Piacere: Getting to Know Marisa

Name: Marisa Smurthwaite

Age: Younger (and more beautiful) with every trip she takes

Profession: Full-time mother/wrestler of three small boys (Noah 5, Sam 3, Oliver 1), part-time French professor

Marisa Likes: Everything about Italy, traveling with (and without) her boys, yogurt gelato, focaccia, good Italian leather boots, cooking, cuddling with her boys, reading, sweets of every kind, vampires in Volterra (i.e. the Twilight Series), and her husband

Marisa Dislikes: Nothing--she's the most positive person you'll ever meet. Okay, well she is really not fond of two things: boy fights and boy screams (which occur once every 1.25 minutes during waking hours).