stomping grounds...

some of our favorite places in town.

and by favorite i mean at least once a day.

but we're fatties so probably way more.

and by the way, this is the last you'll see of italy for a while!

i'm finally out of pics to show you! (i know, thank god!)

but you can expect more in 2011 :) :)

here's Paigey standing outside whatcha call an alimentari. our alimentari. kind of like a mini-market. the nicest lady in the world, Cinsina, owns it. all of the food she has was created within the town. the best blackberries i've ever tasted. little baby pears. a huge variety of honey. hand made pastas. the most flavorful whole grain bread one could imagine. and only just down the street :)

so here's the deal. i do not like ice cream. i despise it actually. but this, this is no ice-cream. this is gelato. handcrafted by the most smiliest man in the world. he just beams with bliss and, consequently, so does his gelato. nothing but joyfulness in every bite... even if you have three servings right in a row.

the very first day we were in town we stopped by for a slice of pizza. the pizza man started chatting with us in crazy-fast italian. we just smiled and nodded and told him the pizza was wonderful and for that we'd see him again the next day, or, everyday for that matter. we stuck to our word.

bar leonardi. i don't know that i can actually explain how much this place means to me... or why. all i know is that when i am sitting on this patio i am at peace, like there is no other place i would rather be.