My Beautiful Fortress in Italy.

Thanks for stopping by. This space is devoted to our life in the Italian countryside. In the furthest northern part of Tuscany. A region known as Lunigiana. I am a photo/prop stylist and author.

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WHATS HAPPENING: Filming YouTube Content

Happy Saturday! Sorry I am a day late with the newsletter. It’s been a busy week filming more YouTube content: Day one of filming, we took my friend Lizz to look at some lovely properties in Fivizzano. Lizz would like to have a small in town home. I can’t wait to share what we viewed. It was raining cats and dogs while filming the first day. I mean pouring. Which honestly is a great way to view a potential home. If you love it on a dark cloudy rainy miserable day it most likely will be easy to love in the sunshine. Our crew as always knocked it out of the park.. We filmed for 4 days. Yesterday we filmed in some beautiful locations in Florence. I can’t wait for you to see them. They were long days but so much fun. New videos will start posting in a few weeks. If you have not please consider subscribing. New videos post every Thursday.

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LA FORTEZZA RETREAT NEWS:

Now taking reservations for 2025 Custom La Fortezza Retreats:

We are excited to welcome guests this year. We get so many emails from you guys, it is so wonderful. We cannot wait to welcome you next year. If you’re interested in planning your own custom retreat in 2025, Please email Gen and she can get you started on your journey. Check the calendar and start planning.

Contact Gen to reserve your place in 2025: Gen is our La Fortezza Guest Service Liaison: genesis.carlina@gmail.com

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MY LATEST YOUTUBE VIDEO: The Castle Tour with My Friend Giacomo.

All About Annette YouTube Move to Italy : The Castle Tour

My friend Giacomo lives in the castle up the road. It’s an incredible place and lucky me! We got to film a tour. Check it out on my channel, I think you’ll love the tour and you will really love Giacomo!

Thanks so much for watching my YouTube Channel, All About Annette and please share my channel with your friends.

The channel is now at almost 3500+ subscribers! I am beyond thrilled! x Please like and subscribe lets keep it going my goal this year is to get 10,000 subscribers

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Book News: The La Fortezza Dessert Cookbook

I am excited to start work in earnest on my upcoming dessert cookbook. Martina our chef and fabulous dessert person is here this week making all sorts of desserts. Good thing we have the YouTube crew here to try all of them and weigh in. We will be meeting Saturday after everyone departs and starting the process, of writing and testing recipes. It’s my favorite part. The photo shoot for the book is scheduled for September. It’s going to be a sweet summer.

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If you have not read it yet, you should. My newest book, it is a fun read about a sexy chef.

The Killer Menu, a delicious murder mystery.

Order : The Killer Menu, By Annette Joseph

Finding love and a family is never easy, but when you’re Henry Miller it’s terrifying. Henry is a deliciously charming chef—talented, handsome, and intensely obsessive. The extreme measures Henry employs to insert himself into the lives of his girlfriends take readers on a chilling journey from the streets of Paris to the chic restaurants of Italy and the vibrant Cuban enclaves of Miami. As we delve into the mind of the reluctant murderer, it becomes clear that his habits of love and loss create a recipe for disaster. Come meet Henry and decide for yourself: Do you like him? Or do you hate him?

Becoming a paid subscriber to “My Beautiful Fortress in Italy” will get you…recipes every week, plus my insider travel tips to little known and some better known destinations in Italy. Exciting La Fortezza updates you won’t want to miss. Retreat and excursion news and special discounts on some of my favorite products.

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