Inspiring Living with Mark Candelaria
Welcome to Inspiring Living with Mark Candelaria, hosted by architect, blogger, traveler, chef, father, husband, and founding partner of Candelaria Design Associates. Mark has designed timeless homes across the country for forty years, while hosting tours to Italy, Spain, and beyond. Throughout the course of his journey, Mark has met wonderful people who truly inspire him and this podcast is about them and the opportunities that are all around us to Inspire Living! While we talk about architecture and design on this podcast, Mark also introduces you to a wide gamut of guests and industries, and ventures into all sorts of topics that will teach you, motivate you and inspire living your best life.
Inspiring Living with Mark Candelaria
Checking in with our Friends from Italy
Today's podcast features a collage of friends and contacts all with ties and connections to Italy or are actually in Italy and will share their insights and experiences on how Covid-19 has been affecting them.
From my friend Elizabeth Wholey in Umbria who runs the farmhouse compound, AltaBella, we enjoy every year and just returned from the US and now is in quarantine in her home in Umbria to my friend here in Scottsdale, Marco Felicioli, of Artitalia Group, who supplies many of us with fabulous products and materials from Italy. He will share his experiences of not only what is happening in Italy through his contacts but what he experienced the night of rioting as he sat and defended his showroom in Old Town Scottsdale.
Then we go to London, England and check in with my friend Flavio Casagrande, who is an Italian window rep and is in lockdown in London while he waits to return to Italy and/or the US. He shares his insights on what he sees both in London and hears from Italy.
Finally, we will touch base with another great friend from over 20 years, Gabriele Belli, from Porte de Passato in Central Italy. We have worked with Gabriele for many years including recently on a fabulous home in Desert Mountain built by Manship Builders.
You will enjoy hearing their perspective on what they have been experiencing in Italy, which was particularly hard hit. Elizabeth will share the details of her flight from San Francisco to Rome from just a few days ago and Marco will tell you about his wild night defending his showroom the night of the riots in Old Town Scottsdale.
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Elizabeth Wholey - Instagram @elizabethwholey
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.wholey
Farmhouses in Umbria www.altabella.com
Marco Felicioli - Artitalia Group https://www.artilaiagroup.com
Instagram @artitaliagroup
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ArtitaliaGroup/
Flavio Casagrande - Ital Windows https://www.italwindows.com
Instagram @casaflavio
Gabriele Belli - Porte del Passato https://www.portedelpassato.com
Instagram @portedelpassato
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gabriele.belli.37