Workers who are forced to return to the office are spending about a month’s worth of groceries to resume office life. They battle a commute and cite lower quality of life and burn out faster:

https://fortune.com/article/rto-return-to-office-how-to-avoid-work-mandates-grocery-bill-inflation-prices/

19 restaurants in North America to savor indigenous cuisine :

https://www.atlasobscura.com/lists/restaurants-that-serve-indigenous-food

@Fiikus_goddess

Which she deserves 😍

@Fiikus_goddess

Smushy! 😍

Did you make it safely home?

@MidnightRider

Ditto.

@MidnightRider

I’d love to go back, too, although I’d want to go in February - both cheaper and devoid of tourists 😂

@MidnightRider

It looks Roman for sure, but I can’t say from where. Did you go to the ruins at Pompeii?

@MidnightRider

Visiting Ostia on a day trip from Rome is one of my favorite vacation memories:

@MidnightRider

Oh, this looks like Ostia Antica, the ancient port of Rome which is IMO more awe inspiring than Pompeii. Many of the old buildings do have these glorious tiled floors which are stunning. 🤩

@jasontrebilcock

Love me some Herbie Hancock 🎼

@MidnightRider

The tombs I visited didn’t have stunning frescos, unfortunately, but they did contain statutes and these amazing funerary urns. These tombs were like round earthen mounds and when you entered, you walked in a circle. It amazed me that the entire Etruscan culture was absorbed into the Roman Empire.

Through DNA analysis, they’ve been able to confirm that many people in Tuscany still carry majority Etruscan DNA.

@MidnightRider

I toured Etruscan tombs, too, when I visited small towns that dated back to Etruscan times (Chiusi, Volterra, Castallina in Chianti) and was fascinated by their culture. But, yeah, they seemed to have a very eat, drink and be merry outlook. 😁

Italian police uncover priceless Etruscan artifacts stolen by bumbling tomb raiders:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/20/style/italy-etruscan-artifacts-tomb-raiders