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Michelle Damiani

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Welcome to a corner of the internet where Italy, storytelling, and savoring life meet. Whether you’re dreaming of your next trip, exploring Italian roots, or just looking for a more delicious way to live, you’ll find inspiration here. Want the newest essays, travel tips, and recipes before anyone else? They always land first in The Grapevine.

March 03, 2021

Becoming Heidi

March 03, 2021/ Michelle Damiani
Becoming Heidi

Can what you read as a child change you?

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February 26, 2021

Eating on Alpine Time

February 26, 2021/ Michelle Damiani
Eating on Alpine Time

What I’ve learned about eating in Switzerland.

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February 15, 2021

Sledding in heart of Switzerland

February 15, 2021/ Michelle Damiani
Sledding in heart of Switzerland

Who knew that mountain fun could be had in Switzerland, even for non-skiers?

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February 11, 2021

Surprised by Switzerland

February 11, 2021/ Michelle Damiani
Surprised by Switzerland

I’m glad I didn’t prepare for this.

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    • Gabe's Blog
    • Italian Cats and Hidden Madonnas
  • Coaching/
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Michelle Damiani

Website for Michelle Damiani, author of Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center, the funny and heartfelt memoir of an American family living in Spello, as well as Santa Lucia, a page-turner set on the Umbria border. 

Rumors. Romance. And more than a little espresso.

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🙋🏻‍♀️Raise your hand if Angelo is your favorite “character” in my memoir of living in Italy. PS, did any of you note the dedication in my last book? I can’t wait to bring it to him in October ❤️ PS check out the video in my st
The question I get most from readers—more than How did your family move to Italy? or How did you find Spello?—is this: How do you write a book in a month? As Grapevine readers know (sign up in my link in bio so you don’t miss a tri
Il Bel Centro readers… when you first met Gabe he looked like this. Today he looks like this. NINETEEN YEARS OLD. Which I think makes him a man? No way. He’s always our Gabey Babey.
I am a third of the way through my latest manuscript and feel like I need to pick my head up and fill you in. This cozy mystery rotates on a truffle axis, which is a blast to write, but would not have been possible without the education gleaned from
NOT ONLY will October’s Book Club with a View go to Umbria, but also Florence (tour is full, but let me know if you want a spot on the waiting list!). I wonder if you can guess what’s on our reading list 🤗 PS, you’re gonna see this
So excited to return to Umbria in October, this time with our Book Club with a View! The trip filled soon after I announced it in January’s Grapevine (check my link in bio to not miss a trick), but let me know if you want more information or a
This snowstorm is the perfect time to begin my dozenth book. What, dozenth isn’t a word? As someone on her dozenth book, I feel like we can also use it as a verb “I am dozening” “I’ve dozened.” I stand by it! Dozen
From the top of the Boot, to the tip of its winsome heel, and everywhere in between…what I love about Italy is the layers. Of history, of humanity, of color, of rock. Glorious, isn’t it? Photos 1) Spello 2) Dolomiti 3) Polignano a Mare.

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Festival participant, speaking about “Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center”

Festival participant, speaking about “Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center”

Featured speaker on panel discussing Romance for “Santa Lucia”

Featured speaker on panel discussing Romance for “Santa Lucia”