Rocco Galatioto, nice photos and good food

In Baltimore Harbor, while looking for a place to have lunch, we entered Jimmy;s a not very fancy luncheonette. Upon entering, we were greeted by this little girl who handed us the Menus and entertained us with her comments. Absolutely delightful.

Plates outside a ceramic store in Scopello.

We went to Scopello near Castellammare where the sea boulders look a lot like Capri's. It was lunch time and all appeared closed. We entered the baglio, or the courtyard that housed all the old dwellings and saw Il baglio a restaurant that was open. f course we let the owner, a pleasant woman decide the menu for us. It began with a caponata that she had just made. Fantastic. I had the couscous with fish - this is the way couscous is prepared in Sicily- while my wifew had the pasta alle vongole veraci, a clam sauce that is simplicity itself. The secondo was a dish of misto fritto that we shared. It was realy a delicious and unexpected lunch. I must return here this summer.

A view taken from under the Ponte Scalzi. You got to love Italy. On the day we arrived, the coaches that run from the airport to Piazzale Roma not running because of a strike. On the second day, the vaporetti were on strike as part of a 24 hour national transportation strike but there was kimited service from the ferrovia, the RR station, to Rialto. Of course, there being a strike no one bothered with tickets so the ride was free. This shot is from just before the station and just after passing the Scalzi Bridge in late afternoon. Venice is just magical.

Sicily in the winter and spring is very green and colourful. This is the Fraginesi area of the territory of Castellammare del Golfo. The cows appear to be swimming in this beautiful field of daisies.

This is my neighbor Signora Nuccia preparing fresh fava beans for a minestra. She is a very sweet person who cannot do enough to show her friendship.

It was artichoke season while we were in Venice and they were everywhere.

Shot in Genova. This little girl is the granddaughter of a friend. She surely enjoyed her gelato.

The flavor is not to be believed. That's waht we had for dessert. The ricotta is imported from Palermo and is made from sheep's milk. The pastry shop is Alba Bakery in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Fantastic