Traveling Native

01/03/2024

Campari Soda, how do I love thee?

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28/02/2024

Via Appia Antica

The Appian Way, known as "Via Appia" in Latin, is one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi, in southeast Italy, and was named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who initiated the road's construction in 312 BCE. Its original purpose was to serve as a military and economic route, but it eventually became a pathway for Roman expansion throughout the Italian peninsula. Today, parts of the Appian Way have been preserved and are recognized for their historical significance.

02/11/2023

https://travelingnative.com/pop-up-events/2023/11/2/sesto-in-redlands-sunday-november-12

Experience the elegance and tradition of one of Italy’s most treasured dining destinations when SESTO reopens in Redlands, CA this November. Our fall menu will celebrate flavors of the Lucca’s harvest season. As always, ingredients and delicacies will be sourced from Aurelio Barattini's local fo...

02/11/2023

https://travelingnative.com/pop-up-events/2023/11/2/sesto-in-redlands-saturday-november-11

Experience the elegance and tradition of one of Italy’s most treasured dining destinations when SESTO reopens in Redlands, CA this November. Our fall menu will celebrate flavors of the Lucca’s harvest season. As always, ingredients and delicacies will be sourced from Aurelio Barattini's local fo...

02/11/2023

https://travelingnative.com/pop-up-events/2023/11/10/sesto-in-redlands-november-10

Experience the elegance and tradition of one of Italy’s most treasured dining destinations when SESTO reopens in Redlands, CA this November. Our fall menu will celebrate flavors of the Lucca’s harvest season. As always, ingredients and delicacies will be sourced from Aurelio Barattini's local fo...

02/11/2023

https://travelingnative.com/pop-up-events/2023/11/2/sesto-in-redlands-november-10

Experience an evening of the elegance and tradition of one of Italy’s most treasured dining destinations when SESTO reopens in Redlands, CA this November. Our fall menu will celebrate flavors of the Lucca’s harvest season. As always, ingredients and delicacies will be sourced from Aurelio Baratt...

02/11/2023

Revisitation of some scribbles to honor the day of All Saints marking 26 years on one of many paths in this journey through time and space.
(November 1, 1997)

THE WANTING SPACE

The wanting space is mine now. After years of curating it with meaning, losing it all, and starting over and over again,
I’ve come back to a seated position among its relics.

The restoration that once exploded in chaotic color, now faded, has a devoted space on the walls.

Visitors stop to wonder at it. They feed upon its forms and blushing, fading tones

All around this wanting space, the rainbow dust is settled
Bodies of possibility erect within reach

The earth has never spoken of such color - where the sky is so intent and attuned

The miles of trekking above the timberline, stockpiling a vision, tuned me in to the fertile valley of the deep.

It was distance that seasoned the endurance of my heart space, and led me to this blooming meadow,

Where now I sit with what is wild and telling. Where I stay with what is still working its way to the surface.

28/10/2023

We’re so excited 🤭

https://travelingnative.com/sesto-reservations

Traveling Native guides travelers in Italy and California on culinary adventures. Our goal is to practice The Italian Art of Enjoyment while connecting with the local chefs, growers, and artists that sustain the unforgettable and often unexplainable romance of life in Italy.

25/10/2023

https://travelingnative.com/sesto-reservations/sesto-dining-experience-nov-10

Experience an evening of the elegance and tradition of one of Italy’s most treasured dining destinations when SESTO reopens in Redlands, CA this November. Our fall menu will celebrate flavors of the Lucca’s harvest season. As always, ingredients and delicacies will be sourced from Aurelio’s lo...

18/10/2023

Joyful connection is the target destination of every SESTO experience. We do our best to flavor the journey with good food and storytelling but You are the experience!
We look forward welcoming you in November!
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Link to our reservations page at:

travelingnative.com/sesto

29/09/2023

Restaurant ratings go up a hefty notch when these babies are waiting for me. Hand-carved prosciutto is just one gem in this treasure chest trattoria.
A most obvious one lures you in as you approach its door at the summit of a dreamy mountain road linking Gallicano to Castelnuovo di Garfagnana. There’s too much to report on this intimate yet gastronomically expansive and discerning favorite.
Bite by bite is the way we’ll let the savory story unfold. bonini
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28/09/2023

Capers. Aren’t they pretty? Sprouting from cracks in the ancient walls these little unripe berries are spicy and pungent and crunchy and seedy and raw. 😋

25/09/2023

During the wine harvest, we travel deep into the scenery. The time is ripe for transformation so we invite the seasonal phenomenon into our experience - we in turn are welcomed in.
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20/09/2023

Tramonto on the rooftops

18/09/2023

Sunset aperitivo

15/09/2023

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È stata una stagione impegnativa‼️
Una primavera “molto bagnata” 💦e temperature molto alte tra Luglio ed Agosto 🌡️ ci hanno fatto un po’ faticare ma siamo riusciti a tenere a bada la in maniera naturale 💚
Le uve erano perfette, e adesso stanno fermentando.
Si preannuncia una buona annata!
Grazie 💚

14/09/2023

SESTO Menu Meeting in Sesto di Moriano…
Our Fall menu in Redlands, CA will tantalize omnivores, carnivores, and vegetarians. The dining experience will highlight the fruits of autumn in Tuscany.

Click on the profile bio to make your reservations.

Salute! 🍷

09/09/2023

Reservations are open for SESTO’s Fall Dining Series.
Join Aurelio Barattini for an evening of Tuscan Restoration this November in Redlands, CA
🍷 reservation link in bio 🍽️

24/08/2023

The Adriatic port of Otranto.
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21/08/2023

Haven’t found a pasticceria bar experience that competes with this one. Exquisite in every way, made and served with pure love.
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18/08/2023

https://travelingnative.com/blog/2023/8/18/endless-forage

We start out lost, we learn the landscape, we build a home; out there and in here. We forage endlessly in fields of light for that approach that buzzes and envelopes and transports.

15/08/2023

November 10, 11, 12
Redlands, CA
An Autumn menu is in the works…
Join us in Redlands for a taste of Aurelio’s historic kitchen - the one whose hearth has been restoring local and traveling souls for centuries in Sesto di Moriano, LUCCA
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15/08/2023

Happy Ferragosto! Tomorrow 8/16 is the second Palio of summer 2023

14/08/2023

How many kilometers would you walk to get to a butcher shop? Scroll through before you answer 😋
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14/08/2023

How many kilometers would you walk to get to a butcher shop? Scroll through before you answer 😋
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