in our general vicinity as the news spread. Sadness could not even cover the depth of […]