Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day to you and your family!  Today, I have to acknowledge my father Peter (pictured with me at Piazza Armerina in 2015) for helping cultivate my love and passion for Sicily, my connection to which is because of his side of my family. He’s also behind the scenes of Experience Sicily each week,…

A Kid in a Pastry Shop

A kid in a pastry shop–better than a candy story, I think. A little nostalgia for today: my dad’s birthday–and in anticipation of Father’s Day (US) on Sunday. Here’s my father Peter at 8 years old in Bagheria at my great uncle’s pasticerria Bar Aurora. Written on the back of the photograph, my uncle Stefano…