Mimi Torchia Boothby

Passionately Pink 2010

Two of my paintings were accepted into this, my first juried show. If you’re in the area, I’d love it if you could stop by. The opening day for an art show is always fun; there is food, drink and merriment. Click on the thumbnails below to see the paintings I have entered in the…

October 16, 2010

La Toscana

On our drive back to Podenzano from Napoli, Elena and Enzo decided to take me to two towns in Tuscany; Montalcino and Siena. Montalcino is famous for their wine, particularly for their Brunello. Being a teetotaler myself, I had never heard of Brunello, but I looked forward to Elena and Enzo trying the degustazione (or…

October 11, 2010

Caterina

As a result of my gift of a portrait I did of my recently deceased cousin to his widow, I suddenly have a few more commissions. The reactions of my Italian cousins to the gifted portrait was “Oh, will you paint a picture of my (daughter, son, parents)?” And so I must introduce you to…

October 10, 2010

Le Castagne – Chestnuts

In Calabria, once upon a time before there were tomatoes (there was a time like this!) and before there was inexpensive pasta, people subsisted on Chestnuts – there was little else so readily available to stave off starvation in the wintertime. They boiled them with other vegetables, they dried them and ground them up for…

October 9, 2010

A day in Milan

I started my Italian Adventure in Milan where Elena works. We left Podenzano at 6:30 in the morning and were on a train heading to Milan shortly after 7. Next we had to take two subway trains the last of which deposited us close to her office. Her coworker drew me a quick map and…

October 8, 2010