Choosing Sicily People ask me every day on one of my social media platforms, why I chose Sicily to settle. I tend to return with a simple “why not?” The reality is that Sicily chose me, many years ago. I had a then 6 year old and I was struggling to build my business to the heights I ...
Why I Chose to Buy a House in Sicily.
How to make Homemade Butter
Have you ever made homemade butter? If not, let me be the first to tell you how easy it is to make deliciously creamy, homemade butter. It only takes 1 main ingredient and you will have homemade butter in no time. And let me also add, it is quite impressive to serve when you're having guests ...
Closing on my home in Sicily, Italy
Yesterday, I arrived back stateside from a one week trip to Mussomeli, Sicily to close on my 2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 1300 square foot vacation home. My closing was set for Wednesday, November 17th at 230pm. I landed in Palermo at 11 and proceeded to rent a car and make the 60 mile drive to the ...
What is an Apostille Anyway?
What is an apostille? That was my question too when my agent sent me over the power of attorney and told me that a notary needed to notarize and apostille it. Admittedly, I'd never heard of an apostille. But, looking at the sample document, it appeared to be a document certifying that the notary was ...
For the Love of Unfitted Kitchen
Unfitted kitchens.To be transparent, until recently I had never heard the term. I just saw one for the first time in 2012 when spending 3 months in Italy. One of the AirBnB's that we stayed at was a 13th century farm house in Tuscany and it was an unfitted kitchen though I wouldn't have called it ...
