I'm originally from Rochester NY. I speak Italian with my husband and my in-laws. I also speak Spanish. I'm learning Dutch. And I can order meals in Portuguese, French, and German. I live in Amsterdam.

Some things I love (in no particular order): 

RHONY (the early seasons), a really good coat, bees, my nyers and amsterdamers, interiors, classic Greek tragedies, realizing I dressed appropriately for the weather. 

I read Baldwin's Giovanni's Room every summer. 

I do not like kitchen islands.