Follow Me in Umbria
Suzanne resting on Monte Acuto.
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Ciao a tutti,
I am writing to you from my old apartment in Umbria, in the town of Umbertide. If you subscribe to my blog, you’ll be able to follow me along on my month-long journey—I’ll be posting recipes, travel tips, restaurant reviews, photos, and more. If you subscribe via email between now and August 3, 2010, you will be eligible to win an autographed copy of my book, The Dog Who Ate the Truffle: A Memoir of Stories and Recipes from Umbria. Every Monday, I will draw a name from my list of subscribers. I will notify the winner via email each week, but I will ship the book in September.
Bill (my SO) and I just returned from Bevagna, a small town in the famous Montefalco wine region where sagrantino grapes are grown. We spent the day at the town’s Mercato delle Gaite, a festival where the entire town turns into a marketplace and “theatre” of the trades from the Middle Ages. Tomorrow I will post photos and tell you more about it.
La Rocca in historic downtown Umbertide.
By the way, Thomas Dunne Books is releasing my book on August 17, 2010. I’ll be doing book signings around the San Francisco Bay Area and in Washington DC. And I will be one of the authors featured by the National Press Club at their Book Fair in DC on November 9. Hope to see you at a signing or event (see my blog for details).
Please pass this email along to friends who might be interested. If you are already a subscriber, grazie mille!
Ciao ciao, Suzanne
Note: Winners’ names will be removed from future drawings. Each subscriber may win only one book.
Suzanne I am so excited to follow you along in your travels, what a great idea. I signed up for your RSS feed that is how I spotted your post. Ciao ciao, Toni
Ciao Toni,
I am behind in emails so this seems like a good idea, if I can get people to look! Say “Hi” to everyone.
Hi Suzanne and Bill!!! So glad U are there!!! Wish U the best!!!! Big Kiss!!!
So excited to vicariously traveling with you!
Great idea for your book give-away.
Thanks for this wonderful blog–now I can feel as though I am in Italy, too! With love, Lisa
Ciao Lisa, thanks so much. Nice to hear from you. It would be great fun if you were here too. I fondly remember our times together at IFEC! A presto, Suzanne
I cannot wait to have the books to give away!
Cara Natalia, I think of you so often. Bill and I miss you! I hope to have time to write you a long email soon, but right now I am busy here in Umbria. Lots to do. We are having fun. More later. Big kiss to you. Miss you! Mom