year in review

After a whirlwind year of new jobs, new dances, a new cat, a new tattoo, traveling in Italy, traveling in Pennsylvania, painting, cooking, writing, photographing...a girl needs a break, and time to process the end of the past year and start making plans for the new one. I'm a sentimental sap and have never been a fan of New Year's Eve - save the spumante. And I especially despise the inevitable ritual of "New Year's resolutions": lose weight, eat healthier, save more money, be more positive...everyone makes the same promises to themselves and then breaks them by the time Valentine's Day rolls around. I didn't make a single resolution last year and I don't intend to do so this year. But I can rejoice in a beautiful year well spent full of positive energy, learning experiences, new experiences, love, joy, nurturing old friendships and cultivating new ones. To all of you the five of you who read my blog, I wish you a 2013 full of good stuff, peace and happiness.

Buon anno a tutti!

January, La Veneria Reale, Torino

February, Massimo makes necci at La Panca

April, Occupazione Farsesche, Teatro Puccini, Firenze

April, i bring warmth with Sharon Estacio, Firenze

May, Mr. Winston takes a nap, Firenze

Summer, "English Through Art", Mugello

July, Roberto Benigni Tutto Dante, Santa Croce, Firenze

September, laurel tree courtesy of Joshua Ross at Mind's Eye Tattoo, Emmaus, PA

September, Decameron at University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

October, chestnut season, Palazzuolo sul Senio, Tuscany

December, Christmas with Mom and Dad, Firenze