Cindy and Andrea's Wedding
These days I've gotten totally addicted to the Showtime series The Borgias , about the intrigues of the notorious 15th century Papal family. Now, some people watch the show for the back-stabbing, the political underminings, the betrayals...not me. I watch it for one reason: Italy. You just gotta love it. And it's totally been making me nostalgic for Italy, in general, and the Veneto region, in particular, where my best friend got married last fall. It still feels like a dream that not long ago I packed up my 9 month old and a single backpack and left my then two-year-old and and equally helpless husband to fend for themselves for two weeks while I crossed the ocean to dive headlong into the world of proscuitto and prosecco. An unexpected European adventure with my little James. And what an adventure! The Italians were so kind and generous in helping me with James, waitresses and lovely grandmas generously offered to carry him while I ate and worked on weddi...