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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Lido Beach Club Revisited



WALK IDEA:  This idea came from a young couple staying at La Lombarda. They told me they had walked the 3 kilometers from Stresa to Baveno, along the Lungolago, then along the main road that connects the two towns. There is either a sidewalk or small shoulder to walk on for all but a short strip of the way. They found Lido Beach Club by taking a right at the fork on the main road in front of the Dino Hotel. They ate lunch at Lido Beach Club in its beautiful tent-covered restaurant, and then, eventually, they took the ferry boat back to Stresa.

I thought, what a great idea for a nice relaxing walk and day! Soon after that conversation with my young guests I found myself at Lido, noticing all that's new this year there, and reading through their new brochure:

An oasis for the senses, a place of pleasure of meeting where attention to detail is of essence and nothing is left to chance. Elegant and refined, the Lido is surrounded by a beach complete with deck chairs and parasols, a splendid lawn, a bar open from the morning and a restaurant decorated with simplicity and elegance. The kitchen, researched and Mediterranean cuisine, where the ingredients are of fresh produce market, where the tasty dishes will indulge the client in the discovery of new flavors.

I have left in the cute translation errors, but I know you get the idea. Lido is a full-service beach club, where you can come for the day and feel as if you're in an island resort. Or come for lunch... or come for drinks and aperitivo... 

Aperitivo!
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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Stresa Festival 2014 Calendar



Summer visitors, here they are!   All the engagements for the Stresa Festival 2014. This year's festival has been given the name "Music on the Move." Events begin on July 24 with the Jazz Concerts and end on September 6 with the last of the "Music on the Move" concerts.

What's new this year?
Six Midsummer Jazz Concerts during the weekend of July 24 through July 27, an increase from four in previous years .

New this year, you can buy your tickets online, AND, download the ticket pdf onto your smartphone to show at the door. No more need to print a ticket.

Downloadable brochures of the concert schedule and artist information.

Concert 1000!  Friday, August 22, 2014 marks the first concert of the 2014 season, but it also marks the 1000th concert ever of the Stresa Festival. To celebrate the event, Stresa Festival director Gianandrea Noseda will lead the orchestra and choir of the Teatro Regio di Torino in a special performance at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Stresa. 

A new promotional video:

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Monday, May 12, 2014

Restaurant: Antica Osteria Il Monte Rosso -- Michelin Two-Fork Restaurant, Five-Star View



Just want to share with you the cuuuutest menu that I have ever seeeeen. After the Tulip Festival at Villa Taranto we went to dine at Antica Osteria il Monte Rosso, on the lake in the Suna part of Verbania. They brought us up to their open balcony, which you reach by climbing a metal spiral staircase, and when we sat they presented each of us with a small wooden box. 1854 is the year the restaurant opened.

Opening the latch and the lid, we each found a collection of items: magnifying glass, old postcards, and a bit of dried flowers bound in a ribbon.

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Restaurant: La Rosa Dei Venti




It's been a busy weekend working on our various projects and greeting lovely guests arriving at La Lombarda, so we stayed close to home always, and had dinner one of the evenings at La Rosa dei Venti, a restaurant directly on the lake, almost across from the boat station, that I had not yet been to. It was recommended to us by Massimo at Buscion while we were there having a pre-dinner aperitivo of a nice Tuscan red, and so we took his advice. We had no reservation, and were lucky to get a table, as it was quite full. Some might call it old-school, even old-fashioned, and I guess, in decoration and manner, it is. It's been here a long time. So the look isn't an attempt to recapture an era, it's the real deal. And some nights old-school old-fashioned is just right. 

La Rosa dei Venti is on the short stretch of main road in Stresa that is not dedicated to the large grand hotels. Walking to the boat station from the center of town, turn right at the main road instead of left. On these streets you'll find Gigi Bar, Savoy, some lovely antique and clothing shops, and also this restaurant. Entering through a glass-paned wooden-door into a vestible, the restaurant then opens into a large open space with cloth-draped square tables relatively close together. Once we were seated it felt very comfortable, warm, reminded me of places from long ago. Decoration on the wood-paneled walls consists of old paintings of scenes, some local, some of other sites in Italy, while the back wall is lined with shelves and bottles of wine.

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