So the past three days mom and I were in Bologna before heading to Ferrara for a day before my orientation starts. In the airport in Bologna we had met Allison--a super cool fashionista (she works for Stuart Weitzman, calls him 'Stuart'. No, really) -- who happens to have several mutual friends and is from Texas just like my mom. We hit it off and decided to meet for drinks in dinner our last night. She's lived in Bologna for 10 years and thought we should meet some of her friends. She brought along her lovely friend, Mariano, and two rounds of Negronis later we were off to her favorite restaurant.
Osteria dell'Orsa has been written up in the New York Times twice, which is not surprising because everything was DELICIOUS. The restaurant itself is obviously a strictly locals place. It's completely casual, bench seats, t-shirts, teeny tiny space. perfect.
After dinner and a bottle of wine, we decided we had to stop at Allison's favorites, Nu Bar. We walked in and were immediately greeted by the staff, including the bartender who was a drink master. Even mom said they were the best cocktails she has ever had. His business card is actually a dog tag and it reads "exotic drinks". I can't remember the names of anything but the peach colored one was garnished with 4 pieces of fruit. It was so pretty that it was fun to walk around a take pictures.
The next day we headed for Ferrara, dropped our bags at the hotel and walked around the centro. With the looming castle and turrets, and the renaissance buildings I feel like I'm living in a fairytale. I don't understand how there are no tourists and no one seems to know about Ferrara or much about Bologna.
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