How to Make Pasta for Beginners!
making pasta just like your nonna!
Year: 2019
Holiday Dressing in Italy
I love this time of year. New York to London to Milan, I love the magic lights that dazzle the streets around Christmas time. Sparkly jumpsuits, sequined skirts, I must say, my holiday looks are open put together to rival the string lights. This is the time of year where you can unabashedly shine!
Ny’s Eats: A Visit to an Italian Food Temple
Llet’s head to Bolognas very own food temple FICO Eataly and do a crash course on some of our Italian faves on my latest installation on IGTV of Ny’s Eats!
New Video! – French Cooking Lesson in Saint-Émilion
Having a dinner party? Or just want to treat yourself? Come with me to Saint-Émilon in French wine country and learn how to make this delicious 3-course meal!
New Video: Escape the Crowds in Rome – Episode 2!
Here’s my secret get away from those crowds while visiting Rome in my latest video of Far from the [Maddening] Crowds, Episode 2: Escape Rome & Spend an Afternoon Lakeside in Bracciano!
Blackamoor vs. Blackface
Like lawn jockeys you cam find in the old American south, these figures are working. Holding up a tray, a light etc. Permanent fixtures, stuck in history, contorted in servitude. But that’s not who I see in my blackamoor jewelry or moretto Veniziano. Oddly enough, the jewelry was different.
Famous in Thailand: Becoming a Black Celebrity on a Trip to Chiang Rai Video
Michele mused, “Chinese Buddha must have been black!” it was on this level!
STORYTIME: Dealing with Airport Police in Bangkok Video
“yes, this woman is calling airport police, or is she weaponizing. Is it being weaponized against me as a foreigner, or as a black American?”
Perfect Stay – the Biltmore Hotel (& New Video!)
The Biltmore has had several lives — so much Miami, Coral Gables and American history is in this building — and I have a feeling we’re there for the most recent rebirth with the renovations.
Fall Fashion – My Transition Piece
I love the mix of wools, leathers, cashmeres with lace, chiffon and bare skin from Bordeaux, to Bergamo to Brooklyn!