If you had told me a year ago that I’d spend a winter in Milan working the Olympics for NBC, eating industrial amounts of panettone, ingesting footage of Tucci debating pasta hierarchy, watching Snoop Dogg wander the compound like Olympic royalty, and observing Martha Stewart critique pistachio gelato at midnight, I would have assumed I’d accidentally booked a fever dream instead of a credential. And yet, here we are. Let’s begin with the weather, because the weather deserves

There are certain moments in television history that feel seismic. The moon landing. The finale of Friends. And now, Martha Stewart finally making it to Italy. For years, Italy has belonged to Stanley Tucci. He sipped. He simmered. He gestured meaningfully at olive oil like it was a long-lost cousin, but this week…Tucci is out. And in a plot twist no one saw coming, but secretly hoped for, Martha Stewart has arrived and joined her best friend Snoop. That’s right. The domesti

There was a time at NBC when talent had schedules. Now there is Snoop Dogg. And after what he did for the network at the 2024 Summer Olympics, I’m pretty sure he now has diplomatic immunity, and a clause in his contract that simply reads “Snoop decides.” Because once you let Snoop roam freely through an Olympics, interviewing athletes, charming grandmothers, rebranding equestrian as “horse drip,” and somehow making fencing look like a music video audition, there’s no going ba

There is one thing you cannot escape during an Italian winter and that my friends is panettone. A better version of your Aunt's fruitcake. Legend has it that panettone was born in Milan sometime in the 15th century when a kitchen boy named Toni accidentally burned the duke’s dessert and in a moment of culinary panic, threw together flour, butter, sugar, eggs, and whatever dried fruit he could find. The result? Pane di Toni. Toni’s Bread. A legend was born and waistbands were

In Cortina, where the Dolomites look like they were filtered by Vogue Italia, Snoop Dogg and Stanley Tucci step out into the snow wearing matching jackets that absolutely no one asked for and everyone desperately needed. The jackets feature both of their faces, repeated like a luxury hallucination, and the title stitched across the front reads: “Snoop Dogg Searching for Stanley Tucci.” Which is confusing, because Stanley Tucci is very clearly right there, inches away, adjusti

Buongiorno! Working the Milan Olympics for NBC continues to be a beautiful blend of chaos, carbs, and too much coffee. Milan reminds you daily that it is the fashion capital. Every person here looks like they rolled out of bed into a Vogue photoshoot. Italians are passionate and use hand gestures to convey emotions. They don’t always prioritize making way for you in crowded areas especially on buses and trains and they definitely stare. I’ve been told by my local production