April 2008
2 posts
Berlusconi, Running Again, Is No Longer Promising... →
Is Cuisine Still Italian Even if the Chef Isn’t? -... →
March 2008
1 post
February 2008
4 posts
WatchGary Vaynerchuk Teaches Conan O’Brien Strange Wine Flavors
Italy's government | Unsteady as she goes →
When we ask most people in Italy what they think of the government here, they just shake their head and say it’s a mess. Now the government is trying to reorganize after its latest collapse.
Whoops—Italy inadvertently legalizes some P2P... →
P2P = Peer to Peer = online file sharing. Don’t count on this being reversed anytime soon w/the way politics work here.
January 2008
1 post
Our Fetid City - New York Times →
Excellent op-ed about the trash problem in Naples.
December 2007
14 posts
Keep Christmas cake Italian, panettone makers say →
Speaking of panettone, it’s a $848 million industry. If you buy a panettone cake outside of Italy, beware it may not be the “official” version of the cake.
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Money Goes Far in New York, if You’re European -... →
According to the New York Times, lots of Europeans are coming to the US this holiday season to take advantage of the strong Euro. We’ve had at least two English students who are doing just that…
In a Funk, Italy Sings an Aria of Disappointment -... →
- Excellent article about why Italy has fallen behind in Europe and on the world scene.
Truck drivers' strike brings country to a... →
I knew something was going on when supermarket shelves remained empty for days in a row, and makeshift signs appeared asking for customers’ patience…Here’s what’s going on
The Mafia in Italy | A declining family business |... →
with a number of high profile arrests and a growing revolt over the pizzo, the influence is declining; it will never cease to exist, but this is a start.
“A local politician has shocked Italians, and Jews in particular, by proposing...”
– An unfortunate way to start these: Italy politician urges Nazi policies for immigrants | International