Brad Brubaker is a director of Accesso Galleria in Pietrasanta, Italy. An American who moved to the United Kingdom where he lived for 13 years, Brubaker came to Italy 7 years ago. He first lived in Florence and now has been based in Pietrasanta for 5 years.
I always describe Pietrasanta to friends, particularly non-Italian friends, as having the perfect “crumbly beauty” of a Tuscan town. While some of the local palazzi are preserved impeccably, others tend ...