Comments on: Italian Idylls with Frances Mayes http://www.bookishdark.com/2006/08/italian-idylls-with-frances-mayes/ She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:31:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kaizerin http://www.bookishdark.com/2006/08/italian-idylls-with-frances-mayes/comment-page-1/#comment-226 kaizerin Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:00:16 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=66#comment-226 I'll warn you, they'll make you long for that villa in Positano so hard, you'll be making a reservation deposit before you know it. (And if you do, let me know the dates, and I'll start making vacation arrangements...) :) Anyone got a good <em>limoncello</em> recipe? I’ll warn you, they’ll make you long for that villa in Positano so hard, you’ll be making a reservation deposit before you know it. (And if you do, let me know the dates, and I’ll start making vacation arrangements…) :)

Anyone got a good limoncello recipe?

]]> By: CAS http://www.bookishdark.com/2006/08/italian-idylls-with-frances-mayes/comment-page-1/#comment-223 CAS Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:47:17 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=66#comment-223 Ahh, Italia! *sighs* I am now sold on picking up a copy of this striaght away! Thanks for the solid review!!! Ahh, Italia! *sighs* I am now sold on picking up a copy of this striaght away! Thanks for the solid review!!!

]]> By: kaizerin http://www.bookishdark.com/2006/08/italian-idylls-with-frances-mayes/comment-page-1/#comment-174 kaizerin Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:33:35 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=66#comment-174 Oh, absolutely. Ramona, she makes ME want to landscape, and you know I don't go outside. Ever. :-) I'll be hunting up copies of her other books, for sure. And I'll bring Bella Tuscany to you when I see you in MN, OK? Oh, absolutely. Ramona, she makes ME want to landscape, and you know I don’t go outside. Ever. :-)

I’ll be hunting up copies of her other books, for sure. And I’ll bring Bella Tuscany to you when I see you in MN, OK?

]]> By: Ramona the Dreamer http://www.bookishdark.com/2006/08/italian-idylls-with-frances-mayes/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Ramona the Dreamer Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:50:40 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=66#comment-173 I, too, found the book so much better than the movie. Tho' I did re-watch the movie after reading the book. (And kept trying to add scenes to the movie that I thought I'd seen the first time, before realizing I had seen (scene) them in the book! She does such a beautiful job of describing the Tuscan life. Yes, it has to be more romantic than an Iowa farmhouse. I am looking forward to reading Bella Tuscany. Perhaps I will be inspired to tackle my own yard again. Certainly if she can make me want to cook (and she does), she can make me want to landscape! I, too, found the book so much better than the movie. Tho’ I did re-watch the movie after reading the book. (And kept trying to add scenes to the movie that I thought I’d seen the first time, before realizing I had seen (scene) them in the book! She does such a beautiful job of describing the Tuscan life. Yes, it has to be more romantic than an Iowa farmhouse. I am looking forward to reading Bella Tuscany. Perhaps I will be inspired to tackle my own yard again. Certainly if she can make me want to cook (and she does), she can make me want to landscape!

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