Stay near Campo d’ Fiori, it’s got a great fresh produce market in the mornings where you can collect fruit, veggies, cheese and meats for breakfast. The square is also home to the bakery
Il Forno di Campo de' Fiori which sells a delicious range of fresh bread and pizza slices. Try the tomato and garlic – simple but the best. Wonder up to Piazza Navona.
You can get lost in the little lanes filled with a great range of independent stores including the gorgeous MAM boutique (Via Delle Coppelle, 73A).
Lunch at
Cul de Sac (Piazza Pasquino, just near Piazza Navona), a tiny local wine bar with an endless selection of cheese and wine!
Stroll up to Villa Borghese, you can walk through the beautiful gardens or hire a number of bikes, go carts or ‘assisted’ four wheel bikes. I say assisted tentatively as the motors don’t necessarily work up hill!
Sample the gelato at any number of stores like Giolitti (Via Uffici del Vicario, 40) a huge selection and generous serves if you have the patience to wait your turn; or Il Gelato San Crispino (Via della Panetteria, 42) which is famous for not using any preservatives, they have a great selection of creamy rich meringue filled flavours and unusual fruit sorbets like plum and fig.
Drink at Palatium near the Spanish Steps (Via Frattina, 94); a great selection of wines, you can fill up a plate with marinated olives from the bar to sample while you drink. The bar showcases products from Lazio which you can sample there or take away. Unusually modern interior for Rome, you’ll need to book if you want to stay for dinner.
Splurge on a night at
Villa Laetitia and admire the beautiful original fashion sketches and interiors.
Carry a good map or a phone with Google maps! Most fold out maps omit the smaller and best streets.
Wear sensible shoes, those cobble stone streets will kill your feet!
Enjoy!
The Crab and Green car is Tess’s favourite (second image)
We love the way the image continues over the 2 plates.
The Danks Street Festival was buzzing today as was the first Designers Market at Pyd (Cnr Young and Phillip St, Waterloo). Their car park was transformed into a bustling showcase of local design; wall art (stretched fabric, vinyl graphics, lino prints), fashion (jewellery, accessories and mini-me-style liberty print kids clothes) and furniture (vintage and Zaishu seats below).
Based in Paddington (Sydney) Mr Rose creates beautiful Australian Made shirts specifically tailored for women - finally! Carefully crafted to compliment your curves they boast a perfect fit with no gape! If you get the opportunity to visit the store you'll meet the divine Sasha and see her delicate, hand-crafted fabric flowers. We love this image below; the quirky illustration reveals the alter-ego of the model.
We got out and about on Friday for some inspiration for the new range. We visited the Art Gallery of NSW and checked out the new Monet and the Impressionists exhibition, well worth a visit.
If you get along to the gallery check out the gallery shop it's got a great mix of products including Apple & Bee bathroom bags, Only Midge handbags and a great show case of Polli!
This pair of mechanical wings move with beautiful balance, you could watch them for hours.
If you were watching the ABC on Tuesday night you would have caught Risking Our Kids, a fantastic documentary by Judy Rymer and Bevan Childs. The doco focuses on Professor Fiona Stanley's fight for the next generations health and wellbeing. If you looked really closely you might have also seen the inspiring Prof. Stanley wearing Polli Stream earrings!
