040: Ghosts and Gay Weddings in Italy

Living Villa Cappelli

After and short break, we are back with a new podcast covering everything from our haunted villa in Puglia to our first gay wedding in Italy at Villa Cappelli.

Here are some of the topics we cover:

• How our first guest of the season, Bud and Pam, where actually fans of the podcast
• Out guests that week, Penelope and Whitney, who didn't know Bud and Pam, actually ended not only being from the same town but living very near each other.
• Both Bud and Whitney were former military and Bud actually uses to work for Whitney's cousin
• Why Steven thinks the villa is magic, bringing the right people to the villa whenever we need them, including:
  • A wrist surgeon after I broke my wrist
  • A chef who directly me to a program for our FDA inspection
  • Elizabeth (from episode 15 here: http://www.livingvillacappelli.com/15/) connecting with her family
  • And the one I forgot on the podcast, a trademark lawyer when we were having a trademark dispute with another another oil producer

• The study of grounding and why we think people sleep so well at the villa
  • I didn't get into this too much on the episode, but did a bit of research after and will probably do a blog post on this later.
  • Basically, the theory is we should come regularly into contact with the Earth, a “grounding” force. It supposed helps balance out and or negate all the positive electrons, i.e. free radicals, that are building up in our bodies. Those pesky free radicals again!
  • With all the electromagnetic waves these days, we have a high amount of positive electrons built up in our bodies.
  • The practice of earthing (or I've heard the term grounding used interchangeably) involves touching the Earth’s surface energy by walking, sitting or sleeping outside in direct contact with the Earth or using a using something like this Earthing mat to help negate all those free radicals which supposedly reduces inflammation, stress, anxiety and depression.
  • This may be one theory as to why folks sleep so well at Villa Cappelli. Not only are they surrounded by and in direct contact with nature during the day, but at night in the old rooms, they come more into contact with Earthing materials.
  • The nice quiet country life probably doesn't hurt either.
• The reason we believe the villa is slightly haunted, mostly revolving a "ghost story" told by Paul's son Logan
• Paul wonders why people are afraid of ghosts, so Steven explains poltergeist
• The other magical moment this week at Villa Cappelli, our first gay wedding
• We walk you through the amazing day we had with the wedding
• The coolest cake topping you've ever seen

Here are some pictures and videos from the wedding.

At the ceremony

Exchanging the rings The courtyard food fest Another angle of the courtyard food fest The dinning room The happy couple at dinner

As promised, here's a picture of orecchiette

And here's cavatelli

So that's our take on the magic of the villa with ghosts and gay weddings in Italy. Did you like the pictures of the ceremony? Any thoughts? Just let us know in the comments!