The Uffizi
Gluttons for fine art will find their satisfying fill in Florence. Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Durer, Caravaggio…all present and accounted for. Our collective visual lexicon is resplendent with pieces amassed by the masterwork-collecting Medici family -- many of which you can see in the (soft, supple, renaissance) flesh -- in the Uffizi galleries.

Cinema Paradiso
An Academy Award winning study in relationships and romance -- all in sensual-sounding Italian (with subtitles). With a heart-achingly evocative soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, this film handily dispels Casablanca’s postulate that “a kiss is just a kiss.”

Divine Designers
Can’t narrow it down, so I’ll alphabetize:
Armani, Cavalli, Cerruti, Dell’Acqua, Fendi, Ferragamo, Ferretti, Gucci, Missoni, Peretti, Prada, Pucci, Ricci, Schiaparelli, Valentino and Versace (both Donatella and Gianni).

Molto, molto bene!