in addition to our more cultural home page, this is for smaller posts, pictures, and other things from Italy. Any questions? email me at rick -at- overabottle -dot- net.Tumblr (3.0; @overabottle)http://tumbl.overabottle.net/<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/world/europe/12italy.html?_r=2&ei=5088&en=1fb8169b90e431d3&ex=1365739200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=slogin">Berlusconi, Running Again, Is No Longer Promising ‘Italian Miracle’ - New York Times</a>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/31547166http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/31547166Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:39:31 +0200<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/world/europe/07food.html?ei=5124&en=034f7ac8a0571d67&ex=1365307200&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&pagewanted=all">Is Cuisine Still Italian Even if the Chef Isn’t? - New York Times</a>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/31243475http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/31243475Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:12:15 +0200<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/GScI1aYx26d25uppiOUvPdMn_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ricky goes asparagus hunting</p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/28361917http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/28361917Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:19:00 +0100<object width="400" height="337"><param name="movie" value="http://embed.break.com/MzQzMjU4" /><embed src="http://embed.break.com/MzQzMjU4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="337"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><h4>Gary Vaynerchuk Teaches Conan O’Brien Strange Wine Flavors</h4></p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/26551395http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/26551395Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:25:17 +0100<a href="http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10608386">Italy's government | Unsteady as she goes </a>: <p>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.<br/></p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/25700675http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/25700675Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:03:21 +0100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/GScI1aYx24z35pjqjrh86IP4_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A sign for focaccia in Genovese dialect.  Loosely translated it means “Holy crap, what focaccia!”<br/></p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/25389341http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/25389341Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:59:00 +0100<a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080201-whoopsitaly-inadvertently-legalizes-some-p2p-music.html">Whoops—Italy inadvertently legalizes some P2P music</a>: <p>P2P = Peer to Peer = online file sharing.  Don’t count on this being reversed anytime soon w/the way politics work here.</p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/25318336http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/25318336Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:18:26 +0100<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/opinion/15ferrante.html?_r=1&oref=slogin">Our Fetid City - New York Times</a>: <p>Excellent op-ed about the trash problem in Naples.</p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/23819393http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/23819393Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:51:09 +0100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/9InfaNhFy34iy0ofUK1Yr9M6_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a donkey trying to eat my finger…nom..nom..nom.</p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21907739http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21907739Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:04:00 +0100<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1232162520071212?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews">Keep Christmas cake Italian, panettone makers say</a>: <p>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.</p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21830600http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21830600Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:30:33 +0100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/GScI1aYx2312ag8mx5zP1QZQ_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Two popular parts of Christmas in Italy are <i>Panettone</i>, a kind of fruit cake, and the <i>Precipe</i>, the Nativity Scene. One bakery combined the two in a Nativity Scene made out of <i>Panettone</i>. </p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21715054http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21715054Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:50:59 +0100now<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/15/business/worldbusiness/15euro.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=business&pagewanted=all">Money Goes Far in New York, if You’re European - New York Times</a>: <p>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…</p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21714215http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21714215Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:29:47 +0100<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wRF_lewLjAM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wRF_lewLjAM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2007/12/11/whats-the-most-annoying-rachael-ray-catchphrase/" target="_blank">What’s the most annoying Rachael Ray catchphrase? - Slashfood </a>- This has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Italy but is really funny.  2 minutes and 46 seconds of Rachael Ray saying “mmmmmmm”; I had to stop it at 1:44.. good luck! </p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21655591http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21655591Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:42:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/GScI1aYx22y5j3c6Opyw7hWt_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Vico della Casana lit with Christmas lights</p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21567619http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21567619Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:58:00 +0100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/GScI1aYx22y5fxufG0Dpv7ZJ_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Christmas Tree in Piazza de Ferrari, Genova 13/12/07 </p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21567453http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21567453Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:55:55 +0100<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/world/europe/13italy.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all">In a Funk, Italy Sings an Aria of Disappointment - New York Times</a>: <p>- Excellent article about why Italy has fallen behind in Europe and on the world scene.</p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21480838http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21480838Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:09:37 +0100<a href="http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Business/?id=1.0.1660782471">Truck drivers' strike brings country to a standstill</a>: <p>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 </p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21429207http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21429207Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:59:00 +0100<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/GScI1aYx22r5lf2aA2NJcIGl_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> People shopping at Sapori al Ducale, Genova -08 Dec. 07<br/></p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21160015http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21160015Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:25:00 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/GScI1aYx22oqyndmery7rGAN_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Emily likes pizza. - @Exultate birreficio, Pza Lavagna, Genova </p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21064854http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21064854Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:00:00 +0100<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/GScI1aYx22oqwwexSUxJI0BW_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bassotti get cold, too.</p>http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21064806http://tumbl.overabottle.net/post/21064806Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:59:20 +0100