If I say the words- Tuscany, food, Diane Lane… and the film, “Under the Tuscan Sun”….   Most of us sigh and remember the film well. …..the beauty of Cortona, Italy and the images of her cooking up sumptuous dishes in the midst of construction works on the villa she had…

What do you wear at the weekend? Brunch with girlfriends? Special occasion lunch at a winery? The house dress when you come home to relax? Or is it jeans and sweats most of the weekend? Comfort matters to me  and since I retired the need to look ” corporate” has…

Getting older doesn’t mean wearing old lady clothes! The days of pearls, twin-sets and sensible shoes are over… or at least the “comfortable” shoes are funky red sneakers and leopard print boots. At Viva70 we spent a wonderful day with Evelyn Wilfling learning about style in fashion and home interiors….

This week we welcome a new Creative Contributor to our Viva Community. Inge Hatton lives in Canada. Here’s her story……. In 1998, I was single, my children were away at Graduate School, I had sold the family home, was still working as a Cognitive Behavioural (CB)  psychotherapist and I was…

Myanmar had never really been on my list of “must see” countries….until my daughter and her family moved there. As a solo traveller it would be great to have a home base, and insider knowledge of where to go and what to see. My first few days were spent in…

This is the final article in our series about the region of Umbria in Italy. Last week I was able to catch up with Linda Linhart who is a creative collaborator with VIVA70. What a wonderful evening! Linda has recently returned from a trip to Umbria and we shared stories…

Hi! It’s Linda Linhart here continuing the series of articles about travels in Italy. A great response to the last article on  Loving Lucca, so thank you. Today we head to the beautiful region of Umbria and its major city, Perugia. It’s in central Italy and right next door to the…

Viva 70 brings you  a series of conversations with people doing interesting things in their later years (50- 85 plus). This week I caught up with Linda Linhart who’s just returned from spending a month in Italy. Linda tell us a little about yourself and why this trip to Lucca?…

Strolling along a café strip the other day I looked up to see a woman dressed in a 60’s style black shift dress, low leopard print heels and carrying a black straw bag. It was a hot day and her grey hair was pinned into a messy up-do. Rose gold…