HeyJaredGillian Knows Best
Weekly guides & maps for terrific places to eat, stay & shop in Italy’s best known destinations.
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Gillian Knows Best gelato rabbit hole guide (opens the original)
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This is the fourth in what has become my annual rabbit hole guide series. Like in previous years, I will tell you about books and articles to read and podcasts to download. There is a tiny bit of gelato history and a some gelato recipes too. This is not a guide to where to find the best gelato in Rome or Venice. The words gelato and ice c
Italian Office Hours September 2026 (opens the original)
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September is my offramp from the heat induced indolence of summer onto the slow ease of shorter cooler more productive days. We began the month on Ponza jumping off boats, swimming all afternoon and staying in our beach clothes with salty hair until sunset. We returned to Venice just as the weather changed with two days of storms and wind and rain that swept away the worst of ghastly heat and brought that sparkly blue sky that makes you remember you can walk for more than a block without melting
5 Reasons Venice is perfect for solo travelers (opens the original)
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When we were checking into our room in Ponza at the beginning of the summer one of the first questions my pal Cesare asked me was when was I coming to stay in Ponza, just me? I used to spend weeks alone on the island. I love doing things by myself. One of my most favorite things in the world is going to the movies alone. Being alone in a museum is a close second. I have been married for a very long time and Mark is retired now so I don’t travel solo as often as I used to when he had an office jo
One day in Venice with a luxury journalist (opens the original)
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It’s not so easy to make new friends when you move to a new place so when set me up with her pal Jen (She is here on Substack) I eagerly said yes. Elizabeth knows her chickens and Jen and I hit off immediately. She is one of the best people to spend a day in Venice with because her journalist beat is often to review luxury hotels and restaurants in Venice. When I tag along as a +1 in-between the fancy rooftop cocktails and swanky hotel lobbies I show her some of my favorit
Trip Report: Verona (opens the original)
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I love to friend mix. Connecting people is one of my greatest skills and greatest joys. When pals who live in Florence asked if we wanted to meet them in Verona1 I got in touch with my pals who live in Verona and started plotting. Andrew and Katryna are the very best hosts. They love Verona and they love sharing their favorite places. It was hot and we had all been busy so this is a slow itinerary.<a class="button primary"
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