Artist Caroline Zimmermann captures the essence of Italy with each stroke of her paintbrush.

Caroline Zimmermann
P.O. Box 4955, Laguna Beach, CA 92652
www.crowzone.com

Hotel manager Kirk Lemley brings the American spa experience to the famed thermal springs of Italy.

Kirk Lemley
Terme di Saturnia
58050 Saturnia (Grosseto), Italy
+39 564 601 061
www.termedisaturnia.com

Texans Bill and Patty Sutherland invite people to get wrist-deep in pasta dough in the kitchens of the best regional cooks of Tuscany.

Bill and Patty Sutherland
Tuscan Women Cook
Podere Poggio Castagni, 53040 Montefollonico, Italy
05 77 66 9444
www.tuscanwomencook.com

Fashion designer Rebecca Moses trades in her hectic New York lifestyle for love in the quiet hills of Valsesia.

Rebecca Moses
Rebecca.moses@lorafesta.it

Thom Price rocks the boat as an American gondola builder in Venice.

Thom Price
Squero Canaletto
Cannaregio 6301, 30100 Venezia, Italy
+39 347 016 3711
www.squero.com

California winemaker Lawrence Cronin shows the world something new about traditional Tuscan wine.

Lawrence Cronin
Villa Arceno
Tenuta di Arceno
Loc. Arceno
53010 San Gusme, Castelnuovo, Berardegna
Siena, Italy