Cari Amici/Dear Friends, It is with great pleasure to announce the details of the 2023 Il Pranzo di Natale, a Xmas luncheon at La Cumbre Country Club. As in the past, our good friends and La Cumbre CC’s members, Fred and Diane Sidon, booked our group — this time for a festive meal with Italian flavor.  Additionally,  there is also a way to buy wine, beer and soft drinks from the Club's bar which will be detailed below. We can now sell drinks “tickets” you can use to buy wine, Read more [...]

INTRODUCTION Pompeii was originally settled around the 7th century BC by the Oscan peoples. The port city was in a prime location  for trade as well as farming. The rich volcanic soil from earlier eruptions of Vesuvius created prime farmland for grapes and olive trees. By the turn of the first century A.D., the town of Pompeii, located about five miles from Mount Vesuvius, was a flourishing resort for the most distinguished citizens of the Roman Empire. Elegant houses and elaborate villas—many Read more [...]

Cari Amici - Dear Friends, it will be an exciting second half of 2023 for us at ICHF!  To our traditional line-up of events, this year we have added a new and exciting event that we are sure you will find interesting.  Here they are: FERRAGOSTO. As in the past few years, we will celebrate the summer with an ancient holiday, Ferragosto (which the Romans called  Feriae Augusti to honor their Emperor) with our traditional summer picnic in the beautiful Lower Manning Park in Montecito. Details Read more [...]