By Lori Weisberg

Ask me where I'd like to vacation, and whatever the day or year, my answer will invariably be the same: anywhere in Italy.

A devoted Italophile without the means to travel overseas regularly, I feed my passion instead by seeking out Italian-centric neighborhoods in U.S. cities. How fortunate, then, am I to live just minutes from San Diego's Little Italy, where Italian culture, heritage, religion and all things culinary intersect in a very walkable 48 square blocks east of San Diego Bay.

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