Wednesday We are all off truffle hunting today.  We start early as it is a bit of a drive to San Giovanni d’Asso.  We are to meet the famous lawyer and white truffle hunter “Fabio Capitani”.  The ride is smooth as we wend our way through the countryside so familiar…

Our travels continue on day three of our eight day food and wine tour of Tuscany. Enjoy the journey……! Tuesday This morning we head out to “Il Casale”, between Pienza and Montepulciano.  Il Casale is an organic farm owned by a Swiss family, Urich and Sandra Schmidig along with their…

Come Travelling!…we continue our week long virtual food and wine tour of Tuscany with Maureen…. Monday I know that it is early.  I can hear the morning birds singing outside.  I fling open the window and smile, yes this is Italy and I am here…finally.  I look up at the…

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…